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Setting up login credentials for OPEN VPN
Hello, I have a Nighthawk R7000 rooter with a default OS (which I can't change). I have for several years activated the vpn service with open vpn which works very well. However, I'd like to increa...
Needless to say you need to configure the port forwarding on your router to the Syno LAN IP address
Voila https://kb.synology.com/fr-fr/DSM/help/VPNCenter/vpn_setup?version=7#b_17
Here a very old OpenVPN Client Syno config example (no guarantee):
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dev tun
tls-clientremote XXXXXXXX.synology.me 1194
# The "float" tells OpenVPN to accept authenticated packets from any address,
# not only the address which was specified in the --remote option.
# This is useful when you are connecting to a peer which holds a dynamic address
# such as a dial-in user or DHCP client.
# (Please refer to the manual of OpenVPN for more information.)#float
# If redirect-gateway is enabled, the client will redirect it's
# default network gateway through the VPN.
# It means the VPN connection will firstly connect to the VPN Server
# and then to the internet.
# (Please refer to the manual of OpenVPN for more information.)#redirect-gateway def1
# dhcp-option DNS: To set primary domain name server address.
# Repeat this option to set secondary DNS server addresses.#dhcp-option DNS DNS_IP_ADDRESS
pull
# If you want to connect by Server's IPv6 address, you should use
# "proto udp6" in UDP mode or "proto tcp6-client" in TCP mode
proto udpscript-security 2
comp-lzo
reneg-sec 0
cipher BF-CBC
auth SHA1
auth-user-pass
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDTTCCAragAwIBAgIJAOQ2welR+cy6MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGnMQswCQYD
xxx-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>==========
Bonne chance!
Please note: This was never adopted to the "newer" (modern) OpenVPN standard, however it's still workable:
The people behind your NAS and its OS may also have useful things to say.
I've come to ask for help here because I use the basic netgear os and the basic openvpn vpn option.
You referred to "the connected nas server". Most NAS network attached storage (NAS) devices have their own OS.
If you mean the DLNA sever on the router, that's something else. Not really NAS.
No, I'm talking about the Nas, which has its own system and I connect to it via its IP (physically linked to the rooter).
To access the Nas, I go through the rooter and connect to it with OpenVpn.
OpenVpn is configured using the rooter's original settings, so it's an open vpn key connection.
I'd like to change this connection to an ID and password system, is that possible?On a generic OpenVPN implementation, you could add
auth-user-pass
to your OpenVPN client config, and very easy to implement when operating OpenVPN for example on the NAS (like Synology or QNAP for example), adding a reference on the server side on where to find and the name of the username password file.