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OpenVPN configuration for CentOS

This article is specifically for PrivateInternetAccess on CentOS. As you might see there are no written packages/support for CentOS. I've followed a very good article from this link , but that was not enough as I had to tweak a lot afterwards. Just to write down the key points here Install OpenVPN using yum (enable EPEL beforehand)  sudo yum install openvpn Please follow all steps as per this article.  Hope you have copied all VPN files in /etc/openvpn and the credentials to /root/.pia When you start, VPN it throws an error [root@localhost openvpn]# systemctl start openvpn@server.service Job for openvpn@server.service failed. See 'systemctl status openvpn@server.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. This is because you need to ensure the files/configurations you put in /etc/openvpn needs to be " Set files with the openvpn_etc_t type " How to set files with a specific type Please follow below instructions sudo

NUC5i5RYH - Barebone PC as Linux Server

After thinking of  installing VMWare ESXi on NUC5i5RYH barebone , I decided not to go ahead. This is because you need a separate system to manage (vSphere Client) to manage your lab which in my case was not helpful. I decided to go ahead and install CentOS 7 as my main OS(host) and install VMware workstation to support Windows Server (for ActiveDirectory) as guest. I faced few issues while installing CentOS into the i5 NUC. Mainly because the CentOS Kernel & drivers are bit outdated compared to NUC. Just to document what I've done to fix them !! Preparation  Download Minimal CentOS7 from main site Use "UNetbootin" to put the ISO into thumbdrive.  FAT32 formatting of your USB is best suited Installation Attach bootable USB to your NUC and enter ensure your USB as primary boot. Ensure you create a "root" user and password Reboot and CentOS installation is straight forward.  Network Issues Your Wi-Fi won't be listed in your detected dev