container-openvpn/docs/docker-compose.md

# Quick Start with docker-compose

* Add a new service in docker-compose.yml

```yaml
version: '2'
services:
  openvpn:
    cap_add:
     - NET_ADMIN
    image: kylemanna/openvpn
    container_name: openvpn
    ports:
     - "1194:1194/udp"
    restart: always
    volumes:
     - ./openvpn-data/conf:/etc/openvpn
```


* Initialize the configuration files and certificates

```bash
docker-compose run --rm openvpn ovpn_genconfig -u udp://VPN.SERVERNAME.COM
docker-compose run --rm openvpn ovpn_initpki
```

* Fix ownership (depending on how to handle your backups, this may not be needed)

```bash
sudo chown -R $(whoami): ./openvpn-data
```

* Start OpenVPN server process

```bash
docker-compose up -d openvpn
```

* You can access the container logs with

```bash
docker-compose logs -f
```

* Generate a client certificate

```bash
export CLIENTNAME="your_client_name"
# with a passphrase (recommended)
docker-compose exec openvpn easyrsa build-client-full $CLIENTNAME
# without a passphrase (not recommended)
docker-compose exec openvpn easyrsa build-client-full $CLIENTNAME nopass
```

* Retrieve the client configuration with embedded certificates

```bash
docker-compose exec openvpn ovpn_getclient $CLIENTNAME > $CLIENTNAME.ovpn
```

## Debugging Tips

* Create an environment variable with the name DEBUG and value of 1 to enable debug output (using "docker -e").

```bash
docker-compose run -e DEBUG=1 openvpn
```