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authorChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2019-06-16 00:26:37 +0200
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OpenVPN: add LDAP/AD authentication
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@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ concern. OpenVPN has been widely used on UNIX platform for a long time and is
a popular option for remote access VPN, though it's also capable of
site-to-site connections.
-The advantages of OpenVPN are:
+Advantages of OpenVPN are:
+
* It uses a single TCP or UDP connection and does not rely on packet source
-addresses, so it will work even through a double NAT: perfect for public
-hotspots and such
+ addresses, so it will work even through a double NAT: perfect for public
+ hotspots and such
* It's easy to setup and offers very flexible split tunneling
* There's a variety of client GUI frontends for any platform
-The disadvantages are:
+Disadvantages are:
+
* It's slower than IPsec due to higher protocol overhead and the fact it runs
-in user mode while IPsec, on Linux, is in kernel mode
+ in user mode while IPsec, on Linux, is in kernel mode
* None of the operating systems have client software installed by default
@@ -220,3 +222,72 @@ internally, so we need to create a route to the 10.23.0.0/20 network ourselves:
.. code-block:: sh
set protocols static interface-route 10.23.0.0/20 next-hop-interface vtun10
+
+LDAP Authentication
+*******************
+
+Enterprise installations usually ship a kind of directory service which is used
+to have a single password store for all employes. VyOS and OpenVPN support using
+LDAP/AD as single user backend.
+
+Authentication is done by using the ``openvpn-auth-ldap.so`` plugin which is
+shiped with every VyOS installation. A dedicated configuration file is required.
+It is best practise to store it in ``/config`` to survive image updates
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ set interfaces openvpn openvpn vtun0 openvpn-option "--plugin /usr/lib/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so /config/auth/ldap-auth.config"
+
+The required config file may look like:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ <LDAP>
+ # LDAP server URL
+ URL ldap://ldap.example.com
+ # Bind DN (If your LDAP server doesn't support anonymous binds)
+ BindDN cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com
+ # Bind Password password
+ Password S3cr3t
+ # Network timeout (in seconds)
+ Timeout 15
+ </LDAP>
+
+ <Authorization>
+ # Base DN
+ BaseDN "ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
+ # User Search Filter
+ SearchFilter "(&(uid=%u)(objectClass=shadowAccount))"
+ # Require Group Membership
+ RequireGroup false
+ </Authorization>
+
+A complete LDAP auth OpenVPN configuration could look like the following example:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos# show interfaces openvpn
+ openvpn vtun0 {
+ mode server
+ openvpn-option "--tun-mtu 1500 --fragment 1300 --mssfix"
+ openvpn-option "--plugin /usr/lib/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so /config/auth/ldap-auth.config"
+ openvpn-option "--push redirect-gateway"
+ openvpn-option --duplicate-cn
+ openvpn-option --client-cert-not-required
+ openvpn-option --comp-lzo
+ openvpn-option --persist-key
+ openvpn-option --persist-tun
+ server {
+ domain-name example.com
+ max-connections 5
+ name-server 1.1.1.1
+ name-server 9.9.9.9
+ subnet 172.18.100.128/29
+ }
+ tls {
+ ca-cert-file /config/auth/ca.crt
+ cert-file /config/auth/server.crt
+ dh-file /config/auth/dh1024.pem
+ key-file /config/auth/server.key
+ }
+ }