OpenVPN and solaris

A little more solaris joy. Mainly as a note for myself here is how to setup an OpenVPN client on OpenSolaris 2008.05:

1. 
   

   Add Blastwave and SunFreeWare IPS repositories to the Image Packaging System:

   
   

   
   -bash-2.05b# pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000/ Companion
   -bash-2.05b# pkg set-authority -O http://blastwave.network.com:10000/ Blastwave
   -bash-2.05b# pkg refresh
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Install and setup the TUN device:

   
   

   
   -bash-2.05b# pkg install IPStun
   -bash-2.05b# add_drv tun
   

   
   


3. 
   

   Install openvpn:

   
   

   
   -bash-2.05b# pkg install IPSopenvpn
   

   
   

... and now you're ready to put your openvpn.conf file in /etc/csw/openvpn/.

You start and stop the daemon using:

-bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/openvpn start
-bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/openvpn stop

... which is nice and familiar, but I'd rather have it set up for use with svcadm. Ah well, can't have everything.