Outline Server is software that provides a secure VPN connection to your network. It is an easy-to-use tool that helps you to protect your online privacy and data security. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Outline Server on Debian Latest.
Before you begin, you need to have the following:
Outline Server is a Docker container app. In order to run, you need to have Docker installed on your Debian Latest system. To install Docker, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install docker
After it is installed, verify its installation by running the following command
sudo docker version
This should display the version of Docker that was installed.
To install Outline Server, you need to run the following command in the terminal:
sudo docker pull jigsawcoders/outline-server
This command downloads the Outline Server Docker image from Docker Hub.
After the installation of the Outline Server image, you need to create a configuration file that will define the server settings. To create the configuration file, run the following command:
sudo touch /etc/outline-server.yml
This command creates an empty configuration file.
Open the file in any text editor of your choice, and add the following contents:
{
"apiUrl": "https://<YOUR_SERVER_IP>:<PORT>",
"certSha256": "<SHA_FINGERPRINT>"
}
Replace <YOUR_SERVER_IP> with the IP address of your server and <PORT> with a port number of your choice. You can also replace <SHA_FINGERPRINT> with a SHA fingerprint to secure the connection between the clients and the server.
To start the Outline Server container, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --name=outline -v /etc/outline-server.yml:/opt/outline/access.txt -p <PORT>:<PORT> -d jigsawcoders/outline-server
Again, replace <PORT> with the port number you chose in the previous step.
This command will start the Outline Server container and bind the container’s port to the specified host port.
To check the status of the Outline Server, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo docker ps
This command will display all the running containers on your system, including the Outline Server. If the Outline Server is up and running, you should see an output like the following:
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
ccb41fdd67da jigsawcoders/outline-server "/app/bin/server -c…" 15 seconds ago Up 14 seconds 0.0.0.0:<PORT>-><PORT>/tcp outline
In this tutorial, we learned how to install the Outline Server on Debian Latest. Outline Server is an easy-to-use VPN solution that helps you to protect your online privacy and data security. You can now use the Outline Manager app to manage your Outline Server, and add users and groups to it.
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