Tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) software that provides secure and encrypted communication between computers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tinc VPN on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to update the system packages to the latest version using the following command:
sudo zypper update
Next, we need to install Tinc on our server. To install Tinc, run the following command:
sudo zypper install tinc
After installing Tinc, we need to create our VPN configuration files. The configuration files for Tinc VPN are stored in the /etc/tinc directory. To create a new VPN configuration, create a new directory under /etc/tinc with any name of your choice. For example:
sudo mkdir /etc/tinc/myvpn
Next, create the tinc.conf file in the new directory using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/tinc/myvpn/tinc.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
Name = myvpn
AddressFamily = ipv4
Interface = tun0
Save and close the file.
To secure the communication between computers, Tinc VPN uses public-key cryptography. Therefore, we need to generate a public/private key pair for our VPN.
To generate the key pair, run the following commands:
cd /etc/tinc/myvpn
sudo tincd -n myvpn -K4096
This will generate a rsa_key.priv and rsa_key.pub files in the /etc/tinc/myvpn directory.
To add a new host to the VPN, we need to create a new directory under /etc/tinc/myvpn/hosts directory with the hostname of the new host. For example:
sudo mkdir /etc/tinc/myvpn/hosts/myhost
Next, create a new file with the hostname and add the following content:
Name = myhost
Address = <IP Address of Host>
Save and close the file.
Next, we need to generate the public/private key pair for the new host. To do this, run the following command:
sudo tincd -n myvpn -K4096
This will generate a myhost.priv and myhost.pub files in the /etc/tinc/myvpn/hosts/myhost directory.
After configuring Tinc, we need to start Tinc Daemon. To start Tinc, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start tinc@myvpn
To check the status of Tinc, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status tinc@myvpn
If everything is configured correctly, Tinc should be running without any errors.
To start Tinc automatically at boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable tinc@myvpn
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Tinc VPN on OpenSUSE Latest and configure a new VPN network. With Tinc, you can securely communicate between computers on the same network, even over the Internet.
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