Upgrading OpenVPN to 2.4.2 on Centos

King Kong

Hello
I have Centos 6.6
2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686

I would like to upgrade it tot he latest version 2.4.2. How can I do this? Through the Centos command line and if so what are the commands.
How do check what the current version I'm running?

Thanks in advance for the help

King Kong

TinCanTech

Start here:
https://wiki.centos.org/Documentation

King Kong

Hello
Thanks for the response, unfortunately the provided link doesn't give specifics as to the commands I would use to upgrade OpenVPN. Has anyone upgrade their version of OpenVPN and if so, would you be kind enough to provide me with the steps used. Thanks for the help.

TiTex

you should first upgrade to the latest stable release , that is Centos 6.9
openvpn 2.4.1 is already provided in the epel repository

yum install epel-release && yum install openvpn

if you must have the latest and greatest ...

yum install epel-release gcc gcc-c++ yum-utils
yum-builddep openvpn
wget https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/releases/openvpn-2.4.2.tar.gz
tar xvf openvpn-2.4.2.tar.gz
cd openvpn-2.4.2
./configure
make 
make install

King Kong

Hello
Thanks very much for the guidance and feedback.

King Kong

Hello
FYI. My version of Centos is SHMZ release 6.6 (Final). I wasn't able to update it to the latest Centos release. Is this because it's a fixed version of FreePBX (SHMZ)?

Next I followed the steps to install openvpn 2.4.2. All went well, however when I login I see the "Access Server" version is 2.0.21. Are there other steps I should be taking?

Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.

King Kong

Hello
Can anyone add to my above comment of June 7, 2017? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

TiTex

i don't understand , did you install openvpn access server or openvpn stand alone (free opensource) ?

King Kong

Hello
Thanks for getting back to me. I have OpenVPN Access Server 2.0.21on a Lap Top running Centos SHMZ 6.6 (Final). It looks like latest release is 2.1.6 (I thought it was 2.4.2 - sorry, my mistake). My question is, how do I go about installing / upgrading to the latest release (2.1.6) on my lap Top?

Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

TiTex

It seems like you have both installed , my guide above was for openvpn 2.4.2 which is the free version
openvpn access server is a paid version (*free for two users) with a nice web admin gui and professional support (i guess) , and i don't use this version so i can't help you.

King Kong

Thanks for all you efforts. I appreciate them.