{"id":13,"date":"2017-09-05T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-02-22T01:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T01:13:56","slug":"installing-pptp-on-centos-7-openvz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/installing-pptp-on-centos-7-openvz.html","title":{"rendered":"Installing PPTP on CentOS 7 OpenVZ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Although PPTP is not the most secure VPN, it’s easy to setup and use.<\/p>\n

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Make sure PPTP is enabled on the server<\/h2>\n

Run the below command<\/p>\n

cat \/dev\/ppp<\/pre>\n
If you get the below, it means it’s enabled<\/p>\n
cat: \/dev\/ppp: No such device or address<\/pre>\n
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\nIf you don’t see that message, you will have to enable it, usually from SolusVM from your host control panel. Or you can ask your host.<\/p>\n
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Login to your server as root<\/h2>\n
Install Latest EPEL Release<\/p>\n
rpm -Uvh https:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm<\/pre>\n
Install PPTPD<\/p>\n
yum -y install ppp pptpd<\/pre>\n
Configure IP Ranges
\nOpen\u00a0 \/etc\/pptpd.conf<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/pptpd.conf<\/pre>\n
And add at the end the 2 following lines:<\/p>\n
localip 10.10.0.1 \r\nremoteip 10.10.0.100-199<\/pre>\n
Configure DNS
\nOpen \/etc\/ppp\/options.pptpd<\/p>\n
vi etc\/ppp\/options.pptpd<\/pre>\n
And add at the end of the file<\/p>\n
ms-dns 8.8.8.8 \r\nms-dns 8.8.4.4<\/pre>\n
Add Username & Password
\nOpen \/etc\/ppp\/chap-secrets<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/ppp\/chap-secrets<\/pre>\n
Add the below<\/p>\n
USERNAME pptpd PASSWORD *<\/pre>\n
Where USERNAME is a username of your choice and PASSWORD is a password of your choice<\/p>\n
Setup IPv4 Forward
\nOpen \/etc\/sysctl.conf<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/sysctl.conf<\/pre>\n
Add or change the below to 1<\/p>\n
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1<\/pre>\n
Save & Exit and run the following command for the changes to take effect<\/p>\n
sysctl -p<\/pre>\n
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Configure Firewalld<\/h2>\n
Add the below to Firewalld<\/p>\n
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=pptp\r\nfirewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-masquerade\r\nfirewall-cmd --reload<\/pre>\n
Start & Enable on Startup<\/h2>\n
Start PPTD<\/p>\n
systemctl start pptpd<\/pre>\n
Enable at startup<\/p>\n
systemctl enable pptpd.service<\/pre>\n
Questions or comments? Leave them below!<\/b><\/p>\n
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  Although PPTP is not the most secure VPN, it’s easy to setup and use.   Make sure PPTP is enabled on the server Run the below command cat \/dev\/ppp If you get the below, it means it’s enabled cat: \/dev\/ppp: No such device or address If you don’t see that message, you will have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,18,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centos","category-openvz","category-pptp","category-vpn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}