OpenVPN SOCKS5 Proxy

Docker container to connect to an OpenVPN network. The network is exposed to your host PC using SOCKS5 proxy.

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Setup

Build the container

./build.sh

Usage

Place your OpenVPN config file in the ./config/ directory.

Start the container (Host PC)

./start.sh

Launch your OpenVPN config file (inside container)

launch *.ovpn

On your host PC, access the network using SOCKS5 proxy on port 9050

Halt your OpenVPN instance (inside container)

halt

Stop the container (Host PC)

./stop.sh

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Implementation

The container simply has an OpenVPN installation and a network interface tun0 for it.

Dante SOCKS Server is used. It listens on eth0 (the network from the host PC) and connects to this tun0 network (the OpenVPN network).

Notice

Test if it work on your host

curl --socks5 localhost:9050 http://ipinfo.io/

If you can't find danted process in the ps -ef inside container

• either check the syslog

• or change logoutput in /etc/danted.conf to a location you can locate easily, such as /var/log/danted/danted.log(you need to make sure the directory exists)

If you find something such as unresolved host tun0 in your danted process's log

• after setup your vpn connection, run ifconfig to check your interface's name, mine is tun0, replace the tun0 by your interface name

If you can't find openvpn process in the ps -ef inside container

• run openvpn --config *.ovpn manually to see what's going on, it may be caused by wrong password or wrong server configuration

openvpn connected successfully but danted need to be started manually

• For thoese who need manually enter the username and password, 3 seconds may not enough, change sleep 3 to sleep 60 in Dockerfile before build, or change it in ~/.bashrc manually