I am setup CentOS 6 and successful run OpenVPN server.

All clients connect for server.

My target: Combine two networks use server-bridge option.

I am read offical documentation and use this manual: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/76-ethernet-bridging.html

My settings:

========== OpenVPN server config ============== local $IP_ADDRESS_DROPPLET mode server tls-server tls-timeout 120 proto tcp-server dev tap port 1194 daemon tls-auth /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ta.key 0 ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/vpn-server.crt key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/vpn-server.key dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/dh1024.pem

ifconfig 172.16.2.1 255.255.255.0 #ifconfig-pool 172.16.2.5 172.16.2.200 ifconfig-pool-persist /var/log/openvpn-ipp.txt

server-bridge 172.16.2.4 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.2 172.16.2.200

status /var/log/openvpn-status.log 1 status-version 2

push “route-gateway 172.16.2.1” client-to-client verb 3 cipher BF-CBC persist-key log-append /var/log/openvpn.log persist-tun comp-lzo user nobody group nobody

================= END ==============

=========== bridge-start.sh ================== #!/bin/bash

Define Bridge Interface

br=“br0”

Define list of TAP interfaces to be bridged,

for example tap=“tap0 tap1 tap2”.

tap=“tap0”

Define physical ethernet interface to be bridged

with TAP interface(s) above.

eth=“eth0” eth_ip=“172.16.2.4” eth_netmask=“255.255.255.0” eth_broadcast=“172.16.2.255”

for t in $tap; do openvpn --mktun --dev $t done

brctl addbr $br brctl addif $br $eth

for t in $tap; do brctl addif $br $t done

for t in $tap; do ifconfig $t 0.0.0.0 promisc up done

ifconfig $eth 0.0.0.0 promisc up

ifconfig $br $eth_ip netmask $eth_netmask broadcast $eth_broadcast

================= END ==============

use this is manual http://xmodulo.com/2013/04/how-to-configure-linux-bridge-interface.html and another documentation i am configure br0 for OpenVPN.

Step 1: Write /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

========= CONTENT ifcfg-br0 =================== DEVICE=eth0 TYPE=Ethernet BRIDGE=br100 ==================== END ==========================

Step 2: Write /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0

========= CONTENT ifcfg-br0 =================== DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=static DNS1=8.8.4.4 NM_CONTROLLED=“yes” HWADDR=04:01:13:49:60: IPADDR= $IP_ADDRESS_DROPPLET NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=$GATEWAT_ADDRESS_DROPPLET PREFIX=24 ONBOOT=yes STP=no ==================== END ==========================

Step 3: After i am try bridge-start.sh server lost connect with internet.

Login to VNC console and ifconfig show me:

eth0 - dont have IP address

br0 have 172.16.2.1 IP address

$IP_ADDRESS_DROPPLET is not setup for interfaces.

I thnink i do mistake in configuration for br0. Maybe Digital ocean blocked not-standart network configuration ? Dont know.

How to setup correct network settings?

IMPORTANT - Offical OpenVPN documentation have notice:

========= QUOTE ========= A common mistake that people make when manually configuring an Ethernet bridge is that they add their primary ethernet adapter to the bridge before they have set the IP and netmask of the bridge interface. The result is that the primary ethernet interface “loses” its settings, but the equivalent bridge interface settings have not yet been defined, so the net effect is a loss of connectivity on the ethernet interface. ========= QUOTE END ======