Question
how to make linux openvpn server do its authentication from username and password stored in mysql database
- Posted on April 25, 2019
- VPNMySQLUbuntu 18.04
Asked by chisom
Would like to set up a vpn server that would authenticate its users from credentials stored in a database and if possible update the database after authentication. Been researching on this concept but have not found anything reasonable. Thank you
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You’d have to write your own auth script and then include the directives in your config file:
Then script would have to make use of the environment variables
usernameandpasswordand do a MYSQL lookup and return a 0/1 exit code based on the success of this lookup.James.