How to turn on TUN/TAP on droplet server

Hi there,

Noticed that you mentioned that this is already running? Did you sort it out and if so would you mind sharing this with the community here?

What I personally do when setting up an OpenVPN instance is to use the 1-Click installation from the DigitalOcean Marketplace:

https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/openvpn-access-server

- Bobby

Heya,

In case you still need to enable tun/tap,

1. Check if TUN/TAP is Enabled

First, check if the TUN/TAP module is already enabled:

cat /dev/net/tun

If you see the output “File descriptor in bad state”, it means TUN/TAP is enabled. If you see “No such file or directory”, it means TUN/TAP is not enabled.

2. Load the TUN Module

If TUN/TAP is not enabled, you need to load the TUN module:

sudo modprobe tun

You can verify that the module is loaded:

lsmod | grep tun

You should see an output like:

tun 28672 0

3. Ensure TUN/TAP Loads on Boot

To ensure that the TUN module loads on boot, you need to add it to /etc/modules:

echo "tun" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Heya,

I assume this is now sorted, I’ll like to mention the following. Run the following command to see if the TUN device is available:

cat /dev/net/tun

If it returns File descriptor in bad state, it means the TUN/TAP driver is available.

Additionally, once OpenVPN is running, verify the TUN interface is up:

ip a show tun0

You should see an interface named tun0 with an IP address assigned.

Regards