OpenVPN Community Edition, which is an open-source and free version; OpenVPN Access Server (OpenVPN-AS) is based on the Community Edition, but provides additional paid and proprietary features like LDAP integration, SMB server, Web UI management and provides a set of installation and configuration tools that are reported to simplify the rapid.

I'm trying to setup a VPN using OpenVPN and I'm completely confused here. I followed some more less clear tutorials that include something like sudo apt-get install openvpn I configured here and there but never got the server running. Then I looked in which claims: OpenVPN Access Server consists of three major components: • OpenVPN Server • Admin Web Interface/Admin UI • Connect Client Regarding that the Web interface will allow to configure the openvpn package I installed it and the confusion really started. None of my changes in the web admin reflected in the /etc/open/ files. I fully uninstalled the package and the web admin still allows to configure and start and stop the server. Before going any forward in my VPN setup I want to know what is the difference between OpenVPN Access Server and just OpenVPN (the openvpn package)?

Does the OpenVPN Access Server includes the server and is not just a web/admin interface? In short: OpenVPN Access Server is 'almost free' and 'just OpenVPN' (Community Edition) is totally free However, they are configured in different ways. Open AS has indeed a web interface that simplifies (a lot) the tasks for setting it up. Open CE on the other hand, has to be configured by editing some configuration files OpenVPN Access Server: pros: very simple an intuitive configuration cons: limited to two concurrent users.

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Reggae gold 1996 zip code. Although each additional one costs only nine USD a year, they are purchased in blocks of ten. Some web features don´t work well (uploading your own CA certificate is one of them, so you still have to edit some files. See, method two) OpenVPN Community Edition: pros: completely free.

Can have multiple concurrent users cons: configuration is not a simple task Conclussion: If you can deal with the two users restriction, go for OpenVPN AS. If not, use OpenVPN AS for configuration and once working, switch to OpenVPN CE using such configuration as base.