OpenConnect extras

• This how-to describes the most common OpenConnect tuning scenarios adapted for OpenWrt.
• Follow OpenConnect server for server setup and OpenConnect client for client setup.
• Follow OpenConnect protocol for protocol-specific interface options.
• Follow DDNS client to use own server with dynamic IP address.
• Follow Random generator to overcome low entropy issues.

• OpenConnect official site
• ocserv OpenConnect server documentation
• OpenConnect configuration examples

If you want to manage VPN settings using web interface. Install the necessary packages.

# Install packages
opkg update
opkg install luci-app-ocserv
/etc/init.d/rpcd restart

Navigate to LuCI → VPN → OpenConnect VPN to configure OpenConnect server.

# Install packages
opkg update
opkg install luci-proto-openconnect
/etc/init.d/rpcd restart

Navigate to LuCI → Network → Interfaces to configure OpenConnect client.

Generate certificate hash.

# Install packages
opkg update
opkg install openssl-util
 
# Generate certificate hash
OC_HASH="$(echo pin-sha256:\
$(openssl x509 -in /etc/ocserv/server-cert.pem -pubkey -noout \
| openssl pkey -pubin -outform der \
| openssl dgst -sha256 -binary \
| openssl enc -base64))"
 
# Fetch certificate hash
echo ${OC_HASH}

Generate password hash.

# Generate password hash
OC_USER="USERNAME"
OC_PASS="PASSWORD"
ocpasswd ${OC_USER} << EOF
${OC_PASS}
${OC_PASS}
EOF
OC_HASH="$(sed -n -e "/^${OC_USER}:.*:/s///p" /etc/ocserv/ocpasswd)"
 
# Fetch password hash
echo ${OC_HASH}

If you do not need to redirect all traffic to VPN. Disable gateway redirection on VPN client.

# Configure VPN service
uci set network.vpn.defaultroute="0"
uci commit network
/etc/init.d/network restart

If VPN gateway is separate from your LAN gateway. Implement plain routing between LAN network and VPN network assuming that:

• 192.168.1.0/24 - LAN network
• 192.168.1.2/24 - VPN gateway
• 192.168.7.0/24 - VPN network

Add port forwarding for VPN server on LAN gateway.

uci -q delete firewall.oc
uci set firewall.oc="redirect"
uci set firewall.oc.name="Redirect-OpenConnect"
uci set firewall.oc.src="wan"
uci set firewall.oc.src_dport="4443"
uci set firewall.oc.dest="lan"
uci set firewall.oc.dest_ip="192.168.1.2"
uci set firewall.oc.family="ipv4"
uci set firewall.oc.proto="tcp udp"
uci set firewall.oc.target="DNAT"
uci commit firewall
/etc/init.d/firewall restart

Add route to VPN network via VPN gateway on LAN gateway.

uci -q delete network.vpn
uci set network.vpn="route"
uci set network.vpn.interface="lan"
uci set network.vpn.target="192.168.7.0/24"
uci set network.vpn.gateway="192.168.1.2"
uci commit network
/etc/init.d/network restart

Set up an IPv6 tunnel broker or IPv6 masquerading if necessary. Enable IPv6 tunnel on VPN server, offer IPv6 DNS, redirect IPv6 gateway.

OC_POOL6="fdf1:e8a1:8d3f:7::/64"
OC_DNS6="${OC_POOL6%/*}1"
uci set ocserv.config.ip6addr="${OC_POOL6}"
uci -q delete ocserv.dns6
uci set ocserv.dns6="dns"
uci set ocserv.dns6.ip="${OC_DNS6}"
uci commit ocserv
/etc/init.d/ocserv restart

Disable source routing on the server. Disable ISP prefix delegation to avoid IPv6 leak on the client.

Set up multi-client VPN server. Use unique credentials for each client.

# Configure VPN service
uci -q delete ocserv.client1
uci set ocserv.client1="ocservusers"
uci set ocserv.client1.name="USERNAME1"
uci set ocserv.client1.password="PASSWORD_HASH1"
uci commit ocserv
/etc/init.d/ocserv restart

Automated VPN server installation.

URL="https://openwrt.org/_export/code/docs/guide-user/services/vpn/openconnect"
cat << EOF > openconnect-server.sh
$(uclient-fetch -O - "${URL}/server?codeblock=0")
$(uclient-fetch -O - "${URL}/extras?codeblock=4")
$(uclient-fetch -O - "${URL}/server?codeblock=1")
$(uclient-fetch -O - "${URL}/server?codeblock=2")
EOF
sh openconnect-server.sh