We've thoroughly tested the steps in this guide to ensure that, if you follow the instructions detailed below, you should be well on your way to enjoying the benefits of running your own OpenVPN server. We provide this guide as a courtesy to help you get started with, and make the most of, your copy of Viscosity. Unfortunately we cannot provide any direct support for setting up your own OpenVPN server. If you don't have a copy of Viscosity already installed on your client machine, then please check out this setup guide for installing Viscosity ( Mac | Windows). The specifics of how you can achieve this depend on your particular network configuration. This is necessary so that you can access the WebAdmin portal to set up the Sophos UTM configuration. Your client device needs to be connected to the Sophos UTM server via the LAN interface. If you are looking to setup an OpenVPN server on a different operating system, please check out our other guides. If you are running a different version of Sophos UTM, it's very likely that many or even all of the steps outlined in this guide will still apply. We won't be covering the details of setting up a Sophos UTM instance, many guides can be found online. If you need to download and install a copy of Sophos UTM, information can be found at.

You already have a copy of Viscosity installed on your client device.

This installation of Sophos UTM is a fresh install.

You are connected with your client device to the Sophos UTM server via its LAN interface during this guide.

Sophos UTM has been set up with at least a WAN interface and a LAN interface.

You have already installed the latest version of Sophos UTM (9.5 at time of writing).

This guide will walk you through the steps involved in setting up an OpenVPN server on a Sophos UTM host that allows you to securely access your home/office network from a remote location and optionally send all of your network traffic through it so you can access the internet securely as well.īefore using this guide, we highly recommend you read through our Introduction to Running an OpenVPN Server Article.

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