Install OVPN on pfSense
1. Change DNS servers
Navigate to System → General Setup.
Change the DNS servers in the list to:
- 46.227.67.134
- 192.165.9.158
Deselect, so that Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN is not checked
Select, so that Do not use the DNS Forwarder or Resolver as a DNS server for the firewall is checked
Save the changes.
2. Create CA certificate
Navigate to System → Cert manager.
Click on the plus (+) icon. Afterwards, alter these settings:
Create/Edit CA
| Descriptive name | OVPN |
| Method | Import an existing Certificate Authority |
Existing Certificate Authority
| Certificate data | You must be logged in to see this. |
| Certificate Private Key (optional) | (leave blank) |
| Serial for next certificate | (leave blank) |
Save the changes.
3. Choose how you want to connect to OVPN
4. Configure OpenVPN
Navigate to VPN → OpenVPN. Afterwards click on tab Clients.
Click on the plus (+) icon. Afterwards, alter these settings
General Information
| Disabled | Should not be selected |
| Server Mode | Peer To Peer (SSL/TLS) |
| Protocol | |
| Device Mode | Tun – Layer 3 Tunnel Mode |
| Interface | WAN |
| Local port | (leave blank) |
| Server host or address | |
| Server port | |
| Proxy host or address | (leave blank) |
| Proxy port | (leave blank) |
| Proxy authentication extra options | none |
| Server host name resolution | Should be selected |
| Description | OVPN client |
User Authentication Settings
| Username | (enter your username for OVPN) |
| Password | (enter your password for OVPN) |
| Authentication Retry | Should not be selected |
Cryptographic Settings
| TLS Configuration | Should be selected |
| Automatically generate a a TLS Key | Should not be selected |
| Paste your shared key here | -----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1----- 81782767e4d59c4464cc5d1896f1cf60 15017d53ac62e2e3b94b889e00b2c69d dc01944fe1c6d895b4d80540502eb719 10b8d785c9efa9e3182343532adffe1c fbb7bb6eae39c502da2748edf0fb89b8 a20b0a1085cc1f06135037881bc0c4ad 8f2c0f4f72d2ab466fb54af3d8264c5f ddeb0f21aa0ca41863678f5fc4c44de4 ca0926b36dfddc42c6f2fabd1694bdc8 215b2d223b9c21dc6734c2c778093187 afb8c33403b228b9af68b540c284f6d1 83bcc88bd41d47bd717996e499ce1cbb fa768a9723c19c58314c4d19cfed82e5 43ee92e73d38ad26d4fbec231c0f9f3b 30773a5c87792e9bc7c34e8d7611002e bedd044e48a0f1f96527bfdcc940aa09 -----END OpenVPN Static key V1----- |
| TLS Key Usage Mode | TLS Authentication Only |
| Peer Certificate Authority | OVPN |
| Peer Certificate Revocation List | Leave as is |
| Client Certificate | None (Username and/or Password required) |
| Encryption algorithm | AES-256-GCM |
| Enable NCP | Should be selected |
| NCP Algorithms | AES-256-GCM, AES-128-GCM, AES-256-CBC, AES-128-CBC |
| Auth Digest Algorithm | SHA1 (160-bit) |
| Hardware Crypto | No Hardware Crypto Acceleration |
Tunnel Settings
| IPv4 Tunnel Network | (leave blank) |
| IPv6 Tunnel Network | (leave blank) |
| IPv4 Remote Network(s) | (leave blank) |
| IPv6 Remote Network(s) | (leave blank) |
| Limit outgoing bandwidth | (leave blank) |
| Compression | Adaptive LZO-Compression |
| Topology | Subnet – One IP-address per client in a common subnet |
| Type-of-Service | Should not be selected |
| Don't pull routes | Should not be selected |
| Don't add/remove routes | Should not be selected |
Advanced configuration
| Custom options | You must be logged in to see this. |
| UDP fast I/O | Should not be selected |
| Send/Receive buffer | Default |
| Verbosity level | 3 (Recommended) |
Save the changes.
5. Create OpenVPN interface
Navigate to Interfaces → Assignments.
Click on the plus (+) icon to create interface ovpnc1 (OVPN client). Afterwards, click on OPT1.
Select, so that Enable interface is checked. Save your changes and click on Apply changes. 
6. Configure NAT
Navigate to Firewall → NAT. Afterwards click on tab Outbound
Select, so that Manual Outbound NAT rule generation (AON - Advanced Outbound NAT) is checked. Save your changes and click on Apply changes. 
The next step is to duplicate all existing rules, but changing the interface to OVPN. To duplicate a rule, click on the duplicate icon (the middle icon) next to the rule
Change Interface to OPT1. You should also alter the Description in order to clarify that the rule is for OPT1. Save your changes. 
When all the rules have been duplicated, commit your changes by clicking on Apply changes.
7. Start OpenVPN
Navigate to Status → OpenVPN
Click on the icon that looks like a Play button in order to start OpenVPN. If OpenVPN is already running, we suggest restarting it.
8. Finished
You should now be connected to OVPN and be able to browse the internet safely. To make sure everything was set up correctly, please check the dashboard to verify that you are connected.