How to Make Your Own VPN (And Why You Would Want to)

Sponsored by Linode! Get $20 credit for your first cloud server or VPS here: https://linode.com/wolfgang Text version: https://notthebe.ee/blog/creating-your-own-vpn/ OpenVPN road warrior installer by Nyr: https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install Support the channel: Patreon https://patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel PayPal (one time donation) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=S46R487SBMJZ8 Follow me: Twitter https://twitter.com/notthebeeee GitHub https://github.com/notthebee Music: Falls - Triboro Memory Theory - Polymath Falls - Magenta Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Everything wrong with the VPN services 05:50 What are the alternatives? 07:39 VPN services vs. Self-hosted VPNs 08:58 Choosing a VPS provider 10:43 My choice of the VPS provider 11:25 Creating an account (The tutorial starts here) 11:45 Creating a VPS 12:37 Generating SSH keys 13:46 Updating the packages 14:07 Creating a non-root user 15:04 Configuring SSH 17:14 Installing and configuring OpenVPN 20:50 Installing mosh 21:14 Two-factor authentication 23:53 Automatic updates 25:11 Conclusion