Setting up your own VPN server based on Outline VPN

How to connect and configure Outline VPN

After you have ordered the VPS service with a pre-installed OS template and Outline VPN server, you will need:

• Access to your VPS server
  
• Outline Manager
  
• Outline Client

1. Connecting to the server and obtaining the server control key:

• Connect to the server via SSH:
  
  Windows: use PuTTY
  
  Linux / macOS: ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP
  
  
• To obtain the control key, perform:
  
  sudo cat /root/outline-access.txt
  
  
• As a result, you will see a string approximately like this:
  
  {"apiUrl":"https://IP:PORT/KEY","certSha256":"HASH"}
  
  Copy this link – it is needed to connect to the server.

2. Installing Outline Manager

• Download the Outline Manager application:
  
  Windows / macOS / Linux
  
  
• Install the application and open it.

3. Adding your server to Outline Manager

• In Outline Manager, click “+” and “SET UP” bottom in the “Set up anywhere”.

• In the “2” window, insert the copied control key and click “DONE”:

4. Creating a client/user access key:

• In the server management menu, click “Add new key”

• Next, we can (1) configure the key (Rename/Delete/Limit traffic), or obtain its (2) data.

• To obtain the client access key, click “Share” (2) and copy the access key:

5. Installing and configuring a VPN client:

• You need to install the Outline Client, you can download it here:
  
  Windows / Linux / macOS / Android / iOS

• After launching the Outline Client, click “+” and paste the copied client access key, then confirm the connection.

• Next, you will need to simply activate the connection, and you’re done; you have connected to your VPN server.

Important tips:

• Do not pass the server control key to third parties.
  
• It is better to create a separate key for each user.
  
• Set up the firewall on the server.