# OpenVPN Upgrade Notes

OpenVPN Access Server Knowledge Base Docs - [Keeping OpenVPN Access Server updated](https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/keeping-openvpn-access-server-updated/)

OpenVPN Access Server on Linux - [VPN Software Repository & Packages](https://openvpn.net/vpn-software-packages/)

Current version 2.7.3
> :warning: OpenVPN Version 2.8.x is NOT FIPS Compliant and will NOT run in FIPS mode.

1. Download next version to Repo server.             
```
wget -O openvpn-as-2.8.6-CentOS7.x86_64.rpm https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-CentOS7.x86_64.rpm
wget -O openvpn-as-bundled-clients-13.rpm https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
```
2. Follow [Reposerver Notes](Reposerver%20Notes.md) for prepping Repo server and target server. 
3. Backup the current configuration - reference [Backing up the OpenVPN Access Server Configuration](https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/configuration-database-management-and-backups/#Backing_up_the_OpenVPN_Access_Server_configuration)

```
which apt > /dev/null 2>&1 && apt -y install sqlite3
which yum > /dev/null 2>&1 && yum -y install sqlite
cd /usr/local/openvpn_as/etc/db
[ -e config.db ]&&sqlite3 config.db .dump>../../config.db.bak
[ -e certs.db ]&&sqlite3 certs.db .dump>../../certs.db.bak
[ -e userprop.db ]&&sqlite3 userprop.db .dump>../../userprop.db.bak
[ -e log.db ]&&sqlite3 log.db .dump>../../log.db.bak
[ -e config_local.db ]&&sqlite3 config_local.db .dump>../../config_local.db.bak
[ -e cluster.db ]&&sqlite3 cluster.db .dump>../../cluster.db.bak
[ -e clusterdb.db ]&&sqlite3 clusterdb.db .dump>../../clusterdb.db.bak
[ -e notification.db ]&&sqlite3 notification.db .dump>../../notification.db.bak 
cp ../as.conf ../../as.conf.bak
```
4. Ensure you have a good EBS Volume Snapshot ( take a new one so it will not get auto deleted )

5. After a `yum update`, the OpenVPN service might die and not come back up. Use the bastion host to ssh in a remedy this. 
`systemctl status openvpn`

6. `shutdown -r now`

7. check version `/usr/local/openvpn_as/scripts/sacli Version`