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Following quick tutorial is for PLD distro, but should fit everywhere.
Generate private shared key, (and copy it to both, server and client with secure connection to /etc/openvpn)
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openvpn –genkey –secret yourservername-key.txt

Add to TUNNELS in /etc/sysconfig/openvpn (client and server):
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TUNNELS=“yourservername”

Server configuration
Edit /etc/openvpn/yourservername.conf
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dev tap

secret yourservername-key.txt

ifconfig 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0

Client configuration
In /etc/openvpn/yourservername.conf add:
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dev tap

remote yourservername.public.ip.or.domain

secret [...]