VPN over dedi box (ssh connection lost)

[Soli 0]

Hey there I recently got myself a dedi box for torrenting and stuff and I would like to redirect all traffic through a VPN.

 

I managed to get eddie installed on Ubuntu 18.10 but whenever I try to connect to a server it just lags and eventually disconnects. 

Enabling network lock also kills my SSH connection/VNC connection and I can't ssh into it until I reboot.

 

 

What I need: 

Being able to SSH into the box from my laptop and desktop while the box is connected to a VPN. Also when its not connected to the VPN.

 

I've searched through the forums and read something about configuring "routes" in the settings but it didn't work.

 

How can I set this mess up? Any help would be appreciated!

 

Thnx in advance.

 

Logs:

. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - OpenVPN Driver - Found, /dev/net/tun
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - OpenVPN - Version: 2.4.6 - OpenSSL 1.1.1  11 Sep 2018, LZO 2.10 (/usr/sbin/openvpn)
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - SSH - Version: OpenSSH_7.7p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.3, OpenSSL 1.0.2n  7 Dec 2017 (/usr/bin/ssh)
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - SSL - Version: stunnel 5.44 (/usr/bin/stunnel4)
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - curl - Version: 7.61.0 (/usr/bin/curl)
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - Certification Authorities: /usr/share/eddie-ui/cacert.pem
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - Updating systems & servers data ...
I 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - Ready
. 2019.03.05 16:40:12 - Systems & servers data update completed
I 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - Session starting.
I 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - Checking authorization ...
! 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - Connecting to Edasich (Netherlands, Alblasserdam)
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.4.6 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Sep  3 2018
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1  11 Sep 2018, LZO 2.10
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - Connection to OpenVPN Management Interface
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]213.152.161.213:443
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > UDP link local: (not bound)
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > UDP link remote: [AF_INET]213.152.161.213:443
. 2019.03.05 16:40:33 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100
. 2019.03.05 16:41:05 - OpenVPN > [UNDEF] Inactivity timeout (--ping-exit), exiting
. 2019.03.05 16:41:05 - OpenVPN > SIGTERM received, sending exit notification to peer
. 2019.03.05 16:41:11 - OpenVPN > SIGTERM[soft,exit-with-notification] received, process exiting
! 2019.03.05 16:41:11 - Disconnecting
. 2019.03.05 16:41:11 - Connection terminated.

 

[NaDre 161]

See this:

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/12274-ubuntu-vm-cant-connect-through-openvpn/?p=44812

 

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For completeness, the comments below may help demonstrate what the issue is.

 

As quick and dirty way to sustain the SSH connection, add a routing table entry to direct traffic to your SSH client over the original gateway. Something like this:

sudo route add -host 111.222.333.444 gw 555.666.777.1

 

There, "111.222.333.444" would be the address you connected from (as shown when you do "echo $SSH_CLIENT"), and "555.666.777.1" is the original default gateway (the entry with a "Genmask" of "0.0.0.0" when you do "/sbin/route -n").

 

SSH connections from anywhere else will still fail.

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You need that route set up before you start the VPN. There are more complete solutions there too.