Can I run OpenVPN server on Windows?

How do I setup a VPN server on Windows?

After reading a few posts and reading through the Windows Server 2024 documentation, I'm still unsure how to correctly setup a VPN server.

I don't want to use any of the pre-packaged VPN software, but rather build my own VPN server. I want to allow access to the network from only one IP address, and also to connect to it via my home router.

What I've done so far: I ran ipconfig /all on my PC to get my IP address. It was the primary IP address of my Wi-Fi adapter.

I ran ipconfig /renew to update my DNS server. It was using the same IP address I got from running ipconfig /all.

From there, I have two options: Create a new profile, add my device name, and tell it to connect to my router's WAN. Do some kind of NAT thing to connect to my router via the network adapter I want, then connect to my router using the same IP address. How do I go about doing this? Windows Server 2024 uses built-in OpenVPN 2.3.4. The Windows-Packaging contains OpenVPN 2.4 with a few scripts and configuration files to facilitate initial setup. However, for dynamic host-tunnel configuration, you need to download the Windows-Packaging from the OpenVPN website, run OpenVPN.exe -d and follow the prompts. This creates and connects a Windows Service that allows dynamic host-tunnel configuration with a username/password at TCP port 1194. If you have the server in the server room, that should be the easiest way to configure it. Otherwise, read below for configuring a static host-tunnel configuration.

Windows Server 2024, like all Windows operating systems, is available for desktop or laptop computers. You can use Windows Server 2024 for your VPN server. For your home router to connect to the VPN server, you need to configure routing. Read below for configuring the routing and dynamic host-tunnel configuration for your home router.

Option 1: Create a new profile, add my device name, and tell it to connect to my router's WAN. If you want to configure a profile by adding a device name, you first need to add your home router as an option.