>> OK you guys win. Can anyone point me toward docs on the easiest way >> to set up the connection? > > Start by installing app-crypt/easy-rsa. Follow [1] as literally as it > makes sense, changing just the names. In particular, it really lowers > the confusion if you follow the advice to keep files for each host in > its own copy of the easy-rsa tree (or you can go all the way and > actually install easy-rsa on each host, but I didn't). > > When you have the keys on each host, install net-vpn/openvpn and start > following [2], again as closely as possible. Skip the parts of [2] that > explain how to generate the keys - you have already done that. > > I'll let someone else fill in the VM detail. > > [1] > https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/blob/master/README.quickstart.md > > [2] > https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html
Thank you but I may have found a way to boot a CD after all: http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/what-media-data-transfer-service - Grant
