How to install pptpd on vpn openvz linux vps

The following post explains how to setup pptpd vpn on centos linux vps created on openvz server node.

On openvz node machine :
Enable these modules. 

modprobe ppp_mppe 
modprobe ppp_deflate 
modprobe zlib_deflate 
modprobe ppp_async 
modprobe ppp_generic 
modprobe slhc 
modprobe crc_ccitt 

[root@me ~]# lsmod | grep ppp
ppp_mppe 39816 0
ppp_deflate 39168 0
zlib_deflate 52760 1 ppp_deflate
ppp_async 45056 0
ppp_generic 63632 4 ppp_mppe,ppp_deflate,ppp_async
slhc 39680 1 ppp_generic
crc_ccitt 35200 1 ppp_async

Creating and enabling PPP for vps :
Replace the VEnumber with your vps id and execute the following commands on openvz server.


vzctl set [VEnumber] --features ppp:on --save
vzctl start [VEnumber]
vzctl set [VEnumber] --devices c:108:0:rw --save
vzctl exec [VEnumber] mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
vzctl exec [VEnumber] chmod 600 /dev/ppp

/usr/sbin/pppd
You should see output like
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Now thats done.

On openvz vps :
Install pptpd :

yum install pptpd
/etc/init.d/pptpd start

Add users :
[root@me ]# vi /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP
# client server secret IP addresses
vpn1 pptpd cyiefdxYn *
[root@me ]#

Usename is : vpn1
Password is : cyiefdxYn

now restart the pptpd service.
/etc/init.d/pptpd restart

Thats it.
You can check the logs while connecting to this server as

tail -f /var/log/messages