Update: Configuring OpenVPN on a Synology to a non-standard port

Surprise! The latest version 1.2-2425 of the VPN server of Synology offers a new feature which allows you to configure the OpenVPN port directly from DSM. Thanks Synology.

Configuring OpenVPN on a Synology to a non-standard port

Synology also offers a VPN package for their NAS systems offering PPTP, L2TP and OpenVPN connections. The last one is very useful because it can be configured to use TCP or UDP and typically passed firewall gateways without having to configure anything beyond the port unblocking. I.e. you can configure OpenVPN to use standard ports…

Restarting OpenVPN on a Synology

Ok…after fiddling around some time…To restart OpenVPN on a Synology (VPN Center) use the following: /var/packages/VPNCenter/target/scripts/openvpn.sh {start|stop|restart}