Enable TUN/TAP Module in OpenVZ

Written by BiRU Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:44

OpenVZ supports VPN inside a container via kernel TUN/TAP module and device. To allow VPS #101 to use the TUN/TAP device the following should be done:

#101 – VPS id. Replace #101 with your VPS id.

Make sure the tun module has already loaded on the Node.

[root@Node /]# lsmod | grep tun

If not listed, then load the tun module with the below command

[root@Node /]# modprobe tun [root@Node /]# lsmod | grep tun
tun 82432 6

Run the following command in Node:

[root@Node /]#  vzctl set 101 --devnodes net/tun:rw --save

[root@Node /]#  vzctl set 101 --devices c:10:200:rw --save

[root@Node /]#  vzctl stop 101

[root@Node /]#  vzctl set 101 --capability net_admin:on --save

[root@Node /]#  vzctl start 101

[root@Node /]#  vzctl exec 101 mkdir -p /dev/net

[root@Node /]#  vzctl exec 101 chmod 600 /dev/net/tun

To check TUN/TAP is enabled or not :

[root@Node /]# vzctl enter 101

Inside the VPS:

[root@vps /]# cat /dev/net/tun

cat: /dev/net/tun: File descriptor in bad state     

# It means the TUN/TAP is enabled on your VPS.

 cat: /dev/net/tun: No such device     

#  If you receive like this, then the TUN/TAP has not enabled on your VPS . Try to enable TUN/TAP