For things that run on my home server I like to at least have the impression I know what I'm installing and how it is configured, so a magic script like you ref

For things that run on my home server I like to at least have the impression I know what I'm installing and how it is configured, so a magic script like you referred to is not really an option. I used this guide to configure OpenVPN [1], which you could almost publish as a paperback ;-) [1] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-18-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...