How to Enable TUN/TAP, PPP and FUSE modules on OpenVZ VPS

It's easy to enable the TUN/TAP, PPP and FUSE modules from the VPS management portal. Just login to your crownpanel.

1) Login to your VPS management portal(https://crownpanel.com/)

2) Click on Manage button.

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3) Now select Setting to open the module setting

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TUN/TAP Module

To enable the TUN/TAP module, click on Re-enable TUN/TAP.

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To verify the module, access the server through SSH and run the following command:

cat /dev/net/tun

If the output is “File descriptor in bad state” it means that TUN/TAP is enabled. If the output is “No such device” it means TUN/TAP is not enabled.

PPP Module

To enable the PPP module, click on Re-enable PPP,

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Once done, install the ppp package within your VPS as well with the command,

If on CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky Linux,

yum install ppp

or if on Ubuntu/Debian,

apt update
apt install ppp

To verify the module, access the server through SSH and run the following command:

/usr/sbin/pppd

You will receive a message asking for the password or random characters like ~ÿ}#À!}!}!} }4}"}&} }%%% } } }%.

FUSE Module

To enable the FUSE module, click on Re-enable FUSE.

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