**NOTE:** this article talks about EasyRSA 2.x. You should look into[EasyRSA 3.x](/Pages/EasyRSA) instead. 

# Introduction 

OpenVPN was split into several subprojects between 2.3-alpha1 -> 2.3-alpha2 releases. Easy-RSA was one of these subprojects.

# Fetching easy-rsa using Git 

The Easy-RSA Git repo is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa). To fetch the sources, use

```
$ git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa.git
```

Note that it is not recommended the master branch be used in a production environment.  Please use one of the official releases.

# Getting easy-rsa releases 

All easy-rsa releases are available in a number of places:

 * [Latest Release](https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/releases/latest)
 * [Full List of Releases](https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/releases)
 * [Legacy 2.x Releases](https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases)