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I have .ovpn file, exported from OpenVPN server:

dev tun
persist-tun
persist-key
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
client
resolv-retry infinite
remote xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1194 udp
lport 0
verify-x509-name "C=xxx, ST=xxx, L=xxx, O=xxx, emailAddress=xxx@xxx.xxx, CN=xxx" subject
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass auth.txt
comp-lzo adaptive
pkcs12 xxx.p12
tls-auth xxx-tls.key 1

Sure I have auth.txt, xxx.p12 and xxx-tls.key files, exported from the same OpenVPN server

Can anyone please explain me, what have I do to config client with this files on Ubuntu 22.04?

I've installed openvpn (apt-get install openvpn)

Put all the files to /etc/openvpn/client

Tried to openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client/xxx.ovpn

Have an error Cannot pre-load keyfile (xxx-tls.key)

I'm not sure these steps are right...

Nickolay Khalaychidi
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1 Answers1

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This was helpful for me:

  1. Export one .ovpn file from server instead of several:
dev tun
persist-tun
persist-key
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
client
resolv-retry infinite
remote xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1194 udp
lport 0
verify-x509-name "C=xxx, ST=xxx, L=xxx, O=xxx, emailAddress=xxx@xxx.xxx, CN=xxx" subject
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass auth.txt
comp-lzo adaptive
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
***DATA***
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
<cert>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
***DATA***
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</cert>
<key>
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
***DATA***
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
</key>
<tls-auth>
#
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
#
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
***DATA***
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----
</tls-auth>
key-direction 1
  1. Rename .ovpn file to client.conf
  2. Copy client.conf and auth.txt to /etc/openvpn
  3. Run systemctl start openvpn@client
Nickolay Khalaychidi
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