connecting to server has failed error

nburkholder

Hi,

I just installed OpenVPN on my server and a client laptop. After following the HOWTO... on the openvpn.net website I try to connect on my server. The log, i believe, doesn't run and after a couple of seconds an openvpn gui window appears with the error: Connecting to server has failed. This also happens on the client computer. Is there something I am missing?

I have done some research and found where someone changed some numbers in a ccd file that seemed to work, but i was unable to find this file.

If you need to know more about my set up, please advise where I would find the information you need to know.

Thanks.

EDIT: also, i have did set up to open port 1194 on my router, and still get the same error.
this is the log from my client:
Options error: --ca fails with 'C:\Program': No such file or directory
Options error: --cert fails with 'C:\Program': No such file or directory
Options error: --key fails with 'C:\Program': No such file or directory
Options error: Please correct these errors.
Use --help for more information.

When trying to view logs on the server, I get an error message of: Error starting log viewer.

Also, when I followed the HOWTO... I used the cmd line from the client and transfered the necessary server files over via google drive.

maikcat

your configs have typos

please post them..

Michael.

nburkholder

I am not sure what you mean? Do i open each ca.crt, dh1024.pem, server.crt, server.key, server.ovpn with notepad and post them here?

These are my Server side .ovpn settings:
;local a.b.c.d
port 1194
;proto tcp
proto udp
;dev tap
dev tun
;dev-node MyTap
ca C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt
cert C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.crt
key C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.key # This file should be kept secret
dh C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
;server-bridge 10.8.0.4 255.255.255.0 10.8.0.50 10.8.0.100
;server-bridge
;push "route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0"
;push "route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0"
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 10.9.0.0 255.255.255.252
;learn-address ./script
;push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
;push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222"
;push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.220.220"
;client-to-client
;duplicate-cn
keepalive 10 120
;tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default)
;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES
;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES
comp-lzo
;max-clients 100
;user nobody
;group nobody
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
;log openvpn.log
;log-append openvpn.log
verb 3
;mute 20

maikcat

I am not sure what you mean? Do i open each ca.crt, dh1024.pem, server.crt, server.key, server.ovpn with notepad and post them here?

NO! 🙂

use quotes when using path with spaces in your config,f.e:

ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"

Michael