Clients cannot connect to my New OpenVPN Server

tapgood

I bult this OpenVPN server using Ubuntu 14.04 OS.
I have OpenVPN version 2.3.2 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu installed.
My clients are Windows based using the openvpn-install-2.3.4-I002-x86_64 gui.

I am trying to connect my clients up to the server through the VPN and I just get stuck at the "MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1402344004,WAIT,,," line...

I tried connecting internally on my network to make sure that it is not a firewall issue with my router and my firewall on the server is disabled to the maximum that I know how to do. My client firewall (Avast Firewall) is configured to allow communication (when I turn off Windows Firewall I get this message as well in the log " read UDPv4: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054)" )

I am just at a loss as to where to go from here to figure out what is going on and I would appreciate a second set of eyes to go over the logs and confs in case that I missed something easy as I started looking for a complex solution...

Here is my server conf

###BASICS###
local 10.5.4.2
proto udp
port 1194
dev tun

###KEYS###
ca ca.crt
cert mcintyre-golden-server.crt
key mcintyre-golden-server.key
dh dh2048.pem
tls-auth ta.key 0

###SERVER CONFIG###
server 172.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0"
keepalive 10 120
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
max-clients 1
;user nobody
;group nobody
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
log openvpn.log
verb 5

###USER AUTHENTICATION USING LDAP###
;plugin /usr/lib/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-ldap.so "/etc/openvpn/ldap-auth.conf"

Here is the server log

Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66184 Current Parameter Settings:
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66286   config = '/etc/openvpn/mcintyre-golden-server.conf'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66307   mode = 1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66324   persist_config = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66341   persist_mode = 1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66358   show_ciphers = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66375   show_digests = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66391   show_engines = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66408   genkey = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66424   key_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66441   show_tls_ciphers = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66458 Connection profiles [default]:
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66475   proto = udp
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66492   local = '10.5.4.2'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66509   local_port = 1194
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66526   remote = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66542   remote_port = 1194
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66559   remote_float = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66575   bind_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66592   bind_local = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66609   connect_retry_seconds = 5
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66625   connect_timeout = 10
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66642   connect_retry_max = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66659   socks_proxy_server = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66676   socks_proxy_port = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66692   socks_proxy_retry = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66709   tun_mtu = 1500
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66725   tun_mtu_defined = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66742   link_mtu = 1500
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66759   link_mtu_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66775   tun_mtu_extra = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66792   tun_mtu_extra_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66809   mtu_discover_type = -1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66825   fragment = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66842   mssfix = 1450
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66859   explicit_exit_notification = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66878 Connection profiles END
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66904   remote_random = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66922   ipchange = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66939   dev = 'tun'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66955   dev_type = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66972   dev_node = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=66988   lladdr = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67005   topology = 1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67022   tun_ipv6 = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67038   ifconfig_local = '172.168.1.1'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67055   ifconfig_remote_netmask = '172.168.1.2'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67072   ifconfig_noexec = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67088   ifconfig_nowarn = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67105   ifconfig_ipv6_local = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67122   ifconfig_ipv6_netbits = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67139   ifconfig_ipv6_remote = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67156   shaper = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67172   mtu_test = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67189   mlock = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67206   keepalive_ping = 10
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67223   keepalive_timeout = 120
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67239   inactivity_timeout = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67256   ping_send_timeout = 10
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67273   ping_rec_timeout = 240
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67290   ping_rec_timeout_action = 2
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67307   ping_timer_remote = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67323   remap_sigusr1 = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67340   persist_tun = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67357   persist_local_ip = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67374   persist_remote_ip = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67391   persist_key = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67407   passtos = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67425   resolve_retry_seconds = 1000000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67441   username = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67466   groupname = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67484   chroot_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67500   cd_dir = '/etc/openvpn'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67517   writepid = '/run/openvpn/mcintyre-golden-server.pid'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67534   up_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67550   down_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67567   down_pre = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67584   up_restart = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67600   up_delay = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67617   daemon = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67633   inetd = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67650   log = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67667   suppress_timestamps = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67687   nice = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67705   verbosity = 5
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67722   mute = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67738   gremlin = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67755   status_file = 'openvpn-status.log'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67772   status_file_version = 1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67789   status_file_update_freq = 60
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67805   occ = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67822   rcvbuf = 65536
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67839   sndbuf = 65536
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67855   mark = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67872   sockflags = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67888   fast_io = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67905   lzo = 7
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67921   route_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67938   route_default_gateway = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67955   route_default_metric = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67971   route_noexec = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=67988   route_delay = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68005   route_delay_window = 30
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68022   route_delay_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68039   route_nopull = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68056   route_gateway_via_dhcp = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68126   max_routes = 100
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68143   allow_pull_fqdn = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68161   route 172.168.1.0/255.255.255.0/nil/nil
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68178   management_addr = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68195   management_port = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68212   management_user_pass = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68229   management_log_history_cache = 250
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68246   management_echo_buffer_size = 100
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68263   management_write_peer_info_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68280   management_client_user = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68297   management_client_group = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68314   management_flags = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68334   shared_secret_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68351   key_direction = 1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68368   ciphername_defined = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68385   ciphername = 'AES-128-CBC'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68401   authname_defined = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68418   authname = 'SHA1'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68435   prng_hash = 'SHA1'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68452   prng_nonce_secret_len = 16
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68469   keysize = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68485   engine = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68502   replay = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68519   mute_replay_warnings = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68535   replay_window = 64
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68552   replay_time = 15
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68569   packet_id_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68585   use_iv = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68602   test_crypto = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68619   tls_server = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68636   tls_client = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68653   key_method = 2
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68669   ca_file = 'ca.crt'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68694   ca_path = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68711   dh_file = 'dh2048.pem'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68728   cert_file = 'mcintyre-golden-server.crt'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68745   priv_key_file = 'mcintyre-golden-server.key'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68763   pkcs12_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68779   cipher_list = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68796   tls_verify = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68813   tls_export_cert = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68830   verify_x509_type = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68847   verify_x509_name = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68864   crl_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68881   ns_cert_type = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68897   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68914   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68931   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68948   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68965   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68981   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=68998   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69015   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69031   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69048   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69065   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69082   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69098   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69115   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69132   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69148   remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69165   remote_cert_eku = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69182   ssl_flags = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69199   tls_timeout = 2
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69216   renegotiate_bytes = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69232   renegotiate_packets = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69249   renegotiate_seconds = 3600
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69266   handshake_window = 60
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69282   transition_window = 3600
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69299   single_session = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69316   push_peer_info = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69333   tls_exit = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69350   tls_auth_file = 'ta.key'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69367   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69384   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69401   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69418   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69435   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69452   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69469   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69486   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69503   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69520   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69537   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69554   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69571   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69588   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69605   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69622   pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69642   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69659   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69677   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69694   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69710   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69728   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69745   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69769   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69786   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69803   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69820   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69837   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69854   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69871   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69888   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69905   pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69922   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69939   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69955   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69972   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=69989   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70006   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70022   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70039   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70056   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70073   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70090   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70106   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70123   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70140   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70157   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70174   pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70191   pkcs11_pin_cache_period = -1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70208   pkcs11_id = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70224   pkcs11_id_management = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70243   server_network = 172.168.1.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70261   server_netmask = 255.255.255.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70284   server_network_ipv6 = ::
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70302   server_netbits_ipv6 = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70320   server_bridge_ip = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70338   server_bridge_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70356   server_bridge_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70611   server_bridge_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70631   push_entry = 'route 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70649   push_entry = 'route 172.168.1.1'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70666   push_entry = 'topology net30'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70684   push_entry = 'ping 10'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70701   push_entry = 'ping-restart 120'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70718   ifconfig_pool_defined = ENABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70737   ifconfig_pool_start = 172.168.1.4
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70755   ifconfig_pool_end = 172.168.1.251
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70773   ifconfig_pool_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70791   ifconfig_pool_persist_filename = 'ipp.txt'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70808   ifconfig_pool_persist_refresh_freq = 600
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70826   ifconfig_ipv6_pool_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70844   ifconfig_ipv6_pool_base = ::
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70861   ifconfig_ipv6_pool_netbits = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70878   n_bcast_buf = 256
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70896   tcp_queue_limit = 64
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70913   real_hash_size = 256
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70930   virtual_hash_size = 256
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70947   client_connect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70964   learn_address_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70981   client_disconnect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=70998   client_config_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71015   ccd_exclusive = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71032   tmp_dir = '/tmp'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71050   push_ifconfig_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71076   push_ifconfig_local = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71095   push_ifconfig_remote_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71112   push_ifconfig_ipv6_defined = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71130   push_ifconfig_ipv6_local = ::/0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71148   push_ifconfig_ipv6_remote = ::
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71165   enable_c2c = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71182   duplicate_cn = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71199   cf_max = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71216   cf_per = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71233   max_clients = 1
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71250   max_routes_per_client = 256
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71267   auth_user_pass_verify_script = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71285   auth_user_pass_verify_script_via_file = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71302   port_share_host = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71319   port_share_port = 0
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71336   client = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71353   pull = DISABLED
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71370   auth_user_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=71388 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [MH] [IPv6] built on Feb  4 2014
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=178898 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 2048 bit key
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358691 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358744 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358769 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358811 TLS-Auth MTU parms [ L:1558 D:166 EF:66 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358858 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->131072] S=[212992->131072]
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358895 TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [AF_INET]10.5.4.2:1194: Cannot assign requested address
Mon Jun  9 13:18:04 2014 us=358916 Exiting due to fatal error

Here is the client conf

###BASICS###
client
dev tun
proto udp
;remote 10.5.4.2 1194 #Internal testing IP
remote X.X.X.X 1194 #External IP
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
cipher AES-128-CBC

###CERTS AND KEYS###
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\Keys\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\Keys\\thomaslaptop.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\Keys\\thomaslaptop.key"
ns-cert-type server
tls-auth "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\Keys\\ta.key" 1

###LOGGING###
comp-lzo
verb 5

###User Authentication using LDAP###
;auth-user-pass

And here is part of the client log that has to do with the error I am getting...

Mon Jun 09 13:59:00 2014 us=19821 Restart pause, 2 second(s)
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Re-using SSL/TLS context
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 LZO compression initialized
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1558 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1558 D:1450 EF:58 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1558,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher AES-128-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client'
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1558,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher AES-128-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '66096c33'
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '691e95c7'
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]10.5.4.2:1194
Mon Jun 09 13:59:02 2014 us=21242 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1402343942,WAIT,,,
Mon Jun 09 14:00:02 2014 us=988623 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Mon Jun 09 14:00:02 2014 us=988623 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Mon Jun 09 14:00:02 2014 us=988623 TCP/UDP: Closing socket
Mon Jun 09 14:00:02 2014 us=988623 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Mon Jun 09 14:00:02 2014 us=988623 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1402344002,RECONNECTING,tls-error,,
Mon Jun 09 14:00:02 2014 us=988623 Restart pause, 2 second(s)
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Re-using SSL/TLS context
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 LZO compression initialized
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1558 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1558 D:1450 EF:58 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1558,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher AES-128-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client'
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1558,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher AES-128-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '66096c33'
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '691e95c7'
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]10.5.4.2:1194
Mon Jun 09 14:00:04 2014 us=990047 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1402344004,WAIT,,,

maikcat

Mon Jun 9 13:18:04 2014 us=358895 TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [AF_INET]10.5.4.2:1194: Cannot assign requested address
Mon Jun 9 13:18:04 2014 us=358916 Exiting due to fatal error

1) what lan ip your server has?
2) are you trying to start openvpn as root?

Michael.

tapgood

The lan IP is 10.5.4.2 for the server.

I am just using the following command to run my vpn service.

 sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn [start/stop/restart]

tapgood

Well I ended up uninstalling and then re-installing OpenVPN and It seems to have fixed the issue but I still don't know why it happened in the first place or how to actually fix the problem. So hope this helps anyone in the future.