2 Open VPN profiles, only 1 connects

Strider

For the second profile, it's using a cert signed by a different CA.

When I try to connect to the non-working profile I get

VERIFY ERROR: depth=1, error=self signed certificate in certificate chain...

And the CN it quotes me is the one I'm using for the first profile that works.

I've tried to embed the Second CA cert within the Second .ovpn file (with a different CA cert with a different CN) but it's refusing to work.

How can I force the Second .OVPN file to ignore everything associated with the first .OVPN profile and simply read the CA, key and cert files embedded within?!

TinCanTech

Is that OpenVPN-Access-Server you are using ?

Strider

Ah sorry, can you move to Server Administration please?

TinCanTech

It sounds like you have made a mistake in your selection of certificate.

Strider

I have triple checked everything, but cannot see the issue. When I test the certs and load them in Windows I get the CN I was expecting, not the CN that OpenVPN is claiming to see.

Is there any way to find out if this rogue CN is coming from the remote end or my machine?

And also find out which cert that is fault, is it CA, Server or Client?

Strider

Never mind, sorted it! I'd configured the IP of the second profile with the same as the first, so it was actually the first VPN device responding not the second! Configured a port forward and it worked ok

TinCanTech

Thanks for letting us know 8-)