./build-key-server server did not generate key

acgtek

I am installing openvpn on ubuntu 16.04 by following this online post: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-16-04. After root keys were generated under openvpn-ca/keys, the ./build-key-server server generated nothing but the following output:

:~/openvpn-ca$ ./build-key-server server
Please edit the vars script to reflect your configuration,
then source it with "source ./vars".
Next, to start with a fresh PKI configuration and to delete any
previous certificates and keys, run "./clean-all".
Finally, you can run this tool (pkitool) to build certificates/keys.

There is no interactive process and no key was generated. What is the problem here?

TinCanTech

acgtek wroteby following this online post ..

Please report the problem to the author of the page.

acgtek wrote:~/openvpn-ca$ ./build-key-server server
Please edit the vars script to reflect your configuration,
then source it with "source ./vars".
Next, to start with a fresh PKI configuration and to delete any
previous certificates and keys, run "./clean-all".
Finally, you can run this tool (pkitool) to build certificates/keys.

The instructions look clear enough ..

Also see:
https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/releases