Starting OpenVPN on a Windows Server 2012

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Hi all,

I´ve installed an OpenVPN server on a Windows Server 2012 R2 with Windows clients and its run OK. My question is about the server, because I would like to know how can I automatize the openvpn run when the server starts, because I´ve seen when an user on a branch office start the server, I need to log on as administrator in the server and then connect from the Openvpn GUI. Is there a way in order to fire up OpenVPN on the server without log as administrator? I´ve tried run as a service but it doesn´t works as I expected.

Thanks in advance

Marcelo Colio

TinCanTech

Hi there,

we have no idea what you are talking about .. sorry.

https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22603

If you can just try to fill in some of the blanks it would help so much.

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Hello,

thanks for your quick response, although I do not know what you call "blank spaces to fill".
Let's see. I do not have tunnel configuration problems, since it runs correctly, I see the equipment and other things.
All I need to know is how to configure OpenVPN on the Windows 2012 R2 server side so that when the server starts (Windows 2012) the openVPN service is started too. For the moment, when starting the server 2012 I must log in as administrator, wait for the windows desktop to start, press OpenVPNGUI and once raised, click on Connect.
I do not think it's anything specific, but rather how I should call OpenVPN to avoid having to call the OpenVPN GUI and then click connect.
Do I have to install a service? Should I indicate that there is a service running in Windows?

Thanks in advance
Marcelo

TinCanTech

Hi there,

if you navigate to your service manager then you will discover the services you desire .. :o

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TinCanTech.

Let's see. Many times people ask questions not because of the comfort of another person answering it, but because we are in a hurry or the "experiment" that has been done did not work as it should. It can also happen that you can not "experiment" as you would like since it is, for example, a server in production, which requires a specific and correct response (and fast if possible). In this particular case I asked not for convenience but because I wanted to have everything ready to do a check with users who had been offered to make a test during the weekend and I would have liked an exact answer.
For these reasons I asked the question about "Starting....", since I had tried to search and activate a service but it had not worked correctly and I thought I was missing something in the configuration. In the end it had not worked for other reasons of the server.
It would have been easier than instead of responding with evasiveness and having me read the documentation again and try over the weekend you would have told me to look for the OpenVPNService service and change it to "Automatic" instead of "Manual" as comes from the installation or, at least, ask me what was the status of that service (with its name).
Perhaps for you it is "fun" to have me reread the documentation or ask in another forum instead of giving an exact answer; for me it is lack of professionalism on your part. If my question seemed "easy" for you, you would not have answered me.

In the same time and in the same line of your answer (and without emoticons) you could have responded or ask for the service status.

Thank you for nothing

TinCanTech

In this particular order:

Most questions to this forum are of such poor quality that nobody answers them at all.
So, you are, in fact, lucky I responded .. just watch this forum for a while and you can see for yourself.

I am a volunteer and receive No financial incentive or reward for this thankless task .....

My initial response to you was clear and has many links to help new comers to get started.
Including the openvpn howto .. (where you would have found your answer)

This project is F.O.S.S. and is completely coded, maintained and supported by volunteers.

We do what we do for free and for the benefit of many millions ... globally.

On the other hand:

You are responsible for your professional requirements in your line of business.
Which means you must read the documentation of the products you are using
or Pay for somebody else to be responsible.

Summary:

You could have searched for what you need and saved your own time in the first place.
I just did and the page you need is top of duckduckgo's list .. I guess your issue was not that urgent.

marcelo_colio wrote It can also happen that you can not "experiment" as you would like since it is, for example, a server in production, which requires a specific and correct response (and fast if possible).

Which is exactly why professionals are paid for their expertise ..

Have a nice day.

Edit:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingHelp#Introduction

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To do something free but wrong, better not do anything. And I do not think that with your "answers" you benefit many ... you do not really benefit anyone.

TinCanTech

marcelo_colio wrote To do something free but wrong, better not do anything.

Define: Wrong ..

You found what you needed because I answered your question .. Q.E.D.