upgrayyed i've been working on this for over 3 months this is my first time asking for a hand, i've read all kind off topics, a few short pdfs and I'm skimming through the openvpn cookbook but i always get stuck at the server , i can't get it started, i ran systemctl start openvpn@.server i get errors unit name openvpn@.service is missing the instance name i've looked into this and i'm assuming it is because i don't have a key file in the proper place, and this is my question what files go into what folders on the server side in order to allow the server@service to launch?
Pippin Try systemctl start openvpn-server@port443 where port443 = port443.conf For client systemctl start openvpn-client@port443 Files can go into /etc/openvpn/server and /etc/openvpn/client
upgrayyed i'm getting openvpn-server@443.service entered a failed state. options error: in cmd-line :1 error opening configuration.
upgrayyed where do i find the 443conf file I didn't see one in the examples folder, could i create a file from one of the others? when i find the conf file where then is the proper file path for it?
upgrayyed i'm sorry , i didn't see the last link you had posted, i have the .conf extension , i think i'm confused on what files go in with the conf files in the /etc/openvpn/client i have client.crt client.key ta.key dhp4096.pem and the client.conf . and in the server folder i have dhp4096.pem ta.key and server.conf. is this correct?
upgrayyed ok. thanks for the links and help provided. if any one could could provide me with a link to proper key and file placement the previous link was helpful but for some reason i can't get my mind around it.
upgrayyed i also think i am having some routing issues, if anyone could also post a few good links on decent iptables and openvpn.
upgrayyed i've taken a look at my logs and it's telling me that openvpn/server/ca.crt no file or directory openvpn/server/server.crt no such file or directory cannot stat file /server/server.key no file options error --key fails with /server/server.key no file . but i have these files in these directories.
kevlevrone Hi there. Thanks for the useful links. It would be great to have a separate thread with important info so before ask you can go there and have a look probably you will find an answer there.
