Hello all,
Im new to openvpn configurations
im trying to set up a server and client. I have done the client setup with no issues. When check the status on the server I receive the following error. If someone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
*running centos7 and not as elevated user*
openvpn@server.service - OpenVPN Robust And Highly Flexible Tunneling Application On server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed [/color](Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-11-18 23:33:49 UTC; 2h 2min ago
Main PID: 942 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Status: "Pre-connection initialization successful"
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN Robust And Highly Flexible Tunneling Application On server...
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- openvpn[942]: Wed Nov 18 23:33:49 2020 disabling NCP mode (--ncp-disable) because not in P2MP client or server mode
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- openvpn[942]: Wed Nov 18 23:33:49 2020 OpenVPN 2.4.9 x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu [Fedora EPEL patched] [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Apr 24 2020
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- openvpn[942]: Wed Nov 18 23:33:49 2020 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017, LZO 2.06
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- openvpn[942]: Wed Nov 18 23:33:49 2020 Cannot open key file '/etc/openvpn/server/static.key': Permission denied (errno=13)
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- openvpn[942]: Wed Nov 18 23:33:49 2020 Exiting due to fatal error
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- systemd[1]: Started OpenVPN Robust And Highly Flexible Tunneling Application On server.
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- systemd[1]: openvpn@server.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- systemd[1]: Unit openvpn@server.service entered failed state.
Nov 18 23:33:49 ------- systemd[1]: openvpn@server.service failed.
my conf file looks like this:
dev tun
ifconfig 192.168.255.1 192.168.255.2
secret /etc/openvpn/server/static.key
