OpenVPN to iOS .mobileconfig profile file

languy99

Hello all,

I have a .ovpn configuration file that works with the openvpn app. I would like to convert it to a iOS .mobileconifg file so that the user can just download the profile and the VPN turns on automatically and they don't need to install openvpn on their device.

I have found one webpage in the openvpn documenting this but detail is thin and I have tried but for some reason I still can't get it to work. https://openvpn.net/faq/can-i-import-an-openvpn-profile-via-an-ios-mobileconfig-file/

This is what the opn config file looks like with the CA, KEY, and CERT removed.

[oconf=]client

remote vpn.safedns.com 1194 udp

nobind

dev tun

persist-tun

persist-key

verify-x509-name vpn.safedns.com name

remote-cert-tls server

cipher AES-128-CBC

<ca>

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

</ca>

<cert>

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

</cert>

<key>

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

</key>[/oconf]

Any hints would be great.

TinCanTech

languy99 wrote so that the user can just download the profile and the VPN turns on automatically and they don't need to install openvpn on their device

What planet is that then ?

languy99

I tired using oconf and it is not working.

languy99

TinCanTech wrote
languy99 wrote so that the user can just download the profile and the VPN turns on automatically and they don't need to install openvpn on their device
What planet is that then ?

This is something I want to implement on my kids iPhone and I want to use MDM management to do it this I need to be able to turn the openvpn config file into a iOS profile. OpenVPN has some documentation on how to do it but it is not speed out well enough

TinCanTech

languy99 wrote so that the user can just download the profile and the VPN turns on automatically and they don't need to install openvpn on their device

If you have not installed openvpn then why are you asking us ?

languy99

TinCanTech wrote
languy99 wrote so that the user can just download the profile and the VPN turns on automatically and they don't need to install openvpn on their device

If you have not installed openvpn then why are you asking us ?

Really? The service I am using provides an OpenVPN profile, I need help in converting it into a iOS profile. OpenVPN provides some information on how to do this but I need more clarification.

TinCanTech

Your service provider must provide that service .. really.

Who is your utterly incompetent service provider ?

languy99

It’s safedns.com they did say they are changing the way it works but they currently only offer the OpenVPN setup for mobile. Others like comodo internet shield do offer the iOS profile but safedns has more options.

languy99

Chatted with their tech support, they said they will not support .mobileconfig profile. I have tired many combinations and I can't get it to work. Seeing as OpenVPN doesn't want to help me there is not much I can do but try a different service.

TinCanTech

To be fair, if they can't be bothered then neither can I.

You can contact me privately if you really are out on a limb.