TXT_DB error number 2

adis763

I have this error when i try to make a new client key.
After confiramtion of questions.
Sign the certificate?

I get this error
faild to update database
TXT_DB error number 2
Could not find C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa\keys\*old

Could someone help me with that?

janjust

are you just starting? in that case , did you use
. ./vars
./clean-all
./build-key
?
the 'clean-all' script removes all key and cert files, but it also creates an empty keys/index.txt and keys/serial file.
You can create them yourself using

touch keys/index.txt
echo 00 > keys/serial

adis763

I made a certificate for a server and ca, also i made dh file. That error appeatr when i try to make a certificate for a client. After qustion dou you want to make a certificate appears this erorr.

janjust

can you post the contents of the file

  . ./vars
  $KEY_DIR/index.txt

that should give a clue what is wrong with the CA database file.

alkmie

I'm having the same problem but when I try and build the server.crt. I get this error and my server.crt is blank when I open it

here is my index.txt

V 230220200746Z 01 unknown /C=US/ST=OK/L=OklahomaCity/O=OpenVPN/OU=changeme/CN=Mike/name=changeme/emailAddress=#####@yahoo.com

I hashed out my email

Ok this appears to happen after I build the next crt. Has I tried building the server.crt first and it worked but then I was unable to create the client.crt

if I save my keys can I mix and match crt or are they unique to each build as I copied my keys folder before clean-all. I wouldn't think so but I thought I might ask as I'm not sure

alkmie

I made a backup off my crt and server.crt then ran clean-all. Then copy the ca.crt, server.crt everything but the index.txt and was able to make them this way

however when I try to connect with my android

I get error code 111. Connection refused