Bind app to openvpn interface

flint

Is binding app eg mIRC, utorrent etc to local openvpn interface supposed to work in routed mode without redirect-gateway? I can't get those apps to connect after binding them to the openvpn interface. The openvpn interface on my remote server was already snat'ed to the local server interface.

server.conf

local xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
port 443
proto udp
dev tun
management 127.0.0.1 1194
ca /etc/openvpn/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/server.key
dh /etc/openvpn/dh1024.pem
cipher none
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
topology subnet
ifconfig-pool-persist /etc/openvpn/ipp.txt
max-clients 30
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 10 60
persist-key
user nobody
group nogroup
verb 3
status /var/log/openvpn/openvpn-status.log
mute 10

janjust

is your VPN working as it should? is routing configured correctly?
you can bind an application to an interface but how is traffic handled?
I'd make sure that I can redirect all traffic via internet first (using 'redirect-gateway def1') , then I'd remove the 'redirect-gateway' line again and try to bind an application to the interface.

Most apps don't bind well to particular interfaces/IP addresses , unless routing is set up absolutely A-OK. This is not an OpenVPN issue, but a routing/Linux issue.