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livexband
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OpenVPN server not starting

Post by livexband » Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:18 pm

Hi,

could you please help, the OpenVPN server is not starting, in the log there is:

2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 Current Parameter Settings:
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 config = 'C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config-auto\server.ovpn'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 mode = 1
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 show_ciphers = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 show_digests = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 show_engines = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 genkey = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 genkey_filename = '[UNDEF]'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 key_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 show_tls_ciphers = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 connect_retry_max = 0
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 Connection profiles [0]:
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 proto = udp
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 local = '[UNDEF]'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 local_port = '1194'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 remote = '[UNDEF]'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 remote_port = '1194'
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 remote_float = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 bind_defined = DISABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 bind_local = ENABLED
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 NOTE: --mute triggered...
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 282 variation(s) on previous 20 message(s) suppressed by --mute
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 OpenVPN 2.5.4 Windows-MSVC [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Oct 20 2021
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 Windows version 10.0 (Windows 10 or greater) 64bit
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=390000 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1l 24 Aug 2021, LZO 2.10
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=406000 NOTE: your local LAN uses the extremely common subnet address 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x. Be aware that this might create routing conflicts if you connect to the VPN server from public locations such as internet cafes that use the same subnet.
2021-10-31 14:06:15 us=406000 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 2048 bit key


The Config File:
port 1194
;proto tcp
proto udp
;dev tap
dev tun
topology subnet
ca ca.crt
cert server.crt
key server.key
dh dh.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
keepalive 10 120
tls-auth tls-auth.key 0 # This file is secret
cipher AES-256-GCM
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 4
mute 20
explicit-exit-notify 1

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Re: OpenVPN server not starting

Post by TinCanTech » Fri Nov 05, 2021 2:50 pm

livexband wrote:
Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:18 pm
OpenVPN 2.5.4 Windows-MSVC [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Oct 20 2021
Probably the bugged status file version. Please download the latest version (I604)

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