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mrozmiarek
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Lost data

Post by mrozmiarek » Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:32 am

Hello.

I have a problem, I lost the easy-rsa with the server certificates. Currently, I have no chance recovery tahat. I have file and CA.crt and user cert and key. Is it possible to recover it? :?:

ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt # generated keys
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/server.key # keep secret
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/dh1024.pem

Please help :(

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Re: Lost data

Post by TinCanTech » Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:41 am

If you have lost your ca.key then start a new PKI from scratch.

mrozmiarek
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Re: Lost data

Post by mrozmiarek » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:01 pm

old client can connect to new PKI?

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Re: Lost data

Post by TinCanTech » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:04 pm

If you have lost your ca.key then your PKI is of no further use.

Your current VPN will continue to work but you cannot sign any new certificates.

mrozmiarek
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Re: Lost data

Post by mrozmiarek » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:15 pm

OK but I don't have server.crt, server.key and dh1024.pem. So if I generate new PKI and config then old user connected to new VPN Server ?

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Re: Lost data

Post by TinCanTech » Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:30 pm

If you make a new PKI with a new server then your client will not be able to connect until the client has a new certificate and copy of the new ca.crt

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Re: Lost data

Post by mrozmiarek » Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:21 am

ok. I have ca.key, how I can restore CA.crt?

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Re: Lost data

Post by TinCanTech » Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:49 pm

Every client and server using the same PKI has a copy of the ca.crt

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