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MiguelAndroid
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easy-rsa directory missing

Post by MiguelAndroid » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:10 pm

Iam trying to install a server openvpn in Windows 7 32bits but already find a problem.

After install openvpn-install-2.3.1-I001-i686.exe i cant find the folder "easy-rsa".


Can someone help?

m.ardito
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by m.ardito » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:35 pm

hi

see carefuly http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-sourc ... howto.html

where it says <<For PKI management, we will use easy-rsa, a set of scripts which is bundled with OpenVPN 2.2.x and earlier. If you're using OpenVPN 2.3.x, you need to download easy-rsa separately from here.>>

"here" is https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa

Marco

rotoflex
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by rotoflex » Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:52 am

Which of the scores of links is the link to download an executable easy-rsa for Windows?
It seems to be makefiles for compiling; is the average user to compile easy-rsa?

rotoflex
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by rotoflex » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:25 am

Thank you, I was able to download the .zip for Windows from there.

However, when I run build-ca.bat, I get the error message

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'openssl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.
Is it necessary to rename one of the three versions of openssl provided to openssl.exe or something? I can find nothing in a readme file or anything.

rotoflex
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by rotoflex » Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:14 pm

The path includes C:\\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin

I can find no file named openssl.exe created by installing OpenVPN or extracting the Easy-RSA package linked above from github.

The closest thing to an openssl.exe file I can find are 3 files extracted from the github Windows Easy-RSA .zip linked above, but none have filename extensions. The three files are
openssl-0.9.6
openssl-0.9.8
openssl-1.0.0

There is no opesssl.exe in the /bin directory of either of the two Windows XP machines on which I have installed OpenVPN.

rotoflex
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by rotoflex » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:33 am

I uninstalled OpenVPN, then re-installed.

OpenVPN version 2.3.2 Windows Installer from this page
http://openvpn.net/index.php/download/c ... loads.html

does not have a check box for easy-rsa.

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rotoflex
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by rotoflex » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:36 am

Is the box "RSA Certificate Management Scripts" the one you mean by "Easy-rsa" ?

ryanlam
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by ryanlam » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:50 am

Yes, folder "easy-rsa" will be show if checked "OpenVPN RSA Certificate Management Scripts" while installing OpenVPN

AStartup
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by AStartup » Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:04 pm

The menu in this post where you can select to install easy-rsa 2 is missing in the newest version??? In easy-rsa 3 there is no easyrsa.exe??? You can't download easy-rsa 2.2 from GitHub, I can't find the link. As of right now, OpenVPN appears to be broken completely for new setups.

TinCanTech
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Re: easy-rsa directory missing

Post by TinCanTech » Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:16 am

AStartup wrote:
Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:04 pm
The menu in this post where you can select to install easy-rsa 2 is missing in the newest version??? In easy-rsa 3 there is no easyrsa.exe??? You can't download easy-rsa 2.2 from GitHub, I can't find the link. As of right now, OpenVPN appears to be broken completely for new setups.
This possibly the dumbest post I have ever seen ..

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