i'm having real trouble figuring out how to connect a client

[seccentral]

First of all, sorry if posting in the wrong section. i really searched for a client help forum but didnt find any.

Ok, recently i see the website's changed a bit and i somehow can't find openvpn-client anywhere.

My setup is as follows.
I'm using a centos 6 server box that has openvpn installed from source version 2.3.2.
It's configured to auth via openldap using the openvpn-ldap plugin here http://code.google.com/p/openvpn-auth-ldap/ and it worked just fine about a month or two ago.
I had windows 7 clientside previously and the openvpn client that had a client.ovpn config file somewhere in it's program folders. (don't remember the exact path)
Now i upgraded to windows 8 and i didnt even think about saving the setupfile somewhere, and behold, there's no such thing anymore on the openvpn.net page. all i see are privatetunnel and "openvpn-client" but it has nothing to do with the ex version interface, i was used to just putting the config file there and forget about it.
now this new openvpn client fancy gui tries to connect to https on my server (which runs apache for a whole different purpose and not in any way related to openvpn whatsoever) and fails with a "this is not an openvpn acess server" .

My question is
is openvpn-2.3.2 that i installed on the centos box obsolete ?
does this openvpn-access-server replace it ? is it a suite alltogether ? is this the new way of packaging openvpn and must it absolutely include the https server ?
if not, how can i for the love of God connect to my darling openvpn-2.3.2 ldap-auth beloved server ?
can i please have someone point me to a human readable changelog in structure/organization cause last time i visited (about 2 months ago) i remember the website and all being quite a bit different.

thank you.

[maikcat]

which version of openvpn are you using? the open-source or the AS?

both are available for download...

https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-sour ... loads.html

https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-se ... as-sw.html


config files usually located in c:\program files\openvpn\config

Michael.

[seccentral]

i compiled 2.3.2 from source on that box.
upon further reading i found that the dir pointed out by you has no effect on the client.
what i had to do and -embed- the ca.crt and ta.key files within the .ovpn file i had to place in
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN Technologies\OpenVPN Client\etc\profile
well, actually i din't, i just used the gui to browse to the ovpn client config.

but what about the old client ? i dont see it anywhere.

this one https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-sour ... loads.html
is the full package and i dont need it. i remember the client being something small in size.
also this one gives me a tap/tun error (on windows 8) and also a HKLM(smething) not found.
can't properly install it.

at the moment i'm using an exe or msi installer i found after downloading https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-se ... as-sw.html the rhel package and unpacking the rpm. but it's not that elegant.

[maikcat]

hi there,

i believe there is a mix up...

this path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN Technologies\OpenVPN Client\etc\profile

is used by AS version not open source...

this one https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-sour ... loads.html
is the full package and i dont need it.

well...there is no full package...
openvpn binary can act both as client or server, it depends on how you configure it..

i remember the client being something small in size.

are we still talking about openvpn...right?

at the moment i'm using an exe or msi installer i found after downloading https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-se ... as-sw.html the rhel package and unpacking the rpm. but it's not that elegant.

yeap thats the AS version...NOT the open source one...

which one do you want to use anyway?

Michael.

[seccentral]

i have the openvpn server compiled from source
i need a windows client to connect to my openvpn server that was compiled from source.
previously i had a small thing that all i needed for were a .ovpn file, and some certs. then right click in the traybar select connect and that was it. it even had a nice debug window showing all sorts of progress data.

where do i get this windows installer from ?
is it this one ? http://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/r ... x86_64.exe
because i remember something else and that's why i was so confused about this
thanks.

[maikcat]

the openvpn installer includes openvpn GUI...

install it and if you have problem let me know...

Michael.