OpenVPN Support Forum

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:31 am**

Hi,
I'm trying to run OpenVPN client with networkmanager on ubuntu 16.04 server.

First I configured an OpenVPN server on AWS following this link
http://envyandroid.com/setup-free-priva ... mazon-ec2/

then, on my linux 16.04 client, I installed the openvpn Client

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apt-get install openvpn

and I ran it

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openvpn --config $PathToMyConfigFile

All is working correct, I am able to connect to this client from other vpn client.

Now I want to use networkmanager instead of the openvpn client to open the vpn connection,
so I installed

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apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome

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nmcli connection import type openvpn file $PathToMyConfigFile

Connection 'vpn' (nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn...) successfully added.

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nmcli c

NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
MODEM nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn.. gsm ttyUSB2
WiFi nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn.. 802-11-wireless --
vpn nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn.. vpn --

tried to activate connection:

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nmcli conn up vpn

Error: Connection activation failed: the connection attempt timed out.

Have I missied some install/config steps?
Please can you help me?

Thank you
Massimo

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:44 am**

massimo.perani wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:31 am
All is working correct, I am able to connect to this client from other vpn client

Good.

massimo.perani wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:31 am
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nmcli conn up vpn
Error: Connection activation failed: the connection attempt timed out.

The problem then is NetworkManager ..

You can check your openvpn log file for further details ..

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