Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

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hmza2990
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Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

Post by hmza2990 » Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:58 pm

Hello guys, hope you all are doing well. I don't know if this is the correct board to post this, this is my first time trying to install an OpenVPN server on a Windows machine, I followed some videos but I'm stuck at this point: "./easyrsa build-ca nopass", and I'm getting this error message: "Easy-RSA error: Missing or invalid OpenSSL Expected to find openssl command at: openssl".
I tried the next next command, but I'm getting the same error in all CA and keys commands.
I'm running the latest version of OpenVPN: 2.5.5, on a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine.
PS: I checked the OpenSSL tab during the installation.
PS2: I'm following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFgJGIceNmw&ab_channel=NETVN
PS3: I can't use Linux as an alternative, I'm stuck with Windows! (smh)
Any solution? Thank you in advance.

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Re: Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

Post by TinCanTech » Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:24 am

hmza2990 wrote:
Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:58 pm
I'm running the latest version of OpenVPN: 2.5.5
Install Easy-RSA Utilities from the Openvpn installer.

hmza2990
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Re: Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

Post by hmza2990 » Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:00 am

All tho options are checked, including Easy-RSA.

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Re: Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

Post by TinCanTech » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:15 am


hmza2990
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Re: Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

Post by hmza2990 » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:39 am

Somebody on Reddit told me to run these commands without ./ and it managed to work but on my Windows 10 laptop. However, I'm still getting the same error on Windows Server 2012 R2!
Any idea?

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Re: Easy-RSA build-ca not working!

Post by TinCanTech » Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:00 pm

hmza2990 wrote:
Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:58 pm
error message: "Easy-RSA error: Missing or invalid OpenSSL Expected to find openssl command at: openssl".
See the vars.example file.

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