OpenVPN config file failing to connect

[zCua]

Hey,

I'm using an Ubuntu virtual machine to host an openvpn server. I've set up the server by running the automated version of this installation (https://github.com/angristan/openvpn-install#faq), which outputs a config file and does not require a username/password from what I understand.

I've pasted the contents of the config file into the Advanced Setup configuration for Hybrid VPN:

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However the log shows the following error:

Any advice would be amazing

Cheers

 

[Netduma Liam]

Welcome to the forum!

We've had a couple of users try this before and from memory it's not possible through Hybrid VPN, but it should work if you just use the Open VPN desktop client.

Are you able to configure a username and password for the Open VPN server then enter these when configuring Hybrid VPN through the advanced config?

[zCua]

Hey! Thanks for the response. 

Unfortunately even my PC couldn't connect to the VPN network, but someone suggested I might need to port forward 1194 for openVPN. Will look around for how to do this correctly

[Netduma Fraser]

You can try adding auth-user-pass to the config and see if that works with the desktop client or setting a password on the server itself if possible

[zCua]

Thank you so much for the replies, really appreciate it guys.

Have managed to fix the issue. My virtual machine was only accepting data from the port connected to the host machine. I allowed UDP input over port 1194. On the advice of someone with a similar issue I also updated to the DumaOS 3.0 beta for the XR500 and used "client" for both username and password in the advanced settings for Hybrid VPN.

I'm now up and running without issues.

[Netduma Fraser]

Brilliant to hear that and thanks a lot for posting the solution as well!