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    OpenVPN fails to start when connecting to OpenVPN cloud server

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      JimS
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      Set up server on OpenVPN cloud and Android phone connects but pfsense client fails. Used the import client for the ovpn file.

      Logs show:

      Aug 3 21:18:05 	php-fpm 	51096 	OpenVPN failed to start
Aug 3 21:18:05 	php-fpm 	51096 	/status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/openvpn --config '/var/etc/openvpn/client1/config.ovpn'' returned exit code '1', the output was '' 

      Aug 3 21:18:05 	openvpn 	76096 	Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in /var/etc/openvpn/client1/config.ovpn:33: setenv (2.6_git)

      Aug 3 06:16:17 	openvpn 	71422 	Options error: --proto tcp is ambiguous in this context. Please specify --proto tcp-server or --proto tcp-client
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        viragomann @JimS
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        @jims
        Try to open the client settings in the webGUI, correct settings if anything odd and save it.

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          JimS @JimS
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          @jims Thing is I don't know what might be odd because I have done little to none of this kind of thing before.

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