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    How to change openvpn server?

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      hammerman
      last edited by

      hi,

      can someone tell me the correct way to add/delete servers?

      for example, if my server for mexico goes down and i want to use one from japan, is there a way to delete mexico and add japan without resetting everything and starting all over again with japan?
      i am using certificates that go with an ip address and am hoping that there is a simple cut and paste way.

      thanks.

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        hammerman
        last edited by

        bump !

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          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          There's an enable/disable checkbox at the top of each config.

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            kejianshi
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            If you had 3 identical boxes with three identical installs where you had did a full install on 1 box, backed up the config and then restored on all the other boxes, you could change VPNs just by changing IPs.

            I suppose if I were the only one using the boxes that would be fine but I've never heard of anyone doing it.

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              hammerman
              last edited by

              it is starting to sound like a reset and then a total new setup with the new client is in order !
              i also thought there would be an easy way to just delete the old client and add a new.

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                Mr. Jingles
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                Just a thought: would failover work? VPN1 down -> VPN2 kicks in?

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                  doktornotor Banned
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                  IIRC the client supports multiple servers in configuration, however that assumes the same authentication will work on the fallback one – which apparently is not the case here. As for failover -- AFAICT anyone who assigned OpenVPN interface has to disable GW monitoring since it was making apinger go completely nuts. So, no... I don't think you can have any failover here.

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    The windows client yes.  I'd assumed you were talking about pfsense as client.

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