OpenVPN does not seem to be connecting to server

[jlroberts]

Hello,

I am attempting to setup an openvpn client on the firewall, and it doesn't seem to be connecting, 0 bytes sent, 0 bytes received...

I have the log verbosity set to 5, however, I am not seeing much in the logs

Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34673]: WARNING: file '/var/etc/openvpn/client1.up' is group or others accessible
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34673]: OpenVPN 2.4.6 amd64-portbld-freebsd11.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/RECVDA] [AEAD] built on Oct  3 2018
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34673]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2o-freebsd  27 Mar 2018, LZO 2.10
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34735]: WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34735]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34735]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET] xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34735]: UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET]xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx
Jan  6 19:59:32 pfSense openvpn[34735]: UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx

Any ideas on how I can further troubleshoot this issue?

[Rico]

How do you know the Server side is working properly?
When your Client side pfSense Internet access is working and you don't see anything else in the Logs, you have used a wrong IP/Port or the Problem is the Server side.
Can you for example make Update checks for your pfSense to make sure the connectivity is working in general?

-Rico