OpenVPN not working

KOM

I've never heard of FastestVPN, but PureVPN seems to have a guide. Have you seen it?

https://support.purevpn.com/pfsense-openvpn-configuration-guide

Certs and CAs here:

https://support.purevpn.com/openvpn-files

Try to get one working and then move on to the next.

manjotsc

Yes, I have followed but still not luck, it connects randomly.

KOM

Maybe try increasing the verbosity of the logs to include more detail. Nothing really jumped out at me from your last log.

manjotsc

It's set to 11

manjotsc

Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 Exiting due to fatal error
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 neither stdin nor stderr are a tty device and you have neither a controlling tty nor systemd - can't ask for 'Enter Auth Username:'. If you used --daemon, you need to use --askpass to make passphrase-protected keys work, and you can not use --auth-nocache.
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2o-freebsd 27 Mar 2018, LZO 2.10
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 OpenVPN 2.4.6 amd64-portbld-freebsd11.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/RECVDA] [AEAD] built on Oct 3 2018
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 auth_user_pass_file = 'stdin'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 pull = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 client = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 port_share_port = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 port_share_host = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 auth_token_lifetime = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 auth_token_generate = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 auth_user_pass_verify_script_via_file = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 auth_user_pass_verify_script = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 max_routes_per_client = 256
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 max_clients = 1024
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 cf_per = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 cf_max = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 duplicate_cn = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 enable_c2c = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_ifconfig_ipv6_remote = ::
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_ifconfig_ipv6_local = ::/0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_ifconfig_ipv6_defined = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_ifconfig_remote_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_ifconfig_local = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_ifconfig_defined = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tmp_dir = '/tmp'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ccd_exclusive = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 client_config_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 client_disconnect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 learn_address_script = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 client_connect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 virtual_hash_size = 256
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 real_hash_size = 256
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tcp_queue_limit = 64
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 n_bcast_buf = 256
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_netbits = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_base = ::
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_defined = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_pool_persist_refresh_freq = 600
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_pool_persist_filename = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_pool_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_pool_defined = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_bridge_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_bridge_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_bridge_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_bridge_ip = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_netbits_ipv6 = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_network_ipv6 = ::
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 server_network = 0.0.0.0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_crypt_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_auth_file = '/var/etc/openvpn/client4.tls-auth'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_exit = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 push_peer_info = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 single_session = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 transition_window = 3600
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 handshake_window = 60
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 renegotiate_seconds = 3600
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 renegotiate_packets = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 renegotiate_bytes = -1
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_timeout = 2
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ssl_flags = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_eku = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ns_cert_type = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 crl_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 verify_x509_name = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 verify_x509_type = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_export_cert = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_verify = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_cert_profile = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 cipher_list = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 pkcs12_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 priv_key_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 extra_certs_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 cert_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 dh_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ca_path = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ca_file = '/var/etc/openvpn/client4.ca'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 key_method = 2
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_client = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 tls_server = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 test_crypto = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 use_iv = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 packet_id_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 replay_time = 15
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 replay_window = 64
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 mute_replay_warnings = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 replay = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 engine = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 keysize = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 prng_nonce_secret_len = 16
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 prng_hash = 'SHA1'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 authname = 'SHA256'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ncp_ciphers = 'AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ncp_enabled = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ciphername = 'AES-256-CBC'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 key_direction = 1
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 shared_secret_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_flags = 256
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_client_group = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_client_user = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_write_peer_info_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_echo_buffer_size = 100
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_log_history_cache = 250
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_user_pass = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_port = 'unix'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 management_addr = '/var/etc/openvpn/client4.sock'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 allow_pull_fqdn = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_gateway_via_dhcp = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_nopull = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_delay_defined = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_delay_window = 30
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_delay = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_noexec = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_default_metric = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_default_gateway = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 route_script = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 comp.flags = 1
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 comp.alg = 2
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 fast_io = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 sockflags = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 sndbuf = 524288
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 rcvbuf = 524288
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 occ = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 status_file_update_freq = 60
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 status_file_version = 1
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 status_file = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 gremlin = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 mute = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 verbosity = 11
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 nice = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 machine_readable_output = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 suppress_timestamps = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 log = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 inetd = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 daemon = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 up_delay = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 up_restart = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 down_pre = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 down_script = '/usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 up_script = '/usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 writepid = '/var/run/openvpn_client4.pid'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 cd_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 chroot_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 groupname = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 username = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 resolve_in_advance = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 resolve_retry_seconds = 1000000000
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 passtos = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 persist_key = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 persist_remote_ip = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 persist_local_ip = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 persist_tun = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remap_sigusr1 = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ping_timer_remote = ENABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ping_rec_timeout_action = 2
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ping_rec_timeout = 60
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ping_send_timeout = 10
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 inactivity_timeout = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 keepalive_timeout = 60
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 keepalive_ping = 10
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 mlock = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 mtu_test = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 shaper = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_ipv6_remote = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_ipv6_netbits = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_ipv6_local = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_nowarn = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_noexec = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_remote_netmask = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ifconfig_local = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 topology = 1
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 lladdr = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 dev_node = '/dev/tun4'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 dev_type = 'tun'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 dev = 'tun'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 ipchange = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 remote_random = DISABLED
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 Connection profiles END
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 explicit_exit_notification = 0
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 mssfix = 1450
Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 fragment = 0

manjotsc

But sometimes is up, but it doesn't obtain ip address.
Annotation 2019-10-15 233721.png

KOM

Your image shows you have two servers and neither has any clients connected. Your client connection is down and ha ssent 0 bytes, which ctells me it didn't even try to connect.

What happens when you click that little blue Start button?

manjotsc

Yes that's what happens, but just to clarify, I not trying to connect to the VPN server hosted on pfsense, I trying connect to PureVpn and Fastest VPN servers.

Thanks

KOM

Yes, I get it. Post screens of your client config.

manjotsc

![Screenshot_20191016-102801_Chrome.jpg](/assets/uploads/files/1571236212574-screenshot_20191016-102801_ch rome.jpg)

KOM

Your settings closely match the FastestVPN pfSense guide:

https://support.fastestvpn.com/tutorials/more-devices/pfsense

Notable differences are you've added the Fast I/O to Custom Options when there is a checkbox for it, and they tell you to use a Send/Receive buffer of 512 while you left it at default. Fix those two issues and then try again.

manjotsc

Just did, but same error

Rico

The reason for the fatal error is clearly in the logs

Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 neither stdin nor stderr are a tty device and you have neither a controlling tty nor systemd - can't ask for 'Enter Auth Username:'. If you used --daemon, you need to use --askpass to make passphrase-protected keys work, and you can not use --auth-nocache.

-Rico

KOM

Hmmm. Anything in your log file just before this line?

Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 Exiting due to fatal error

@Rico That might just be a warning and not the actual cause of the fatal exit. His settings look good and I can't imagine how he would get into this situation.

manjotsc

@KOM so any solution?

KOM

I'm waiting for you to answer my question.

manjotsc

@KOM
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 Exiting due to fatal error
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 neither stdin nor stderr are a tty device and you have neither a controlling tty nor systemd - can't ask for 'Enter Auth Username:'. If you used --daemon, you need to use --askpass to make passphrase-protected keys work, and you can not use --auth-nocache.
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2o-freebsd 27 Mar 2018, LZO 2.10
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 OpenVPN 2.4.6 amd64-portbld-freebsd11.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/RECVDA] [AEAD] built on Oct 3 2018
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_user_pass_file = 'stdin'
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 pull = ENABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 client = ENABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 port_share_port = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 port_share_host = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_token_lifetime = 0
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_token_generate = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_user_pass_verify_script_via_file = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_user_pass_verify_script = '[UNDEF]'
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 max_routes_per_client = 256
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 max_clients = 1024
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 cf_per = 0
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 cf_max = 0
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 duplicate_cn = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 enable_c2c = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_ipv6_remote = ::
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_ipv6_local = ::/0
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_ipv6_defined = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_remote_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_local = 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_defined = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 tmp_dir = '/tmp'
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 ccd_exclusive = DISABLED
Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 client_config_dir = '[UNDEF]'

KOM

That doesn't answer my question. Were there any events that happened BEFORE the fatal error message? I can't tell if that log shows old events first or new events since they're all at the same timestamp.

manjotsc

Ok let me check the order

manjotsc

It's newest entry on top, followed by old ones