Importing existing Linux OpenVPN setup

[whitwye]

Hi,

What does it take to import an existing OpenVPN setup? This is one where we need to keep it coordinated with Linux servers which will remain in use in various locations. We use easy-rsa to manage the certs, and coordinate them by rsyncing them to the satellite systems. Will this integrate with pfSense? Or is it going to be so awkward that setting up a VM behind pfSense would be required? We'd rather have OpenVPN in pfSense if we can, so that access is available as long as pfSense – which we're installing to a failover pair -- is up at all.

Thanks,
Whit

[divsys]

You haven't described what connects to what in this setup.
Is a Linux server acting as an OpenVPN server and other boxes connect as clients?
Any Windows clients?
How many boxes/connections are we talking about?
Is it a full mesh setup?
Have you designated a single server or other system as the "Keeper of the Certificates"?

In general it shouldn't be too tough to migrate over to pfSense fairly seamlessly.
Should be a matter of importing the required CA and (possibly a new) Cert for the pfSense OpenVPN server.

Then it's a matter of copying in the settings from the existing config into a new OpenVPN server instance under pfSense.
Personally, for one server, I would hand enter the settings from the old OpenVPN server's config into the pfSense GUI.
Better error checking and less chance of something "odd" happening.