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    How to Restart OpenVPN Wizard from Start/Scratch

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      kbiker2011
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      Every time I go into the OpenVPN wizard it picks up where I left off the last time. For example, it continues on step 6 of 11. I need to reset the wizard from scratch. I have tried restoring to a previous configuration, I have of course restarted the unit, etc but I do NOT want to finish the wizard as I have incorrect selections. How can I reset the wizard? I am running 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1, FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE

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      • RicoR
        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
        last edited by Rico

        Step 6 of 11 (Certificate Authority Selection) is the default after selecting Local User Access as Backend Type.
        You can edit any setting after the wizard is finished in VPN > OpenVPN > Servers > Edit Server anyway.

        -Rico

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          kbiker2011
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          I appreciate the fact that I can change the settings later but I would like to know how to completely reset the wizard so it starts from the beginning again. I find that any of the wizards always retain what was previously selected and/or previously completed. It would be good to reset it to start from the beginning, there should be an option to do this?

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            Just run through it.. Then delete the instance if you don't want it. And start the wizard again and it will start from step 1.

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              patg_84 @johnpoz
              last edited by patg_84

              @johnpoz Same issue as kbiker2011. I followed your advice to run through the wizard and I went back and deleted any reference to OpenVPN, certs, cert server, etc. Once I restart the wizard I choose 'Local User Access" --> NEXT --> It continues from step 6.

              If a CA is defined it will restart at step 5.

              How do we fully reset this so it starts back on step 1 or shows what is/was included in steps 1-5, etc.

              EDIT:
              I tried this on a fresh install of v2.5.0 in a VM and it starts at step 6. Nothing else is configured. Am I missing something here???

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              • kiokomanK
                kiokoman LAYER 8 @patg_84
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                @patg_84
                it's normal, step 2/3 is to configure LDAP
                step 4/5 is to configure RADIUS
                if you select "local user access" you jump to step 6

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                  patg_84 @kiokoman
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                  @kiokoman Thank you for clarifying.

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