OpenVPN fails to start when connecting to OpenVPN cloud server
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Set up server on OpenVPN cloud and Android phone connects but pfsense client fails. Used the import client for the ovpn file.
Logs show:
Aug 3 21:18:05 php-fpm 51096 OpenVPN failed to start Aug 3 21:18:05 php-fpm 51096 /status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/openvpn --config '/var/etc/openvpn/client1/config.ovpn'' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
Aug 3 21:18:05 openvpn 76096 Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in /var/etc/openvpn/client1/config.ovpn:33: setenv (2.6_git)
Aug 3 06:16:17 openvpn 71422 Options error: --proto tcp is ambiguous in this context. Please specify --proto tcp-server or --proto tcp-client
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@jims
Try to open the client settings in the webGUI, correct settings if anything odd and save it. -
@jims Thing is I don't know what might be odd because I have done little to none of this kind of thing before.
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