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Can't connect to OpenVPN running on pfsense server from a Raspberry Pi 4

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    timcin
    last edited by Mar 25, 2025, 12:48 AM

    I've got remote Windows 11 and Ubuntu workstations remotely accessing my openvpn server but I can't get a Raspberry Pi to connect.

    I've looked all over and haven't found 1 article or post on how to do this. I want to setup a Raspberry Pi 4B at a remote site to be able to access my OpenVPN server on my pfsense appliance. I've installed openvpn on the Pi and tried the *.ovpn config generated on the pfsense along with the certificates just like on the Ubuntu workstations. This is what I get:
    sudo systemctl enable openvpn@client.service
    The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=,
    Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template
    units). This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.

    Possible reasons for having this kind of units are:
    • A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
    .wants/ or .requires/ directory.
    • A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
    a requirement dependency on it.
    • A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
    D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
    • In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some
    instance name specified.

    The Raspberry PI version is:
    PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
    NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
    VERSION_ID="12"
    VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
    VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
    ID=debian

    How do I get around this?

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      viragomann @timcin
      last edited by Mar 25, 2025, 12:59 PM

      @timcin
      This issue cannot has nothing to do with pfSense. So this is the wrong place to request support for it.
      You should ask in a Raspy forum, how to enable an OpenVPN client service.

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