I can not make this OpenVPN guide work. I do not know whether to include the symbol | nor how to get out of >. When sending VPN_CERT="$(openssl x509 -in "${EASYRSA_PKI}/issued/${VPN_ID}.crt")" i get an error.

[image] castillofrancodamian: Before there was script and it was easier to create a server. Here you go: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/vpn/openvpn/extras#automated

This . Before there was script and it was easier to create a server.

The “pipe” | is part of the command

I don't like that approach very much. It is doing a lot of script to dump the certificates inline into the .ovpn file. It is simpler to just store them on the machine and refer to them by filename. It's a lot less headache to create certificates on your desktop machine with a GUI certificate tool…

And what steps could be skipped if I create the certificate on a PC?

[image] mk24: It's a lot less headache to create certificates on your desktop machine with a GUI certificate tool like xca. XCA doesn't create proper certificates for OpenVPN from scratch. Missing correct KU and EKU parameters results in an additional attack vector. It requires quite some ski…

Thanks, but what else should I know about copying and pasting?

Possible explanation is - haste makes waste. If you are sure you have done everything correctly, then proceed with the troubleshooting section of the guide.

Make sure "smart quotes" aren't turned on. " and " often look the same to humans, but fail miserably in code

root@Archer_C60:~# logread -e openvpn; netstat -l -n -p | grep -e openvpn Wed Apr 10 14:50:13 2019 daemon.err openvpn(vpnserver)[24328]: event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4) Wed Apr 10 14:50:13 2019 daemon.notice openvpn(vpnserver)[24328]: Closing TUN/TAP interface Wed Apr 10 14:50:13 2019 …

root@Archer_C60:~# ip addr show; ip route show; ip rule show; iptables-save 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6…

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Here you go:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/vpn/openvpn/extras#automated

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