Problems with openvpn-openssl and luci-proto-openvpn

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello, i've installed both packages to create a client connection to my VPN Server from OpenWrt One.

Unfortunately there was no new category VPN in navigation from Luci Webinterface after installing luci-proto-openvpn.

By trying to start openvpn in console with /etc/init.d/openvpn start the error
-ash: /etc/init.d/openvpn: not found occur.

In folder /etc/init.d there was no file named openvpn.

service openvpn start says Service "openvpn" not found

OS Info:
OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r34792-a317079b57 / LuCI Master 26.155.67145~1583b09
Kernel-Version 6.18.34

Thanks for help.

2

see: OpenVPN setup guide Master branch

Both the implementation and my notes are very much a W.I.P. with some trickery I got it working

3

It appears that the openvpn package is not actually installed, or since you are using a snapshot build, the package did not build correctly.
If possible, install the latest release build instead.

4

Which image from here ( https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=25.12.4 ) is the release build?

5

25.12.4 has the old openvpn implementation,
luci-app-openvpn

It is only on master branch that the new luci-proto-openvpn is implemented.

6

Can you share your "trickery"? I am also not able to get openvpn fully working. The reason I tried snapshot is because 25.12.4 is very slow on ovpn.
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/slow-openvpn-25-12-4/250425
I am sure I must have some setting messed up.

You can check if openvpn is running.

ps |grep -i openvpn
 2570 root      9052 S    openvpn --config /var/run/openvpn.tun0.conf
 4210 root      1240 S    grep -i openvpn
7

If you want a stable/release build, don’t use luci-proto-openvpn. On release images the LuCI package is luci-app-openvpn (plus openvpn-openssl); luci-proto-openvpn is only in master/snapshot right now.

So either stay on snapshot and expect rough edges, or select your exact device in Firmware Selector with the stable version and add luci-app-openvpn/openvpn-openssl there.

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It is in the link in my first post

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Have changed now to release build 25.12. Previously, there was a snapshot installed, cause as new user i didn't know the difference between the images.
Connection from Router and devices behind to the OpenVPN Server works already, with packages openvpn-openssl and luci-app-openvpn.
VPN connection reaches the limit of WAN speed and CPU load at 15% is good.