A remote machine running fedora uses openvpn, and multiple developers were successfully able to connect to it via their client openvpn. However, I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and I am having trouble connecting to
the server via vpn. I copied ca.crt, home.key, and home.crt
from the server to my local machine to /etc/openvpn folder. My client.conf file looks like this:
##############################################
# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
# for connecting to multi-client server. #
# #
# This configuration can be used by multiple #
# clients, however each client should have #
# its own cert and key files. #
# #
# On Windows, you might want to rename this #
# file so it has a .ovpn extension #
##############################################
# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
#
from the server.
client
# Use
the same setting as you are using on
#
the server.
# On most systems,
the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
#
the firewall for
the TUN/TAP interface.
;dev tap
dev tun
# Windows needs
the TAP-Win32 adapter name
#
from the Network Connections panel
# if you have more than one. On XP SP2,
# you may need to disable
the firewall
# for
the TAP adapter.
;dev-node MyTap
# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server? Use
the same setting as
# on
the server.
;proto tcp
proto udp
#
The hostname/IP and port of
the server.
# You can have multiple remote entries
# to load balance between
the servers.
remote xx.xxx.xx.130 1194
;remote my-server-2 1194
# Choose a random host
from the remote
# list for load-balancing. Otherwise
# try hosts in
the order specified.
;remote-random
# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve
the
# host name of
the OpenVPN server. Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to
the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite
# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind
# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)
;user nobody
;group nogroup
# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun
# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach
the actual OpenVPN
# server, put
the proxy server/IP and
# port number here. See
the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]
# Wireless networks often produce a lot
# of duplicate packets. Set this flag
# to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings
# SSL/TLS parms.
# See
the server config file for more
# description. It's best to use
# a separate .crt/.key file pair
# for each client. A single ca
# file can be used for all clients.
ca ca.crt
cert home.crt
key home.key
# Verify server certificate by checking
# that
the certicate has
the nsCertType
#
field set to "server". This is an
# important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
# http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
#
# To use this feature, you will need to generate
# your server certificates with
the nsCertType
#
field set to "server".
The build-key-server
# script in
the easy-rsa folder will do this.
ns-cert-type server
# If a tls-auth key is used on
the server
# then every client must also have
the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# If
the cipher option is used on
the server
# then you must also specify it here.
;cipher x
# Enable compression on
the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in
the server config file.
comp-lzo
# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3
# Silence repeating messages
;mute 20
But when I start server and look in /var/log/syslog, I notice
the following error:
May 27 22:13:51 myuser ovpn-client[5626]: /sbin/route add -net 10.27.12.1 netmask 255.255.255.252 gw 10.27.12.37
May 27 22:13:51 myuser ovpn-client[5626]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 4
May 27 22:13:51 myuser ovpn-client[5626]: /sbin/route add -net 172.27.12.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.27.12.37
May 27 22:13:51 myuser ovpn-client[5626]: /sbin/route add -net 10.27.12.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 10.27.12.37
And I am unable to connect to
the server via openvpn:
$ ssh
[email protected]
ssh: connect to host xxx.xx.xx.130 port 22: No route to host
What may I be doing wrong?
