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I am running an ubuntu server with LAN ip on which I want to run openvpn server which will provide access to the LAN that ubuntu server is in. I will be opening a port on my router through which the ubuntu server will listen on. The network will be 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 The (eth0) ip of ubuntu server will be 192.168.9.10. The LAN gateway and dns server will be 192.168.0.1 (router). I have partially worked on it by using this guide. But the openvpn server fails to start, so something isn't right in my conf file. So what settings should I have in my openvpn conf file?

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  • Have you took a look in your system log for error messages?
    – ulidtko
    Jan 20, 2011 at 14:35

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In order to help you debug your problem, you should do the following:

sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn stop
# Or 'sudo stop openvpn' if you are on a very new Ubuntu system
sudo openvpn --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/server.conf

You should now get the openvpn output right on your terminal.

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  • It seams the guide that I linked is somewhat outdated, I somehow got it working by following the official openvpn guide.
    – nixnotwin
    Jan 21, 2011 at 10:51
  • Ok, could you please close the question?
    – Florian
    Jan 21, 2011 at 12:01
  • What was the problem/solution?
    – teeks99
    Jan 22, 2011 at 22:59
  • Can anyone link to the Official OpenVPN Guide?
    – Sukima
    Mar 5, 2012 at 13:44

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