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OpenVPN connection breaks after a few seconds

Server Fault Asked on November 27, 2021

For the last hours I have been trying to connect to a VPN network through openVPN.
My connection settings are:

IPv4 tab:

Method: Automatic VPN
Routes: Use this connection only for resources on its network.

Then on the VPN tab:

fw01.vcloud.kirkeweb.dk
Type: Password with Certificates(TLS)

Under ADVANCED:

In General tab:
  Use custom gateway port is checked
  Use a TCP connection is checked
In TLS Authentication:
  Use TLS Authentication is checked.

The log is:

Aug  7 14:41:42 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> Starting VPN service 'openvpn'...
Aug  7 14:41:42 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 27429
Aug  7 14:41:42 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' appeared; activating connections
Aug  7 14:41:42 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
Aug  7 14:41:42 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN connection 'fw01-TCP-8081-gc-config-v2' (Connect) reply received.
Aug  7 14:41:42 aegir nm-openvpn[27435]: OpenVPN 2.2.1 x86_64-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [MH] [PF_INET6] [IPv6 payload 20110424-2 (2.2RC2)] built on Mar 13 2014
Aug  7 14:41:43 aegir nm-openvpn[27435]: Control Channel Authentication: using '/home/lebowski/Desktop/KWvpn/fw01-TCP-8081-gc/fw01-TCP-8081-gc-tls.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Aug  7 14:41:50 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN connection 'fw01-TCP-8081-gc-config-v2' (IP Config Get) reply received.
Aug  7 14:41:50 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN Gateway: 46.29.101.168
Aug  7 14:41:51 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN connection 'fw01-TCP-8081-gc-config-v2' (IP Config Get) complete.
Aug  7 14:41:51 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: started (4)
Aug  7 14:42:10 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <warn> VPN plugin failed: 2
Aug  7 14:42:10 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <warn> VPN plugin failed: 1
Aug  7 14:42:10 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: stopped (6)
Aug  7 14:42:10 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0
Aug  7 14:42:10 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Aug  7 14:42:17 aegir NetworkManager[1188]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' disappeared

One Answer

It's difficult to say without your server configuration, but you should first try and use the default client configuration options, namely to use UDP instead of TCP.

The default protocol/port combination for openVPN is UDP/1194, I would suggest you first attempt to use that instead of TCP/1194. If you're still not able to connect, check the server configuration, as well as the server logs, and update your question with the details.

Answered by Andrew on November 27, 2021

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