📅 2025-06-23 — Session: Configured VPN and Resolved OpenVPN Issues
🕒 00:40–01:25
🏷️ Labels: VPN, Openvpn, Networking, Security, Debian, Ubuntu
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to configure a VPN connection using a .p12 certificate and resolve various OpenVPN configuration issues.
Key Activities
- Provided a guide for connecting to a VPN using a .p12 certificate, including prerequisites and step-by-step instructions for both OpenVPN and IKEv2.
- Diagnosed and solved installation errors on Debian/Ubuntu systems related to package installation without superuser privileges.
- Corrected errors in the OpenVPN
client.ovpn
configuration file, specifically addressing incorrect use of--cert
and--pkcs12
parameters. - Offered instructions for resolving OpenVPN host address errors, including editing configuration files and optional settings for suppressing warnings.
Achievements
- Successfully configured a VPN connection using a .p12 certificate.
- Resolved common configuration errors in OpenVPN settings.
Pending Tasks
- No pending tasks were identified during this session.