error with start openVPN service

Hello I’ve run into the same error and the solution for me was to :

systemctl enable openvpn-server@server.service

instead of “openvpn@server.servcice”

then start the service:

systemctl start openvpn-server@server.service

I assume your config file is server.conf and it’s under /ets/openvpn/server folder

hope it helps

Hi guys,

Mine was resolved on Ubuntu 16.04 when I realised that the /etc/openvpn folder was missing the DH file. I opened the server.conf and took an openssl command from a comment there:

openssl dhparam -out dh2048.pem 2048

Once I run this I could run sucesfully

systemctl start openvpn@server

-J

Doh! I forgot to copy the ta.key file to the /etc/openvpn directory. I discovered this by running the suggested command:

sudo journalctl -xe

Found this beauty: Options error: --tls-auth fails with ‘ta.key’: No such file or Options error: Please correct these errors.

Hope it helps.