Next, we initiate the server’s certificate and key using this command: build-key-server server Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) :Ĭommon Name (eg, your name or your server’s hostname) :OpenVPN-CAģ. For the “Common Name,” the most beneficial choice is to choose a unique name to distinguish the company.

These options will also have default values, which appear within brackets. This will prompt to enter the country, state, and city. In order to create the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate and key, we run the following command. Next, we will run the following commands.

We then save the file and exit Notepad.ĥ. Then, we edit the below lines switching the “US”, “CA,” settings that are consistent with the business’ location. Next, we open the “vars.bat” file in the notepad text editor. We can begin the OpenVPN configuration by typing the following command. Then we browse to the following folder location using the cd command in the administrative command prompt. On the “User Account Control” pop-up window, we click “Yes” to accept the program to make changes this the server.Ĥ. Next, we right-click the menu item “Command Prompt”.ģ.

First, we open the Start menu and go to “Windows System” and then right-click on “Command Prompt” > “More” > select “Run as Administrator.”Ģ. Once that completes, we begin the configuration portion of the setup.ġ. On a Windows server, first, we download the Windows installer and then run it on our Windows server. Now let’s take a look at how our Support Engineers set up the OpenVPN on Windows. Today we’ll see how to install and configure OpenVPN on Windows. Here at Bobcares, we have seen several such Windows-related errors as part of our Server Management Services for web hosts and online service providers. Wondering how to setup OpenVPN on a Windows server? We can help you with it.

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