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Thread: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

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    Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    When I try to run I get the following error:
    Code:
    error on line 198 of /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/openssl-1.0.0.cnf
    140224783447712:error:0E065068:configuration file routines:STR_COPY:variable has no value:conf_def.c:618:line 198
    line 198 of openssl-1.0.0.cnf reads:
    Code:
    subjectAltName=$ENV::KEY_ALTNAMES

  2. #2
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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    I'm a idiot. I just added the following line to the vars file. working correctly now.

    export KEY_ALTNAMES="something"

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    you may call yourself an idiot, but your comment certinaly helped me. Thank you.

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    I have the same problem and tried adding exportKEY_ALTNAMES="something" to my VARS file but I am still getting the same error?

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    Quote Originally Posted by Jacob_Tennant View Post
    I have the same problem and tried adding exportKEY_ALTNAMES="something" to my VARS file but I am still getting the same error?

    yep it works. THANKS OP!

    make sure there is a space between export and key in your VARS... unlike your post.

    then rerun:

    source vars
    ./clean-all
    ./build-ca

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    Thumbs up Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    This is the first time I have logged in since probably about 2009. I had to login because your post helped me out so much. I have been searching forever for this answer!! And for that I thank you.

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    Ditto above comment.

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    Quote Originally Posted by dcorwin822 View Post
    I'm a idiot. I just added the following line to the vars file. working correctly now.

    export KEY_ALTNAMES="something"
    Has nobody asked why a clean install of openVPN is broken out of the box? That doesn't seem right.

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    Quote Originally Posted by darren-hobbs-l View Post
    Has nobody asked why a clean install of openVPN is broken out of the box? That doesn't seem right.
    Haha...now that you pointed it out a fresh install is indeed broken, at least on my experience. I expected things to be configured after the installation that I did not even question the fact that the config is broken on first trial of generating certificates.
    I mean, it doesn't even ship with a default working config.

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    Re: Open VPN cannot run ./build-ca

    On https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/openvpn.html the steps should also be updated to include setting that variable. This thread helped me!

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