12.04network-manageropenvpnvpn
Since 12.04 I cannot connect to my VPN. my ovpn file is the following
http://email.uoa.gr/help/download/vpn/edunet.ovpn
When I try to import the VPN file i get the following error
The file 'edunet.ovpn' could not be read or does not contain
recognized VPN connection informationError: unknown PPTP file extension.
Is there any way arround this error? I have already installed network-manager-openvpn
I'm hitting the same problem on 2 different 12.04 desktop machines. I'm pretty sure the problem got introduced with the following update that came in on 2/2/2015
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/network-manager-applet
BTW, you can still access the configure side of the VPN by running the "nm-connection-editor" from terminal session.
I don't know why they killed the applet selections for "Configure" and "Disconnect" VPN in the latest update. The change log didn't say anything about that https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/network-manager-applet/+changelog
I also had the same issue, trying to import on an Ubuntu 16.04 client a .ovpn file produced by a home pritunl server.
The .ovpn file contained comment lines (#) as well as inline certificates (<ca>, <tls-auth>, <cert>, <key>). And there was no apparent reason to remove comments or keys. This same .ovpn had already been successfully imported into the Kubuntu 16.04 network manager, with only a warning about reneg-sec being too high; A clue to import issues on Ubuntu 16.04.
The reneg-sec value is too high and encounters known import bug:
reneg-sec 2592000
Comment it out or use default value 3600.
#reneg-sec 2592000
This value can be re-set from Advanced settings in VPN config tab under:
The config had two remote definitions:
remote hostname.org 14195 udp6
remote hostname.org 14195 udp
remote-random
Try with only one:
#remote hostname.org 14195 udp6
remote hostname.org 14195 udp
#remote-random
After these two modifications, there were no import errors.
remote configurationAlthough there was no import error any more, the remote was not imported properly, i.e. the port and protocol were not properly parsed, so I had to further break the remote directive down in the .ovpn file as follows
remote hostname.org
port 14195
proto udp
My .ovpn file contained comments as well as inline certificates, etc.. After reading some other posts, I thought the problem lied in the inline files or the comments, so I split the inline certificates and keys into separate files and removed all comments.
So in the end, after applying the above fixes, the .ovpn file with the inline keys and comments was imported.
Best Answer
My problem was that network-manager-openvpn-gnome was not installed, (weird because I though it would get installed automatically after installing network-manager-openvpn). I installed it and everything was fine.
So, to all people having the same problem make sure that
after installing, restart the networking service, e.g. by executing