Now we want to create an OpenVPN Server Certificate, so select that on the dropdown, enter correct info and “Type:” click “Save” Notice the Duration:” is set for 3700 days, this is longer than the main cert so when that is redone, this will be lost “Valid so 10950 is unnecessary; same for Client, below. Now we want to create an OpenVPN Client Certificate, so select that on the dropdown, enter correct info and “Type:” click “Save” Now you have a server cert and a client cert for OpenVPN, create additional client certs as needed. NOTE: you may wish to complete the setup and test the first client before creating other users. Select and click “Enable” “Save” I change the to AES-256 and click “Encryption:” “Save” Click This is why we flash the firmware and reset with factory defaults before we generate users, etc. “Yes” Now we create the user account, select the appropriate Client Certificate, enter a username and password, click “Save” Download the .ovpn file, I click the OpenVPN icon on the left I edit with Notepad++ To add my password file into the config, see line 11 above and below I add the name of the text file with a after pass. Now save this file as something more easily understood than clientx_*******.ovpn, such as EdCisco.ovpn Create and save the password file containing the username and password, name it exactly what appears on line 11 above Move these two files to…
Now we want to create an OpenVPN Server Certificate, so select that on the “Type:” dropdown, enter correct info and click “Save” Notice the “Valid Duration:” is set for 3700 days, this is longer than the main cert so when that is redone, this will be lost so 10950 is unnecessary; same for Client, below. Now we want to create an OpenVPN Client Certificate, so select that on the “Type:” dropdown, enter correct info and click “Save” Now you have a server cert and a client cert for OpenVPN, create additional client certs as needed. NOTE: you may wish to complete the setup and test the first client before creating other users. Select “Enable” and click “Save” I change the “Encryption:” to AES-256 and click “Save” Click “Yes” This is why we flash the firmware and reset with factory defaults before we generate users, etc. Now we create the user account, select the appropriate Client Certificate, enter a username and password, click “Save” Download the .ovpn file, I click the OpenVPN icon on the left I edit with Notepad++ To add my password file into the config, see line 11 above and below I add the name of the text file with a after pass. Now save this file as something more easily understood than clientx_*******.ovpn, such as EdCisco.ovpn Create and save the password file containing the username and password, name it exactly what appears on line 11 above Move these two files to…
cisco_rv325_openvpn_initial_config.docx