You are correct. Thanks. I was so puzzled by this. I am using KDE. Possibly the network manager interface is different. This is what I did. Imported the openvpn config file into networkmanger. It makes a connection, it times out, and no amount of debugging gives any more hint.
I edit the openvpn file, and extract the key block into a file. It is the key block in between <tls-crypt> and </tls-crypt> so my text file looks like this: -----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1----- 92e2de5ae643729863zzzz4a0ebe952 . . . cc05zxzxczczxxczxzxczxce902b498a5 -----END OpenVPN Static key V1----- I save it as blabla.key Then I opened the openvpn connection imported into nm, choose Advanced... on the VPM (openvpn) tab,Choose TLS Settings, and change only two things Mode is TLS-Crypt and Key File i give the path of the key file created just before. And immediately, the connection worked ** Attachment added: "2019-11-28_21-32.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1847144/+attachment/5308442/+files/2019-11-28_21-32.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1847144 Title: network-manager-openvpn config import ignores tls-crypt section Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I setup a vpn on raspberry pi with pivpn. It creates ovpn files with a tls-crypt section <tls-crypt> # # 2048 bit OpenVPN static key # -----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1----- <key data> -----END OpenVPN Static key V1----- </tls-crypt> network-manager fails to extract this key and setup the advanced tls- crypt section when one imports the ovpn file and vpn cannot connect (logs only show a timeout). on the other hand openvpn --config ovpn-file works fine. extracting the tls-crypt key and setting the tls settings to tls-crypt with this extracted key, enables the vpn to work. additionally, it doesn't extract the config to verify the name as the ovpn file also requests it do (again, cant set this manually) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: network-manager-openvpn 1.8.10-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-27.28-generic 5.0.21 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Mon Oct 7 23:30:49 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-06 (274 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-18 (172 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1847144/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
