Turnkey Linux OpenVPN not working

[beninchurchil]

Hi
I'm fairly new to OpenVPN or even to VPN for that matter, I download Turnkey OpenVPN linux and setup as instructions, but when I connect from any client its says timed out. I'm posting below the details can you help me out ?

OpenVPN IP 192.168.0.102
Network: 192.168.0.0/24
Port 1194 (Already forwarded on the firewall)

Server.conf

port 1194
proto udp
dev tun

keepalive 10 120

persist-key
persist-tun
user nobody
group nogroup

Client ovpn file

client
remote xx.xxx.xxx.xx 1194
proto udp
remote-cert-tls server


cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256

tls-client
dev tun
resolv-retry infinite
keepalive 10 120
nobind
verb 3

Error messages log on OpenVPN Client running on Windows 10 while connecting
[May 2, 2024, 12:27:45] Connecting to [xx.xxx.xxx.xx]:1194 (xx.xxx.xxx.xx) via UDP
⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] Server poll timeout, trying next remote entry...
⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] EVENT: RECONNECTING ⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] EVENT: RESOLVE ⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] Contacting xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1194 via UDP
⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] EVENT: WAIT ⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] WinCommandAgent: transmitting bypass route to xx.xxx.xxx.xx
{
"host" : "xx.xxx.xxx.xx",
"ipv6" : false
}

⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:27:55] Connecting to [xx.xxx.xxx.xx]:1194 (xx.xxx.xxx.xx) via UDP
⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:28:05] EVENT: CONNECTION_TIMEOUT BYTES_OUT : 3240
PACKETS_OUT : 60
CONNECTION_TIMEOUT : 1
N_RECONNECT : 5
⏎[May 2, 2024, 12:28:05] EVENT: DISCONNECTED ⏎
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Can you guys help me out here ?

[beninchurchil]

Any ideas ?

[Pippin]

Hi,

Server poll timeout, trying next remote entry

It looks like the Windows client cannot reach the server.
The server log with --verb 4 can reveal if this is the case. How this is done on Turnkey Linux I don't know.

See,

--log file
--verb n

in manual 2.6: https://build.openvpn.net/man/openvp...openvpn.8.html

Also take note of this, AvoidRoutingConflicts

[beninchurchil]

Hi Pippin,

As you said I took log file using

 journalctl --output verbose > logs.txt

it generated a 194MB txt what specific should I look for in it ?