I installed and configured OpenVPNManager service on Windows 7 x64, but it don't work, say "could not estabilish connection to management interface"
OpenVPNManager v. 0.0.3.8
OpenVPN 2.3.11-I601-x86_64

As the title say, if the configuration contains the line with:
verify-x509-name "host.domain.tld" name

the configuration will be ignored.

Please update it for the new openvpn clients.

thanks.

The idea is to add a checkbox in the options which lets the app save a list of open connections when it gets closed. When restarting (and the flag is present in the config) the list could be read and the connections will be opened again.

Hi Jochen,

It would be awesome if OpenVPN Manager could remember it's main window position. I place it to the bottom right, but after every (application) restart, the window is back at the left top position.

So I would like to request the feature to save window positions.

Thanks :-)

I'm using OpenVpnManager version 0.0.3.8 (but with version 0.0.3.6 it was the same) with Windows 7 x64, I have more than one config file in the config directory, together with the .p12 and .key files linked in the configuration.
If I start the service and the application with these files in place, I'm able to see in the tray menu all the profiles, but if start the connection to one of them the connection fails because the software is using the wrong .p12 file. If I move out of the config folder all the files, and I copy manually only the ovpn, p12 and key files of one profile, then the connection works flawlessly.

Example

config folder content:
profileA.ovpn, profileA.p12, profileA.key
profileB.ovpn, profileB.p12, profileB.key
profileC.ovpn, profileC.p12, profileC.key

Starting the connection with profileA, the log says that the software is using profileB.p12, and starting profileB the software uses profileC.p12, and so on
Sometimes stopping and restarting the service will change the p12 files picked up by the software, so sometimes after a restart of the service the software tries to use profileC.p12 for the connection to profileA.

If I have only the files of one profile in the folder then everything works.

Thanks
Luca

The download link for the exe is broken.. please fix.

http://openvpn.jowisoftware.de/downloads/openvpnmanager_0.0.3.8_setup.exe

When I select to connect to the 2nd config, the window shows the correct selected config, but the first config is actually connected to.
Running Windows7, OpenVPN Manager 0.0.3.8
Anyone else experiencing this?

This might be more of a feature request than issue:

Is there a way to bring up the status GUI when the desktop icon is double-clicked after the program has already started?

Apparently my users don't understand anything unless it's in the start menu or desktop icon 😄

Hello a feature that I would like to see is the ability to scroll through your list of config files when you right click with the mouse wheel that would be really cool and much faster than clicking on the arrow at the bottom.

Thanks

It looks like the newest installer of openvpn doesn't create the registry key exe_path used to resolve the openvpn.exe location anymore, but still creates the OpenVPN key. UtilsHelper.LocateOpenVPN on the other hand only checks for the existence of the OpenVPN key and assumes that there must be an exe_path underneath. Instead it should check for the key to exist before it tries to read the value, to avoid an ugly IOException.

This only happes if you don't add openvpn.exe to the PATH variable, as LocateOpenVPN checks the PATH and retuns on success, before it tries the registry lookup method.

Dear all,

I had Windows 8, and I upgraded to Windows 8.1, after the upgrade everything worked fine but your OpenVPN Manager application. I am not able to use it any more. Would it be possible to provideme with some instructions on what to do , so I can continue to use it. The message I get is: "error while starting OpenVPN" . Thanks in advance for your help.

In version 0.0.3.6, if I connect to one connection successfully, then click connect on a second, the following exception occurs:

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************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Text length must be less than 64 characters long.
Parameter name: Text
Actual value was fw-udp-1193-xxxxx (service): Connecting
xxxx-pfsense-udp-1194-Xxxxx.Xxxxxxxx (service): Connecting
.
   at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.set_Text(String value)
   at OpenVPNManager.FrmGlobalStatus.SetTrayIconAndPopupText()
   at OpenVPNManager.VPNConfig.State_StateChanged(Object sender, StateChangedEventArgs e)
   at System.EventHandler`1.Invoke(Object sender, TEventArgs e)
   at OpenVPNUtils.States.State.raiseEvents(StateSnapshot ea)
   at OpenVPNUtils.States.State.ChangeState(VPNConnectionState newstate)
   at OpenVPNUtils.ServiceConnection.Connect()
   at OpenVPNManager.VPNConfig.Connect()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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Hi,

it would be nice if I could select one of multiple VPNs for autoconnect on startup.

Best regards
Olaf

To make it easier for others to compile the code and provide pull requests, the AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile should be moved to corresponding .user files. As an example for the OpenVPN.csproj the OpenVPN.csproj.user file would look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>jochenwierum.pfx</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="jochenwierum.pfx" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

The .user files can then be ignored in the preferred way.

This is a feature request: A way to set a default password for many or all configurations at once. (I have hundreds of servers through which I can use NordVPN, but every time I use a server for the first time, I must enter the long username and password I was given by them.)

Thank you.

Hi, first let me thank you for your work on this great utility.
I'm wondering whether is there a possibility to allow log to a file when there is log file set in ovpn config file? Log .... and Log-Append .... options doesn't seem to be working when I connect through openvpnmanager (There's even no default log file even when log is not specified compared to openvpn-gui - only log available is in openvpnmanger's gui, but I'd definitely prefer to have external one)

Can you please implement this feature or is it some kind of limitation when connecting through management interface?

Regards,
Ez.

I've added 'auth-retry interact' to the both of config file (openvpn and openvpn manager) but when I run the application it raises a message like this:

the application setting is like:

the config has these lines:

management 127.0.0.1 1194
management-query-passwords
management-hold
management-signal
management-forget-disconnect
auth-retry interact

After all the application work and I can connect to a tunnel but I don't know the effect of this error message on openvpn manager manner!

Hello I think a fantastic feature would be if the connection status window came up when attempting to connect that way you would be able to see if and why a VPN isn't connecting, instead of waiting or manually clicking on the icon. This window should minimize on a successful connection.

It would also be very nice to see the connection IP in a tooltip once the connection has be established.

Thanks

Dear Sir,

can i start a script automaticly after connection and before disconnection?
What should i do?

Thanks!

When I run this project in Visual studio , and true to connect one of VPNs , it's shown UAC prompt ask for administrator password. Does anyone know how to remove this UAC promot? I think it was trying to trigger OpenVPN.

thanks

Hi,

I wish I could copy one or more lines from the openvpn manager status window to my clipboard to paste them somewhere else.
This could be done by selecting a single line or muliple lines by pressing ctrl and/or shift.
At the moment I can doubleclick on one line to get a popup window with the content of the line but I can't mark or copy it.

Best regards
Olaf

Hello,

I tried version 0.0.3.8 from http://openvpn.jowisoftware.de/downloads/, and the management interfaces do not seem to come up - so I cannot connect to anything. Version 0.0.3.7 seems fine.

The actual Setup Files containes the .net and the openvpn installer

this is a request to get an installer that only installs the manger and no deeps.

or is there a way to specify on the commandline in silent install to not install the other parts.

thx
Mario

Installer 'requires'/checks for DotNet4, please change to DotNet2.

However OpenVPNManager runs fine with only DotNet2. Only DotNet4 however does not work for OpenVPNManager, so the installer should be changed to match/require DotNet2.

Hello,

I want to use OpenVPNManager to connect to two OpenVPNs at once. The OpenVPNs I want to connec to are running on pfSense firewalls.

I added a second TAP adapter, but when I try to connect to the second VPN I'm getting 'Could not establish connection to management interface'.

Before I switched to using OpenVPNManager I didn't have to make any other changes, does anyone know how to connect multiple VPNs at once with OpenVPNManager?

Copied from E-Mail:

Hallo,
ich benutze deine GUI für OpenVPN gerne nun seit Jahren, weil sie auch mit Smartcards umgehen kann.
Leider funktioniert sie jetzt nicht mehr zusammen mit dem OpenVPN Cient 2.4.8
Könntest du vielleicht eine neue passende Version erzeugen?
LG A.

With the official openvpn-gui.exe there is a command line parameter of '--silent_connection 1' which hides the status popup when connecting.

I was wondering if it would be possible to get a similar option (either as an option or command line parameter) for openvpn-manager?

Cheers

To keep the Software clear it would make sense to push the Windows Service Part into an own small executable.

Hi Jochen,

I use Notepad++ as my default editor. And as Notepad doesn't support the Unix line ending, it would be awesome to set the editor for OpenVPN Manager to Notepad++.

So my request would be an option in the settings to change the path to the default editor.

Thanks! :-)

Having multible configs with the same management address amd port running at the same time doesn't work, because the first corresponding openvpn instance will bind to the port and other instances will not be able to bind to the port until the first instance is gone. The user should be warned if there is already an instance with the given management port running.

Hi there,

I wish as new feature that the current connected IP-Adress(es) is/are shown in the tooltip of the openvpn-manager icon.
Actually I have to rightclick on the icon, choose the connected VPN and click "show" to see the current connected IP-Adress in the new window in the upper right corner.

Thanks for reading.

Hello,

I have several Win10 machines where the machine boots up but the 'OpenVPN Manager' never starts. I'm not able to connect to any VPNs with Openvpn-Manager until I manually start the 'OpenVPN Manager' service. So far I can't find any errors or other clues as to why this isn't starting.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Hi Jochen,

I would like a button to open the configuration directory, or, even better, be able to delete configurations from the Manager.

Thanks!

Hi!
When using a (PIN protected) smart card and enabling smart card support in OpenVPN Manager 0.0.3.8, I retrieve the following error.

Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Aug 22 2013
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:11197
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:11197
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log on all'
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 PKCS#11: Adding PKCS#11 provider 'c:\Windows\System32\opensc-pkcs11.dll'
Mon Oct 07 21:00:38 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'pkcs11-id-count'
Mon Oct 07 21:01:27 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'pkcs11-id-count'
Mon Oct 07 21:01:28 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'pkcs11-id-count'
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'signal SIGTERM'
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 Cannot load certificate "(null)" using PKCS#11 interface
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 SIGHUP[hard,private-key-password-failure] received, process restarting
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1381172491,RECONNECTING,private-key-password-failure,,
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Aug 22 2013
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'signal SIGTERM'
Mon Oct 07 21:01:31 2013 Signal received from management interface, exiting

The following verifies, that my smart card is connected as required:
C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin> openvpn.exe --show-pkcs11-ids c:\Windows\System32\opensc-pkcs11.dll

The following objects are available for use.
Each object shown below may be used as parameter to
--pkcs11-id option please remember to use single quote mark.

Certificate
DN: CN=mydomain.example.com
Serial: 020EFB
Serialized id: ZeitControl/PKCS\x2325\x20emulated/000500000c81/OpenPGP\x20card\x20\x28User\x20PIN\x29/03

Hello
I'm using version 3.6, and only one certificate.

I would like to connect to vpn to start windows.

The openvpnmanager service is active.

Currently the process is done manual -> right and connect button.

I appreciate all help.

Follow the .ovpn file:

dev tun
persist-tun
persist-key
cipher BF-CBC
auth SHA1
tls-client
client
resolv-retry infinite
remote ip 1194 udp
lport 0
verify-x509-name "server" name
pkcs12 srvlmssafw01-udp-1194-XXX.p12
comp-lzo

dont terminate service process on wrong password, ask again

auth-retry interact

open management channel

management 127.0.0.1 166

wait for management to explicitly start connection

management-hold

query management channel for user/pass

management-query-passwords

disconnect VPN when management program connection is closed

management-signal

forget password when management disconnects

management-forget-disconnect

Is there any reason why some of the assemblies target x86 only? As we don't reference any unmanaged x86 libraries, we should change this to AnyCPU to give the .net runtime the choice.

Or do we want to save memory, by forcing the runtime into 32bit? If so, I suggest to only compile the executables as x86 and let the dlls target AnyCPU anyway.

I really like using OpenVPN Manager,
but I've a lot of openvpn configs, and after I changed the path to the configs, the Manager stops working and cpu and mem usage is really high. If I use another folder with just 3 configs everything works fine.

But I think if it's a manager it should work with a lot of configs.
Maybe you could add subfolders to the manager or something.

take care
-Chris

• It would be nice to have a GUI to edit the OpenVPN configuration files, like it exists under linux (openvpn plugin for networkmanager) as seen on the pictures below.
• The GUI could give the option to save the file as a configuration for userspace connection or as a service connection (and update the service in the same time).
• The possibility to load configuration files directly into the config directory should be kept also. Ideally, the configuration could be changed directly in the file and then through the GUI or vice-versa.
  
  

I use Hibernate allot !! If I connect to my home openvpn server and connect with OpenVPN Manager it works just fine - and shows green in icon bar. If I then hibernate my tablet then un-hibernate it - status is still green. Cannot disconnect or do anything with icon. OpenVPN connection is NOT up. Either have to restart Tablet OR Kill OpenVPN Manager program - stop and start the OpenVPN manager service and restart the OpenVPN Manager program.

Is this a known issue ??

No issue with 0.0.3.6 but issue running same ovpn file with 0.0.3.7

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************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Text length must be less than 64 characters long.
Parameter name: Text
Actual value was AirVPN United States - Fremont, California (Persei)(UDP) (AirVPN): Connecting
.
at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.set_Text(String value)
at OpenVPNManager.FrmGlobalStatus.SetTrayIconAndPopupText() in C:\Users\Jochen Wierum\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\OpenVPN Manager\OpenVPNManager\FrmGlobalStatus.cs:line 663
at OpenVPNManager.VPNConfig.State_StateChanged(Object sender, StateChangedEventArgs e) in C:\Users\Jochen Wierum\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\OpenVPN Manager\OpenVPNManager\VPNConfig.cs:line 424
at System.EventHandler`1.Invoke(Object sender, TEventArgs e)
at OpenVPNUtils.States.State.raiseEvents(StateSnapshot ea) in C:\Users\Jochen Wierum\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\OpenVPN Manager\OpenVPN\States\State.cs:line 143
at OpenVPNUtils.States.State.ChangeState(VPNConnectionState newstate) in C:\Users\Jochen Wierum\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\OpenVPN Manager\OpenVPN\States\State.cs:line 78
at OpenVPNUtils.UserSpaceConnection.Connect() in C:\Users\Jochen Wierum\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\OpenVPN Manager\OpenVPN\UserSpaceConnection.cs:line 126
at OpenVPNManager.VPNConfig.Connect() in C:\Users\Jochen Wierum\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\OpenVPN Manager\OpenVPNManager\VPNConfig.cs:line 466
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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OpenVPNManager
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CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/personalVPN/bin/openvpnmanager/OpenVPNManager.exe

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OpenVPN
Assembly Version: 0.0.3.7
Win32 Version: 0.0.3.7

CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/personalVPN/bin/openvpnmanager/OpenVPN.DLL

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