Why does QVPN not accept my .ovpn file when adding an OpenVPN connection profile?
Below are the options supported by QVPN’s OpenVPN client. If your .ovpn file is missing the required options, or has extra options not in this list, the .opvn file may fail to import.
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Option name |
Required? |
Note |
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client |
✓ |
Defines this is a client config file |
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dev tun |
✓ |
QVPN only supports TUN device |
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remote |
✓ |
Accepted format: remote hostname [port] [protocol] |
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script-security |
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resolv-retry |
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nobind |
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auth-nocache |
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auth-user-pass |
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remote-cert-tls |
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reneg-sec |
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cipher |
Ciphers with cipher block-size less than 128 bits (mostly BF, DES, CAST5, IDEA and RC2) are unsupported. |
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tls-cipher |
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|
proto |
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explicit-exit-notify |
For more information on OpenVPN client options, please reference this OpenVPN documentation.
The following options are deprecated by OpenVPN and may cause the .ovpn file fail to import. You must remove any of these options if present in your .ovpn file.
|
Option name |
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key-method |
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tls-remote |
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compat-names |
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no-name-remapping |
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no-iv |
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no-replay |
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keysize |
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ifconfig-pool-linear |
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client-cert-not-required |
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ns-cert-type |
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tun-ipv6 |
See this page for more information.
