Guide to Home VPN Assistance
Guide to Home VPN Assistance
I’m looking for a reliable Raspberry Pi VPN setup to keep my home secure. The problem is that OpenVPN stopped working after an update, and now I can’t connect to my iPhone—my main way of accessing local DVR content. I’ve searched online but found no help, and most forums seem to say iPhones aren’t supported anymore. No one else seems to have the same issue. Do you know any alternatives or workarounds that would let me set up a simple, automatic VPN on my Pi?
Have you spent time connecting a monitor and mouse while checking system logs?
From what I understand, OpenVPN is functioning properly, though the iPhone app isn’t logging in correctly. I’ve seen similar issues on their forum. I can connect via SSH and retrieve logs if needed, but it seems something is still wrong. There was a recent update about a year ago, but it appears that fix didn’t fully resolve the problem now. I might need to switch to a different client, though I’m not sure what would work best. I thought OpenVPN was a solid choice, but maybe the issue lies with my configuration rather than the software itself.
I just tested the Passepartout VPN client for iOS 12. It functioned flawlessly using the same OVPN config file, with the certificate text included directly in the file rather than a reference to a separate cert file. The only drawback is the price of $2.99, but since it works well, I don’t mind.
In my configuration file I obtained from the VPN server there was a line: ca ca.cert. This caused issues because I couldn't import both the ovpn file and the certificate at once. You can modify the ovpn file by replacing that line with <ca> *entire contents of the certificate file* </ca>, so you only need to import one file now.
I'm not sure about what you did; I just reset my Pi and reinstalled PivPNP, and it functioned properly again. Who knows?