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--- technical:openvpn_setup [2018/12/06 10:32] – [DD-WRT Router Setup] bob
+++ technical:openvpn_setup [2018/12/20 13:18] (current) – [Generate the master Certificate Authority (CA) certificate & key] bob
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 ==== Generate the master Certificate Authority (CA) certificate & key ====
-Use easy-rsa 2, a set of scripts which is bundled with OpenVPN. With the Windows OpenVPN client open up a Command Prompt window with administrative privileges and cd to c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa. Run the following batch file to copy configuration files into place (this will overwrite any preexisting vars.bat and openssl.cnf files):
+Use easy-rsa 2, a set of scripts which is bundled with OpenVPN. With the Windows OpenVPN client open up a Command Prompt window with administrative privileges and cd to c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa. Run the following batch file to copy configuration files into place (this will overwrite any preexisting vars.bat and openssl.cnf files). Skip this if you already have vars.bat setup the way you like it. :
 <code>init-config</code>
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+Substitute "-enddate YYMMDDHHMMSSZ" to specify an end date instead.
 The final command (build-ca) will build the certificate authority (CA) certificate and key by invoking the interactive openssl command. My certificate looked like: