I'm trying to setup openvpn for my iPad. But after setup, when I click client export I get a browser page full of text and not the file I need for openvpn app.
Is the text you're getting actually the contents of the .ovpn configuration file?
Yes. It looks like the CA information.
Yeah so if it's connection information, and certificate information all rolled into a giant ball of text, I guess it's expecting you to just copy all of that text and put it into a file. Are you trying to get this configuration off of your iPad and onto another device?
Are you setting OpenVPN yourself or you are using some service? Also do you authorize via certificates or passwords? I'm not sure if the openvpn app for your iPad is different, but on Android you can drop your openvpn.conf or .ovpn file to your sdcard and import your profile from the app. You then point it to the directory of your ca.crt, youropenvpnuser.crt file and your openvpnuser.key file and you're set.
I had this working before my SSD died and I had to reinstall pfsense. First I configured openvpn. Then when I went to export the inline file on my iPad. It would open the openvpn app, and ask if I wanted to install. That was it. I never saw the text or anything. Coping and pasting doesn't work because the iOS openvpn app requires the file specific to openvpn.
You may need the openvpn client export package for pfsense to get it working properly. But pasting that in to a file with a .opvn extension is what the openvpn configuration file is, so that should work.
You guys rock. Your input sent me down a trouble shooting road and I got it!
First I logged in to pfsense from my desktop. Downloaded the file to my desktop, uploaded it to Dropbox. Next, opened Dropbox on iPad, and imported it into openvpn app.
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