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UPGRADING FROM 2.3-ALPHA1 AND EARLIER
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OpenVPN Windows installer went through major changes in
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2.3-alpha2. To avoid any unexpected behavior, it is strongly
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suggested to upgrade as follows.
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First backup configuration files and certificates from your
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current installation; by default they're in
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C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config (32-bit Windows)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN\config (64-bit Windows)
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After this, stop the openvpn-gui or the openvpn service
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wrapper, if either of them is running and uninstall OpenVPN.
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Finally, remove the OpenVPN install directory entirely (e.g.
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using Windows Explorer as administrator).
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Finally, install the new version of OpenVPN and copy over
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your configuration files and certificates, which now go to
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C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config
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provided you did not install the 32-bit version on 64-bit
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Windows.
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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS VISTA/7 USERS
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Note that on Windows Vista, you will need to run the OpenVPN
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GUI with administrator privileges, so that it can add routes
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to the routing table that are pulled from the OpenVPN server.
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You can do this by right-clicking on the OpenVPN GUI
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desktop icon, and selecting "Run as administrator".
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GENERAL QUICKSTART FOR WINDOWS
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The OpenVPN Client requires a configuration file
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and key/certificate files. You should obtain
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these and save them to OpenVPN's configuration
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directory, usually C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.
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You can run OpenVPN as a Windows system service or by using
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the client GUI. To use the OpenVPN GUI, double click on the
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desktop icon or start menu icon. The OpenVPN GUI is a
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system-tray applet, so an icon for the GUI will appear in
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the lower-right corner of the screen. Right click on the
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system tray icon, and a menu should appear showing the names
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of your OpenVPN configuration files, and giving you the
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option to connect.
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BUILDING OPENVPN FOR WINDOWS
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Official OpenVPN Windows releases are cross-compiled on Linux using the
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openvpn-build buildsystem:
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https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/BuildingUsingGenericBuildsystem
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First setup the build environment as shown in the above article. Then fetch the
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openvpn-build repository:
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git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build.git
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Review the build configuration:
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openvpn-build/generic/build.vars
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openvpn-build/windows-nsis/build-complete.vars
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Build (unsigned):
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cd openvpn-build/windows-nsis
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./build-complete
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Build (signed):
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cd openvpn-build/windows-nsis
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./build-complete --sign --sign-pkcs12=<pkcs12-file>\
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--sign-pkcs12-pass=<pkcs12-file-password> \
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--sign-timestamp="<timestamp-url>"
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