include certificates in .OVPN file [closed]

Question

I have tried to create an VPN server of my own. I have ca.crt, server.crt, and client.key. How can I combine these into a single .opvn file?

Will it work if i change the extension of server.crt to server.ovpn?

Answer 1

Assuming you don't actually mean to "convert", but to "combine", "embed" or simply "use".

You can use the [inline] directive inside your .ovpn config file.
There's a good example here: Embedding key/cert/ca into client config

ca       [inline]
cert     [inline]
key      [inline]
tls-auth [inline] 1

<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
# insert base64 blob from ca.crt
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>

<cert>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
# insert base64 blob from client1.crt
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</cert>

<key>
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
# insert base64 blob from client1.key
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
</key>

<tls-auth>
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
# insert ta.key
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----
</tls-auth>