Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /config/openvpn/country.ovpn (PIA)

[Svenman2]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to get this Docker image to work via Portainer but I get the following message: Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /config/openvpn/Netherlands.ovpn

I use PIA as my openvpn provider and I see more people have problems with it?! has anyone had this already? or is diet a new issue also i had problem with /dev/net/tun i solved that thanks to this ticket

Here's the error code I get with multiple openvpn files

=2021-08-14 19:29:08.222280 [info] VPN_ENABLED defined as 'yes' 2021-08-14 19:29:08.501275 [info] OpenVPN config file (ovpn extension) is located at /config/openvpn/Netherlands.ovpn dos2unix: converting file /config/openvpn/Netherlands.ovpn to Unix format... 2021-08-14 19:29:08.697153 [info] VPN remote line defined as 'nl-amsterdam.privacy.network 1198' 2021-08-14 19:29:08.826418 [info] VPN_REMOTE defined as 'nl-amsterdam.privacy.network' 2021-08-14 19:29:08.952833 [info] VPN_PORT defined as '1198' 2021-08-14 19:29:09.100766 [info] VPN_PROTOCOL defined as 'udp' 2021-08-14 19:29:09.227332 [info] VPN_DEVICE_TYPE defined as 'tun0' 2021-08-14 19:29:09.350425 [info] LAN_NETWORK defined as '172.17.0.0/16' 2021-08-14 19:29:09.495947 [warn] NAME_SERVERS not defined (via -e NAME_SERVERS), defaulting to Google and FreeDNS name servers 2021-08-14 19:29:09.630068 [info] VPN_OPTIONS not defined (via -e VPN_OPTIONS) 2021-08-14 19:29:09.791765 [info] Adding 8.8.8.8 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:29:09.945879 [info] Adding 37.235.1.174 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:29:10.076503 [info] Adding 8.8.4.4 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:29:10.221043 [info] Adding 37.235.1.177 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:29:10.406460 [info] Starting OpenVPN... Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /config/openvpn/Netherlands.ovpn Use --help for more information. 2021-08-14 19:33:39.029990 [info] VPN_ENABLED defined as 'yes' 2021-08-14 19:33:39.162818 [info] OpenVPN config file (ovpn extension) is located at /config/openvpn/ca_toronto.ovpn dos2unix: converting file /config/openvpn/ca_toronto.ovpn to Unix format... 2021-08-14 19:33:39.308150 [info] VPN remote line defined as 'ca-toronto.privacy.network 1198' 2021-08-14 19:33:39.434621 [info] VPN_REMOTE defined as 'ca-toronto.privacy.network' 2021-08-14 19:33:39.584606 [info] VPN_PORT defined as '1198' 2021-08-14 19:33:39.737192 [info] VPN_PROTOCOL defined as 'udp' 2021-08-14 19:33:39.877878 [info] VPN_DEVICE_TYPE defined as 'tun0' 2021-08-14 19:33:40.002400 [info] LAN_NETWORK defined as '172.17.0.0/16' 2021-08-14 19:33:40.146247 [warn] NAME_SERVERS not defined (via -e NAME_SERVERS), defaulting to Google and FreeDNS name servers 2021-08-14 19:33:40.269537 [info] VPN_OPTIONS not defined (via -e VPN_OPTIONS) 2021-08-14 19:33:40.394626 [info] Adding 8.8.8.8 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:33:40.516678 [info] Adding 37.235.1.174 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:33:40.639255 [info] Adding 8.8.4.4 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:33:40.793329 [info] Adding 37.235.1.177 to resolv.conf 2021-08-14 19:33:40.925514 [info] Starting OpenVPN... Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /config/openvpn/ca_toronto.ovpn Use --help for more information.

[ghost]

Copy and paste this into a new stack in Portainer:

version: '3.2'

services:
 qbittorrent:
  image: dyonr/qbittorrentvpn
  cap_add:
    - NET_ADMIN
  ports:
    - "8999:8999"
    - "8999:8999/udp"
    - "8090:8080"
    - "8118:8118"
  devices:
    - /dev/net/tun
  volumes:
    - /volume1/docker/qbittorrentvpn/config:/config
    - /volume1/docker/qbittorrentvpn/downloads:/downloads
  environment:
    - VPN_ENABLED=yes
    - VPN_TYPE=openvpn
    - LAN_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24
    - VPN_USERNAME=
    - VPN_PASSWORD=
  restart: unless-stopped

Change ports, volumes & your credentials as needed.

The trick here that's getting it to work (at least for me and a few others) is the /dev/net/tun device & the NET_ADMIN bit. On most devices, these changes aren't needed, but on Synology NAS devices (like what I'm using), the 2 changes are needed.

Hope this helps.

[ghost]

I'm not sure what could be causing your issue. For me, the fix was to do the 2 things I added to the docker-compose file and the different container (since this one appears to no longer be maintained). Have you tried the dyonr one (the one listed in my other comment here)?

[zeoninja]

I'm not sure what could be causing your issue. For me, the fix was to do the 2 things I added to the docker-compose file and the different container (since this one appears to no longer be maintained). Have you tried the dyonr one (the one listed in my other comment here)?

Hey, i got this working, thanks so much. My container mounts "volume1\docker\qbittorrentvpn\downloads" as download for qBittorent. Is there any way to move files in that mount to shared folders outside the container?

[MYeager1967]

I was running this up until an hour ago and it ran fine. After upgrading my NAS to DSM 7, I'm getting this error. It's obviously a permissions issue, I'm just unsure where to start to resolve it....

EDIT: Apparently having the container privileged flag set caused this. As soon as I realized this and removed the line, it works...

Is anyone using the healthcheck on this? I had it going previously, but there are now environment variables I didn't have before. The old check is apparently still viable, but if there's a built in script, I'd like to use it....

[t3kg8m3r]

@MYeager1967 ,

Yes it is definitely some type of permissions issue with DSM 7... the way I fixed it is to stop the container, uncheck "execute container using highest privilege", apply changes, start back up the container, wait a few minutes, stop the container again and re-check "execute container using highest privilege", apply changes, and start it back up and OpenVPN then worked!

[MYeager1967]

I removed the privileged line from my docker-compose and it's running. Might try to put it back now that you say it's working for you. Thanks for the reply! Any idea about the health check variables?