OpenVPN FreeNAS BSD installation issues

Question

im following this guide to install OpenVPN on my FreeNAS system. http://joepaetzel.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/openvpn-on-freenas-9-1/

I have ran in to the issues detailed below when trying to create the CA.cert.

[root@freenas] /mnt/NAS/openvpn# chmod -R 755 easy-rsa/2.0/*
[root@freenas] /mnt/NAS/openvpn# cd easy-rsa/2.0
[root@freenas] /mnt/NAS/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0# sh
#./clean-all
Please source the vars script first (i.e. "source ./vars")
Make sure you have edited it to reflect your configuration.
# . ./vars
NOTE: If you run ./clean-all, I will be doing a rm -rf on /mnt/NAS/openvpn/easyrsa/2.0/keys
# ./build-ca
Please edit the vars script to reflect your configuration,
then source it with "source ./vars".
Next, to start with a fresh PKI configuration and to delete any
previous certificates and keys, run "./clean-all".
Finally, you can run this tool (pkitool) to build certificates/keys.

I have tried creating the keys directory manually as i have read this has worked for others but still no luck. Being new to BSD I've hit a road block and looking for some advice.

Any ideas?

cheers guys

UPDATE:

When trying to source ./vars i get the following output

[root@freenas] /mnt/NAS/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0# source ./vars
export: Command not found.
export: Command not found.
export: Command not found.
export: Command not found.
EASY_RSA: Undefined variable.
export: Command not found.
EASY_RSA: Undefined variable.

Answer 1

FreeNAS's default shell is not sh, and therefore doesn't support the 'export' command. The ./vars script needs the export command to set environment variables it then needs.

So before you call ./vars (don't call source) call:

sh

This is clearly stated in the site: http://joepaetzel.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/openvpn-on-freenas-9-1/

Answer 2

Not sure about the original issue, i think nrathaus has covered that well.

demonLaMagra - If you want to check if openvpn in running use this command:

service openvpn status

Sorry I couldn't comment on the last answer because of being a new new user, otherwise I would have.