Hi all,
since i do not use Smart?phones i run a little into the researching fog… OK let´s give it a try.
sounds like the configuration parser cannot find the exact tag string in the ovpn. According to the OpenVPN FAQ → FAQ Regarding OpenVPN Connect IOS | OpenVPN you would need the certificate, ca, key and if configured the ta key in your client.ovpn . This can be made automatically if you do not enter a password while you create a client, by downloading the ZIP package use the right disc icon (not the left) and you should be fine with all that. Did tried it now and it should looks like this:
#OpenVPN Client conf
tls-client
client
nobind
dev tun
proto udp
tun-mtu 1500
remote ipfire.local 1194
;ca cacert.pem
;cert testios.pem
;key testios.key
cipher BF-CBC
auth SHA1
verb 3
remote-cert-tls server
verify-x509-name ipfire-prime.local name
mssfix 0
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGmzCCBIOgAwIBAgIUMX/vozRIQhkfmaRN0ZxaoIkulaUwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEN
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oHRIgJJ71gMvb06c903k
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
<cert>
Bag Attributes
friendlyName: testios
localKeyID: E0 08 02 42 D6 71 C1 12 88 63 31 1B 70 17 FF 54 35 56 D3 15
subject=C = DE, ST = BW, O = ummeegge, OU = FZeit, CN = testios
issuer=C = DE, ST = BW, L = Hamburg, O = ummeegge, OU = Fzeit, CN = ummeegge CA, emailAddress = ummeegge@ue.org
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFnDCCA4SgAwIBAgIBAzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBhzELMAkGA1UEBhMCREUx
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</cert>
<key>
Bag Attributes
friendlyName: testios
localKeyID: E0 08 02 42 D6 71 C1 12 88 63 31 1B 70 17 FF 54 35 56 D3 15
Key Attributes: <No Attributes>
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKYwggSiAgEAAoIBAQCwwYsiy0O/KxAi
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t7OhS/sV7RUDtZ45jlsrwg==
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
</key>
have tested it on my Laptop and have here no problem at all.
It is always a ZIP file if it is secure (with PKCS#12) or insecure makes there no difference. As mentioned above, you just do not enter a password, in that case you should get an equal result as above. If not, please deliver the log error.
The wiki provides also a manual how to create the ovpn file → wiki.ipfire.org - Automatic Method to create a unified `.ovpn` file but am not sure why since the web interface provides it automatically but again, i do not use Smart?phones.
Best,
Erik