Peter Robinson writes:
> > After successfully testing an OpenVPN link on a x86_64, I
get the
following
> > error on aarch64, as root:
> >
> > # nmcli connection import type ovpn file <file>.ovpn
> > Error: failed to find VPN plugin for ovpn.
>
> So having tried that same command with a openvpn profile I use daily I
> had a look at the manual [1] to check to see if I could list plugins.
> It mentioned "type values are the same as for vpn-type option in nmcli
> connection add" so checking that out I got a lst of the following
> types "vpn-type
> vpnc|openvpn|pptp|openconnect|openswan|libreswan|ssh|l2tp|iodine|..."
>
> That gave me a slightly different error related to my actual config,
> but to start it seems you need to substitute ovpn for openvpn in you
> command line.
Once I exported it from the other machine properly a "nmcli connection
import type openvpn file test.ovpn" worked as expected on an aarch64
machine.
Yup. Rookie error. I got mixed up between the .ovpn extension, and the
"openvpn" plugin name.