How to connect MikroTik to VPN server

13.12.2022
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Import ".ovpn" configuration file to MikroTik

  • Log in to MikroTik web interface and click the “WebFig” button. (1)
  • In the menu on the left, select “Files”. (2)
  • And in the “Upload” field, click the “Select file” button. (3)




  • Find the ".ovpn" file you need and upload it (1), (2).




After downloading the “.ovpn” file, you need to extract it.

  • Go to the “Terminal” button (1) to open a command prompt.
  • In the command prompt, enter the following commands (2):
certificate/import file-name=$file.ovpn. 
  • Enter user password:
"$file.ovpn" (passphrase: *************)
	
  • To see the information about the imported certificates, enter the command (3)
certificate/print
	




Creation of OVPN Client:

  • Click on the “WebFig” button. (1).
  • In the menu on the left, select “Interfaces” option. (2)
  • Create an OVPN client “OVPN Client”. (3)




To connect MikroTik as an OVPN-Admin client, the following basic settings are required:

  • OVPN client name, “ovpn-out1”. (individually) (1)
  • Maximum MTU, “1340”. (individually) (2)
  • Remote IP address of the OVPN-Admin server. (individually) (3)
  • OVPN-Admin server port, “1194”  (4) 
  • The protocol that the VPN will work with is “udp”.  (5)
  • Username, “admin_test”. (individually)   (6) 
  • User certificate, “admin_test.ovpn_0”. (individually)  (7) 
  • Authorization, “sha1”  (8) 
  • Cipher-VPN, “aes 256”  (9) 
  • Click the “Apply” button (10) to apply the settings and click the Ok button (11) to save the changes. Then check the status.



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