OpenVPN setting up own server 2 errors

I followed a guide on creating your own VPN using OpenVPN and only encountered two errors from openVPN guide. I think my VPN is created but I thought this would be useful since I am in Libraries using open WiFi.

When I ran sudo ufw allow OpenSSH I got an error message: ERROR: Could not find a profile matching 'OpenSSH'

Another issue I encounter was after I ran sftp tim@openvpn_server_ip:client-configs/files/client1.ovpn ~/ I received the message ssh: Could not resolve hostname openvpnserverip: Name or service not known Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer

Thanks for any help in advance! I tried running the second command again and it wouldn't terminate so I had to ctrl + c it myself

2 Answers

I have encountered the same ERROR:

ERROR: Could not find a profile matching 'OpenSSH'

So what I did was to run:

sudo apt-get install ssh

After installing, I ran:

cd ~/openvpn-ca
sudo ufw allow OpenSSH

And I verified it with:

sudo ufw status

I hope it will work for you too!

$ sudo ufw allow OpenSSH
ERROR: Could not find a profile matching 'OpenSSH'

Run

sudo apt-get install ssh

and then:

$ sudo ufw allow OpenSSH
Rules updated
Rules updated (v6)

$ sudo ufw status
Status: inactive

$ sudo ufw enable
Firewall is active and enabled on system startup

$ sudo ufw status
Status: active
To Action From
-- ------ ----
8080 ALLOW Anywhere
OpenSSH ALLOW Anywhere
8080 (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
OpenSSH (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)