setup server

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install openvpn easy-rsa
... all same until /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys 
cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/
cp vars.example vars
vi vars
  • uncomment and modify following lines 
    #set_var EASYRSA_REQ_COUNTRY    "US"
#set_var EASYRSA_REQ_PROVINCE   "California"
#set_var EASYRSA_REQ_CITY       "San Francisco"
#set_var EASYRSA_REQ_ORG        "Copyleft Certificate Co"
#set_var EASYRSA_REQ_EMAIL      "me@example.net"
#set_var EASYRSA_REQ_OU         "My Organizational Unit"
  • save and close 
    ./easyrsa init-pki

when service starts and waits for password in the background use this to enter password 

sudo systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --query

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