[Solved] small suggestions for new openvpn profile

[fathibn]

Hi,
As several parameter names, descriptions and locations (order in the form) have changed between the old openvpn server generation wizard and the new openvpn profile form, would it be possible, as a suggestion, to print the old parameter names in italic, between parenthesis, under the new parameter names, so people could rapidly and with minimum possible mistakes manually migrate their old config to the new profile form.
Or at least have one preview button, similar to the one down this page, that allows previewing what will be the server config file.
TIA.

[AdSchellevis]

Hi,

We're not planning to do that, when it comes to explaining the available options, we rather refer to the upstream documentation (https://openvpn.net/community-resources/reference-manual-for-openvpn-2-6/). The old code had quite some madness in there, not every option refers to a single alternative, the authors of the system likely know better what each option offers.

I'm not strongly against offering a download function for the config file generated, although I'm not sure if that would be helpful for anyone, you could always open a ticket on GitHub (https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/new/choose) to ask for specific features.

Best regards,

Ad

[fathibn]

My second suggestion was just to be able to compare generated files (result of configuration) with the old and new way to configure openv and be sure all old configs have been set.

Best Regards,
Fathi.