Set up the client configuration file

Edit a text file (using Notepad or any text editor) and save it as C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\client1.ovpn. The following is the content of this file:

client ; indicate this configuration file is for a client
dev tap ; TAP instead of TUN
dev-node tap-client1 ; this is the TUN/TAP interface to configure
proto udp ; use UDP instead of TCP
remote localhost 1194 ; we are only connecting to the localhost
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ../easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt
cert ../easy-rsa/keys/ciss342-client1.crt
key ../easy-rsa/keys/ciss342-client1.key
tls-auth ../easy-rsa/keys/ta.key 1
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3

7.2 Set up the client configuration file