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I am using Debian on a VPS and now I need to connect it to my university vpn using OpenVPN. I have .ovpn file imported and I can see the connection in nmcli c. But when I issue nmcli c up myvpn I get Error: Connection activation failed: Could not find source connection.

What can be the issue here?

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    Does this answer your question? NetworkManager fails with "Could not find source connection" Commented May 16, 2023 at 15:44
  • @roaima unfortunately, no. I connect to the server via SSH and I can't use GUI. Commented May 16, 2023 at 15:56
  • Ignore the answers that use the GUI. The remainder seem plausible Commented May 16, 2023 at 16:46
  • Don't seem to get anything useful from there.. Commented May 17, 2023 at 7:25
  • Does your interface have a default gateway set, if it does not, then you encountered the same issue as the linked issue. Please provide the output of ip r in your question. Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 8:02

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I have recreated the .ovpn file and sent it to the server using powershell and SCP. Then recreated the connection and managed to set it up.

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