Tutorial: Enable DCO for a Windows Connector⁠

Option 1: Enable DCO in the OpenVPN Connect app⁠

1. Launch OpenVPN Connect.

2. Click Menu > Settings

3. Expand Advanced Settings.

4. Set Security Level to Preferred.

5. Click the Enable DCO checkbox.

   Screenshot of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.0⁠

   

6. Return to the profiles screen and click or tap your profile to connect.

Option 2: Enable DCO using ovpnconnector.exe (command line)⁠

You can also turn on DCO when connecting to CloudConnexa using OpenVPN Connect's ovpnconnector.exe from the command line.

1. Import and configure the OVPn profile with the following commands:

   cd %ProgramFiles%\OpenVPN Connect
   ovpnconnector.exe install
   ovpnconnector.exe set-config Profile ovpnconnector.ovpn
   ovpnconnector.exe set-config log ovpnconnector.log
   ovpnconnector.exe start

   For a helpful CloudConnexa tutorial, refer to Tutorial: Use OpenVPN Service Binary on Windows to Automatically Connect to CloudConnexa on Startup for more information on using ovpnconnector.exe.

2. Apply DCO to the active profile:

   cd %ProgramFiles%\OpenVPN Connect
   ovpnconnector.exe stop
   ovpnconnector.exe set-config dco true
   ovpnconnector.exe start

3. Verify that DCO is active in the OpenVPN Connect log file or the ovpnconnector.log file: