Welcome to the community @TeleBrady
I don't have any great insights. I am not expert in OpenVPN servers. But, a couple things:
- Instead of using cat and copy/paste use just
cp
or add>filename.pem
to end of cat. That avoids possible extra pieces in the resulting cert file - The best way to use openssl for verify is found here
I searched this forum for OpenVPN and there is not much info. But, depending on your purpose for OpenVPN and its package you may not need Let's Encrypt certs at all. I know nothing more than what is provided in below post from credible source: