Old Networking Firewall In Place

[kitchinmj]

Hello, I'm trying to use Algo to set up a VPN. It says "If you see this error then one possible explanation is that you have a previous firewall configured in your cloud hosting provider which needs to be either updated or ideally removed. Removing this can often fix this issue." How do I update or remove this? I am using Digital Ocean.

[davidemyers]

On your DigitalOcean page look at Networking / Firewalls. By default there won't be any unless you created one.

This error can also happen when a cloud provider is unusually slow in creating an instance. Is the problem repeatable?

[davidemyers]

Another thing to try is setting ssh_port: 22 in config.cfg in case there's something about your network that is blocking connections to the Algo default port of 4160.

[kitchinmj]

By the way, I am following the steps listed in this article. I had to create the droplet before starting the whole process as outlined in those instructions. So the droplet is there but I'm thinking that I didn't do the installation right because when I get to the part about "Configure Your Devices for your VPN" the files that they want me to open are not there.

I tried the deployment with a new API token, changing the port to 22, and made sure I was using the region that is closest to me and this is what happened.

Thanks again for this support.

[davidemyers]

That article is four years old and probably out-to-date. Follow the instructions on the main Algo page.

If you are creating the Droplet yourself than you should be using the option:

Install to existing Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04 server (for more advanced users)

The options for the cloud providers are for when you want Algo to create the instance for you.

[kitchinmj]

I tried putting the Algo-master in the trash, downloading it again, and doing everything over again from the top using only the instructions on the main Algo page, and I got this:

It didn't even go through all options like it was doing before. At this point, I've spent a lot of time on this and I think it is way above my skill level, so I'm going to find a paid VPN service instead. Thanks so much for your effort.

[davidemyers]

That is unfortunately a new bug that is affecting all Algo users. See issue #14204 for a workaround. I've submitted a fix in PR #14206.