Hello,
'openpvn' is still waiting and does not make new network interface. I suppose that a reason is missed TUN kernel module.
but manually I can make a TAP device
ip tuntap add mode tap dev tap0
root@nanopim4v2:/etc/openvpn/client# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether fe:0f:8e:36:d4:22 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 96:ad:f6:0d:75:7b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.100.105/24 brd 192.168.100.255 scope global noprefixroute eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::a0d5:e8e8:9ecf:42b3/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether c0:84:7d:18:b0:6a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: tap0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3e:61:c0:43:ae:4a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
root@nanopim4v2:/etc/openvpn/client# openvpn --config client.conf
Jarek
PS: Armbian_19.11.3_Nanopim4v2_buster_legacy_4.4.192 has a very slow network (it is not usable)