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sajivakos
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openvpn as service not starting

Post by sajivakos » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:59 am

Hi,
I've install openvpn AS, the status overview says "Server is currently off", on clicking start, i get the following
Error:
PortPool: port pool depleted, cannot satisfy request for 'openvpn_74':
#./sacli status
{
"errors": {},
"service_status": {
"api": "on",
"auth": "on",
"bridge": "on",
"client_query": "on",
"crl": "off",
"daemon_pre": "on",
"db_push": "on",
"ip6tables_live": "on",
"ip6tables_openvpn": "on",
"iptables_live": "off",
"iptables_openvpn": "off",
"iptables_web": "on",
"license": "on",
"log": "on",
"openvpn_0": "off",
"openvpn_1": "off",
"openvpn_10": "off",
"openvpn_100": "off",
"openvpn_101": "off",
"openvpn_102": "off",
"openvpn_103": "off",
"openvpn_104": "off",
"openvpn_105": "off",
"openvpn_106": "off",
"openvpn_107": "off",
"openvpn_108": "off",
"openvpn_109": "off",
"openvpn_11": "off",
"openvpn_110": "off",
"openvpn_111": "off",
"openvpn_112": "off",
"openvpn_113": "off",
"openvpn_114": "off",
"openvpn_115": "off",
"openvpn_116": "off",
"openvpn_117": "off",
"openvpn_118": "off",
"openvpn_119": "off",
"openvpn_12": "off",
"openvpn_120": "off",
"openvpn_121": "off",
"openvpn_122": "off",
"openvpn_123": "off",
"openvpn_124": "off",
"openvpn_125": "off",
"openvpn_126": "off",
"openvpn_127": "off",
"openvpn_128": "off",
"openvpn_129": "off",
"openvpn_13": "off",
"openvpn_130": "off",
"openvpn_131": "off",
"openvpn_132": "off",
"openvpn_133": "off",
"openvpn_134": "off",
"openvpn_135": "off",
"openvpn_136": "off",
"openvpn_137": "off",
"openvpn_138": "off",
"openvpn_139": "off",
"openvpn_14": "off",
"openvpn_140": "off",
"openvpn_141": "off",
"openvpn_142": "off",
"openvpn_143": "off",
"openvpn_144": "off",
"openvpn_145": "off",
"openvpn_146": "off",
"openvpn_147": "off",
"openvpn_148": "off",
"openvpn_149": "off",
"openvpn_15": "off",
"openvpn_150": "off",
"openvpn_151": "off",
"openvpn_152": "off",
"openvpn_153": "off",
"openvpn_154": "off",
"openvpn_155": "off",
"openvpn_156": "off",
"openvpn_157": "off",
"openvpn_158": "off",
"openvpn_159": "off",
"openvpn_16": "off",
"openvpn_17": "off",
"openvpn_18": "off",
"openvpn_19": "off",
"openvpn_2": "off",
"openvpn_20": "off",
"openvpn_21": "off",
"openvpn_22": "off",
"openvpn_23": "off",
"openvpn_24": "off",
"openvpn_25": "off",
"openvpn_26": "off",
"openvpn_27": "off",
"openvpn_28": "off",
"openvpn_29": "off",
"openvpn_3": "off",
"openvpn_30": "off",
"openvpn_31": "off",
"openvpn_32": "off",
"openvpn_33": "off",
"openvpn_34": "off",
"openvpn_35": "off",
"openvpn_36": "off",
"openvpn_37": "off",
"openvpn_38": "off",
"openvpn_39": "off",
"openvpn_4": "off",
"openvpn_40": "off",
"openvpn_41": "off",
"openvpn_42": "off",
"openvpn_43": "off",
"openvpn_44": "off",
"openvpn_45": "off",
"openvpn_46": "off",
"openvpn_47": "off",
"openvpn_48": "off",
"openvpn_49": "off",
"openvpn_5": "off",
"openvpn_50": "off",
"openvpn_51": "off",
"openvpn_52": "off",
"openvpn_53": "off",
"openvpn_54": "off",
"openvpn_55": "off",
"openvpn_56": "off",
"openvpn_57": "off",
"openvpn_58": "off",
"openvpn_59": "off",
"openvpn_6": "off",
"openvpn_60": "off",
"openvpn_61": "off",
"openvpn_62": "off",
"openvpn_63": "off",
"openvpn_64": "off",
"openvpn_65": "off",
"openvpn_66": "off",
"openvpn_67": "off",
"openvpn_68": "off",
"openvpn_69": "off",
"openvpn_7": "off",
"openvpn_70": "off",
"openvpn_71": "off",
"openvpn_72": "off",
"openvpn_73": "off",
"openvpn_74": "off",
"openvpn_75": "off",
"openvpn_76": "off",
"openvpn_77": "off",
"openvpn_78": "off",
"openvpn_79": "off",
"openvpn_8": "off",
"openvpn_80": "off",
"openvpn_81": "off",
"openvpn_82": "off",
"openvpn_83": "off",
"openvpn_84": "off",
"openvpn_85": "off",
"openvpn_86": "off",
"openvpn_87": "off",
"openvpn_88": "off",
"openvpn_89": "off",
"openvpn_9": "off",
"openvpn_90": "off",
"openvpn_91": "off",
"openvpn_92": "off",
"openvpn_93": "off",
"openvpn_94": "off",
"openvpn_95": "off",
"openvpn_96": "off",
"openvpn_97": "off",
"openvpn_98": "off",
"openvpn_99": "off",
"user": "off",
"web": "on"
}

boldlybold
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Re: openvpn as service not starting

Post by boldlybold » Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:45 am

Bringing this post back from the dead to post a solution I figured out. The problem was due to openvpn attempting to use all 64 cores on my machine. This resulted in the admin config web page being inaccessible and looping me through the EULA prompt and login repeatedly.

Improper config shown with ConfigQuery

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./sacli ConfigQuery

...
  "vpn.server.daemon.tcp.n_daemons": "64",
  "vpn.server.daemon.udp.n_daemons": "64",
Change the configuration to use one daemon and restart

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./sacli -k vpn.server.daemon.tcp.n_daemons -v 1 ConfigPut
./sacli -k vpn.server.daemon.udp.n_daemons -v 1 ConfigPut
./sacli Stop
./sacli Start
And the admin panel is accessible now!

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openvpn_inc
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Re: openvpn as service not starting

Post by openvpn_inc » Sun Sep 05, 2021 12:28 am

Hi Bold,

I would suggest on a monster machine like that, consider running AS in a VM. We provide VM images for VMWare and MS Hyper-V, or use any hypervisor and install your own image of a supported distro. Give it something like 4 cores for a small userbase, and one daemon of each protocol per core.

Regards, rob0
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