OpenVPN Not starting at boot time (Debian Stable 6.0)

ezequielandrush

Hi all.

I am moving to a newer hardware an OpenVPN server that worked flawlessly. But in the new server I can't make OpenVPN start on boot.
All the server configuration files are in /etc/openvpn and end with .conf

Also, I added by hand the symlinks to init.d/rc.X in order to be sure that the script is called sometime during boot, but I had no success.

If I run "/etc/init.d/openvpn start" manually all works perfect, so I can be pretty sure that config files are ok.

Please help if you can, I really need this working.

Thanks in advance

Zeke

PD: sorry my english, I know it's awful

Mimiko

Add to the ent of the file '/etc/rc.d/rc.local' the following line (as you mentioned): "/etc/init.d/openvpn start"

dropje

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ezequielandrush

Hi again...

Mimiko wroteAdd to the ent of the file '/etc/rc.d/rc.local' the following line (as you mentioned): "/etc/init.d/openvpn start"

I am actually doing that in order to make openvpn services up at boot time, but if the connection resets for any reason the link dies...

dropje wroteOuch that is not how you're supposed to do it 😉 Have you changed Linux flavor and copied the init script from there instead of using aptitude to install OpenVPN? You should be able to use update-rc.d or chkconfig to add the proper symlinks on Debian. LSB-tags inside the init script will make sure start/stop dependencies are met.

I've tried that with no success at all...

I also have copied and used your init script (it's just the same I have) with no luck.

the thing that keeps my soul itching is that I can't see any start failure in any log in the system (I checked /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog, /var/log/daemon, /var/log/boot)

I really have no clue of what is going on here.... It's like the openvpn daemon is not even called at startup

Thanks again and sorry for my english.

Muchas Gracias

Zeke

******EDIT******

Looking at the /etc/ directory I found that in /etc/rcS.d there is no SXXopenvpn symlink... I wonder if that's the problem

Mimiko

Did you make the script executable? chmod 755
Put the script in '/etc/init.d', make it executable, and use command update-rc.d <script_name> defaults to setup it to start at boot.

ezequielandrush

Mimiko wroteDid you make the script executable? chmod 755
Put the script in '/etc/init.d', make it executable, and use command update-rc.d <script_name> defaults to setup it to start at boot.

Thanks for help... I just did that... still not working

Greetings

Zeke