Does OpenVPN take up space on a harddrive?

peternagel91

Hi!

I got a question! Maybe it's a dumb question but I am new to this! 🙂 So I ordered a VPS to mask my IP and installed OpenVPN succesfully by following a YouTube video. It connects just fine but today it seems it's not very stable. Now this could be the VPS but I started to think that maybe its another issue. I have a very cheap VPS (for 4 euros per month) with only 10GB HDD. Now could it be that OpenVPN is storaging stuff on my HDD resulting in a full HDD and thus the connection is bad? I didn't have these issues 5 days ago up until today. I could try reinstalling my VPS but I want a permanent solution. Are my thoughts right? If so, is there some way to turn it off? So I can just use OpenVPN to mask my IP without using any HDD resources on the VPS!

Thanks!

maikcat

the only thing that occupies space is logs...

post your configs please

Michael.

peternagel91

Im running on Ubuntu 14.04 x86 on a vps with 2mb ram and one 1 gz processor! I was told I should change the portnumber to 80. Does that help? The connection is just not very stable atm

maikcat

your logs probably are too large,

Michael.

peternagel91

Is it possible to disable them all?

maikcat

yes it is,post your configs

Michael.

peternagel91

I would love to do that, I just don't know how. Googled it but I couldnt find it.

I followed this video to install https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bafYav1QuWs

Is it better to install it via apt-install openvpn command? Cuz after I did that I could navigate to etc/openvpn but there was no file such as server.conf

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peternagel91 wroteI followed this video to install https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bafYav1QuWs

Did you try the Official HOWTO:
HOWTO: For OpenVPN Community Edition

peternagel91

Well that tutorial is making it harder then it is right? I mean that video makes it look so easy but this tutorial, talking about RPM packages etc. There isn't anything wrong with the method described in the video?

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This forums does not provide support for youtube "tutorial" videos.

If you want to learn HOWTO use OpenVPN read the Official HOWTO .. link provided :roll:

If you want help with your current attempt :

maikcat wrotepost your configs please

You may also find The Manual v23x of use ... but that depends if you read it.

Good luck :twisted: