Hi all, I'd need a template to monitor the number of open/active OpenVPN connections. Is there a known way to do this with webmin? Has anyone already a solution for this issue? why when I enter the script [b]management localhost 7505[/b] has always had an error openvpn will not run Many thanks in advance sorry i can not write properly, because I'm Indonesian These also help google translate

[quote="lamtota"] [root@livecd ~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start Starting openvpn: [color=#FF0000] [FAILED][/color] when I delete [b]management localhost 7505[/b] [root@livecd ~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start Starting openvpn: [color=#00BF00][ OK ][/color] [/quote] maikat will also want to see the content of your log "[i]servers/server/logs/openvpn.log[/i]", and set the verb to 3. so the answer to above will be more obvious.

before starting openvpn, what does [code]lsof -i :7505[/code] show ? is another process already listening on that port? can you try using port 7506?

[solved]how Enable OpenVPN management console

lamtota

Hi all,

I'd need a template to monitor the number of open/active OpenVPN connections.
Is there a known way to do this with webmin? Has anyone already a solution for this issue?

why when I enter the script management localhost 7505 has always had an error
openvpn will not run

Many thanks in advance
sorry i can not write properly, because I'm Indonesian
These also help google translate

maikcat

hi there,

>when I enter the script management localhost 7505 has always had an error

script?
you mean directive inside server config file..

can you post us the logs?

Michael.

lamtota

I run openvpn with webmin

port 1194
proto udp
dev tun0
ca keys/myvpn/ca.crt
cert keys/myvpn/serverkey.crt
key keys/myvpn/serverkey.key
dh keys/myvpn/dh2048.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist servers/server/logs/ipp.txt
tls-auth servers/server/ta.key 0
cipher AES-256-CBC
user nobody
group adm
status servers/server/logs/openvpn-status.log
log-append servers/server/logs/openvpn.log
verb 2
mute 20
max-clients 100
local 83.222.xxx.xxx
keepalive 5 30
client-config-dir /etc/openvpn/servers/server/ccd
tls-server
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
ccd-exclusive
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
management localhost 7505

when I run
[root@livecd ~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start
Starting openvpn: [FAILED]

when I delete management localhost 7505
[root@livecd ~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start
Starting openvpn: [ OK ]

I want to enable as shown below

what's the solution?

Bebop

lamtota wrote [root@livecd ~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start
Starting openvpn: [FAILED]

when I delete management localhost 7505
[root@livecd ~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start
Starting openvpn: [ OK ]

maikat will also want to see the content of your log "servers/server/logs/openvpn.log", and set the verb to 3.

so the answer to above will be more obvious.

lamtota

Fri Jul 29 08:47:04 2011 OpenVPN 2.2.0 x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] built on Jun 6 2011
Fri Jul 29 08:47:04 2011 MANAGEMENT: Socket bind failed on local address 127.0.0.1:7505: Permission denied
Fri Jul 29 08:47:04 2011 Exiting

whether there are additional software/plugin assistance to enable openvpn managemen?
What should enable port 7505 on the iptables?
if yes, how the configuration

maikcat

do you have selinux enabled?

please post output of sestatus

Michael.

janjust

before starting openvpn, what does

lsof -i :7505

show ? is another process already listening on that port? can you try using port 7506?

lamtota

janjust wrotebefore starting openvpn, what does

lsof -i :7505

show ? is another process already listening on that port? can you try using port 7506?

thanks for the advice
really turned out to port 7505 already in use
OK thanks SOLVED