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Hi,

I have an OpenVPN Server running and when I try to restart it seems like there is no effect. I have tried the following 3 steps:

systemctl stop openvpn-server@myserver.service
systemctl enable openvpn-server@myserver.service
systemctl start openvpn-server@myserver.service

Apart from the fact that during all these steps my connection with the server continued without any problem, after the 3rd step this error appeared:
"Job for openvpn-server@serveranq.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status openvpn-server@serveranq.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details."

systemctl status openvpn-server@myserver.service shows:



Why is the service activating (auto-restart) and what could cause it?

Regards,
Paul

Also, I forgot to mention that the server is running on Ubuntu 20.04 and the config file myserver.conf is located in /etc/openvpn.

paulb wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:48 am

the config file myserver.conf is located in /etc/openvpn

The unit file openvpn-server@.service only works on config files in /etc/openvpn/server

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply.

I did move the config file in /etc/openvpn/server but after running the status command is still showing:
"Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code)"

Is this an issue or it should not concern me? Why I can`t have a green dot for my server?

Look at your openvpn server log.

See --log in the manual.

I`ve opened the openvpn.log file. Should I look for something specific (a line or more that can show me the issue)?

Yes, that is the general idea of a log file.