how to restart openvpn server
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:45 am
I'm using the "OpenVPN Access Server" AMI EC2 instance from AWS.
According to viewtopic.php?p=12848#p12848 /etc/init.d/openvpn restart should restart OpenVPN server on Debian (I'm running Ubuntu, which is Debian) but when I try that I get this:
When I do service openvpn restart (which should work on CentOS per the above post) I get this:
I did locate openvpn but got 3,860 entries back per locate openvpn | wc -l...
If it helps, here's the banner that I see when I login:
So how do I restart OpenVPN Server?
I mean, I guess I could just reboot the server but is there a way to restart OpenVPN without rebooting the entire machine?
According to viewtopic.php?p=12848#p12848 /etc/init.d/openvpn restart should restart OpenVPN server on Debian (I'm running Ubuntu, which is Debian) but when I try that I get this:
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bash: /etc/init.d/openvpn: No such file or directoryCode: Select all
Failed to restart openvpn.service: Unit openvpn.service not found.If it helps, here's the banner that I see when I login:
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Welcome to OpenVPN Access Server Appliance 2.7.5
System information as of Tue Oct 12 06:00:15 UTC 2021
System load: 0.0 Users logged in: 0
Usage of /: 75.6% of 7.69GB IP address for eth0: 172.31.7.187
Memory usage: 42% IP address for as0t0: 172.27.224.1
Swap usage: 0% IP address for as0t1: 172.27.232.1
Processes: 103
Last login: Tue Oct 12 04:04:04 2021 from 70.124.147.35I mean, I guess I could just reboot the server but is there a way to restart OpenVPN without rebooting the entire machine?