2nd openvpn no response
I am trying to start a 2nd openvpn service on my server so that clients can connect via udp instead of tcp.
However when I run: openvpn /etc/openvpn/openvpn2.conf I get no response at all. Usually I would expect the startup parameters or at least an error but I get nothing. I have to CTrl+c to get back to the prompt. ANy ideas what I can try? I changed the serve config so it has tun1 instead of tun and also changed the log files to openvpn-status2.log so it doesn't overwrite the other server. I also changed the network so there wouldn't be any IP conflicts. Openvpn1 runs on 172.16.x.x Code:
port 1194 |
Hi -
Mick Bauer, who writes the (most excellent!) "Paranoid Penguin" column for Linux Journal, did a great 4-part article on OpenVPN earlier this year. Please read it. He covers a great deal of background, goes into a lot of detail - and, in fact, spends time on exactly the issue you're asking about: Linux VPNs with OpenVPN There are a number of things that could be "going wrong" - some simple, some not-so-simple/not-so-obvious. Please read the article. I'm confident it should both: a) resolve the immediate problem b) give you some great ideas/insights going forward. IMHO .. PSM |
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It's a good article but doesn;t really address the problem I am trying to start a 2nd instance of OpenVPN and it does nothing but hang. It should give an error or at least signal some kind of issue so I need to troubleshoot why. |
Hi -
I read all four articles in the magazine, about six months ago. I definitely recall that Mick talked about single vs. multiple VPN configurations. But when I looked at the link I sent you, it didn't seem to have any convenient "forward links" to the subsequent three articles. Here is the entire series: Part 1: http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine...x-vpns-openvpn Part 2: http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine...penvpn-part-ii Part 3: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10707 Part 4: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10744 'Hope that helps .. PSM |
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I'll keep hunting - the openvpn users list may have a solution... |
Anyone have any ideas on what would cause the service to hang with no errors?
Has anyone started a 2nd VPN service on their server? |
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