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jonaskellens

08-18-2011 10:16 AM

OpenVPN won't start

Hello,

I installed openvpn :

Code:

Package openvpn-2.1.4-1.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version

Starting the openvpn deamon does not work :

Code:

[root@p2 openvpn]# /sbin/service openvpn start

Starting openvpn:                                          [FAILED]

Getting the version also does not work :

Code:

[root@p2 openvpn]# /usr/sbin/openvpn -version

Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: -version

Use --help for more information.

This is the configuration file :

Code:

[root@p2 openvpn]# cat vpn-server.conf

# OpenVPN configuration file for VPN SERVER 

dev tun 

ifconfig 10.10.0.1 10.10.0.2 

secret /etc/openvpn/staticVPN2.key 

comp-lzo 

keepalive 10 60 

ping-timer-rem 

persist-tun 

persist-key 

user openvpn 

group openvpn 

daemon

kostya

08-18-2011 06:46 PM

Do you mean your configuration file is called "vpn-server.conf"?

Normally it is called "server.conf" for server and "client.conf" or else it won't start.
And it normally resides in /etc/openvpn.

lystor

08-19-2011 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonaskellens (Post 4446752)

[root@p2 openvpn]# /usr/sbin/openvpn -version
Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: -version
Use --help for more information.

Hi
"-version" is invalid command line parameter of openvpn.
Try "--version":

Code:

# openvpn --version

OpenVPN 2.1.4 x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] built on Mar 17 2011

kostya

08-19-2011 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kostya (Post 4447208)

Do you mean your configuration file is called "vpn-server.conf"?

Normally it is called "server.conf" for server and "client.conf" or else it won't start.
And it normally resides in /etc/openvpn.

Yet if you insist on calling your config file "vpn-server.conf", then try to start your openvpn like this:

Code:

#openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/vpn-server.conf

You can read the /etc/init.d/openvpn in order to see why the default config is called "server.conf" or "client.conf". So if you use the startup script it will be using such config file.

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