OpenVPN server, executing openvpn with the config as argument produces no output

AttributedTensorField

11/10/22, 6:58 PM

I have the following OpenVPN server config, which when I try to give as argument produces no output and simply returns.

[root ~]# cat /etc/openvpn/server/myvpnserver.conf 
port 28191
proto tcp
dev tun0

ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/issued/vpn-rpi.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/private/vpn-rpi.key
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/dh.pem

server 192.168.1.50 255.255.255.0
keepalive 10 120
user nobody
group nobody
persist-key
persist-tun
status /var/log/openvpn-status.log
verb 3

log-append /var/log/openvpn
status /tmp/vpn.status 10

And when I try to execute it, I get:

[root ~]# openvpn /etc/openvpn/server/myvpnserver.conf
[root ~]#

The return code from $? is 1.

This is Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi, with OpenVPN as follows:

[root ~]# openvpn --version
OpenVPN 2.5.3 [git:makepkg/ecaf88f8a4e75856+] armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Jun 18 2021
library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021, LZO 2.10
Originally developed by James Yonan
Copyright (C) 2002-2021 OpenVPN Inc <[email protected]>
Compile time defines:

Why does it produce no output? What should I do to resolve the problem?

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Michael Hampton

11/10/22, 7:03 PM

98191 is not a valid port number.

AttributedTensorField

11/10/22, 7:27 PM

@MichaelHampton Thanks, I changed it to 28191 though, and I still get the exact same problem. Also updated the question.

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Lacek

11/10/22, 7:59 PM

If the log-append config option is present, all log messages will go to that file, and not to the standard output, so you should check that file.

It might worth noting that log-append expects a filename, not a directory, which makes your config suspect. Did you really wanted to log into a file called /var/log/openvpn?

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