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Description of problem: When starting openvpn with the new openvpn-server@instance unit on a fresh install, it fails complaining about /run/openvpn-server/status-instance.log not existing. Indeed the directory /run/openvpn-server does not exist. After a reboot, the directory has been created. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.1-2.el7 How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install openvpn 2. Create openvpn config in /etc/openvpn/server/instance.conf 3. systemctl start openvpn-server@instance 4. journalctl -n 50 -u openvpn-server@instance Actual results: systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN service for ovashrai4... openvpn[8009]: disabling NCP mode (--ncp-disable) because not in P2MP client or server mode openvpn[8009]: Options error: --status fails with '/run/openvpn-server/status-ovashrai4.log': No such file or directory openvpn[8009]: Options error: Please correct these errors. openvpn[8009]: Use --help for more information. systemd[1]: openvpn-server@ovashrai4.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenVPN service for ovashrai4. systemd[1]: Unit openvpn-server@ovashrai4.service entered failed state. systemd[1]: openvpn-server@ovashrai4.service failed. Expected results: ... Initialization Sequence Completed Additional info: The issue would appear to be that while /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/openvpn.conf is packaged that defines this (and the /run/openvpn-client) directory, package install does not trigger their creation. Possible solution would be to add the following in post-install: systemd-tmpfiles --create openvpn.conf
Generally one should include those files in the package itself, such as by creating them in %install like the example in the tmpfiles.d wiki page does. That helps ensure rpm can track their ownership and makes removal work the way people expect.
openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-c9f915d837
A similar fix is coming to F25, F26 and Rawhide as well.
openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-c9f915d837
openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.