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Bug 1444601 - OpenVPN fails to launch due to missing /var/run directory
Summary: OpenVPN fails to launch due to missing /var/run directory
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: openvpn
Version: epel7
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Sommerseth
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-23 04:43 UTC by Dan Tucny
Modified: 2017-05-16 13:55 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7
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Last Closed: 2017-05-16 13:55:26 UTC
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Description Dan Tucny 2017-04-23 04:43:06 UTC 
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: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenVPN service for ovashrai4.
systemd[1]: Unit openvpn-server entered failed state.
systemd[1]: openvpn-server 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
Comment 1 Garrett Holmstrom 2017-05-11 20:48:38 UTC 
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.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-05-11 21:30:32 UTC 
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
Comment 3 David Sommerseth 2017-05-11 23:41:30 UTC 
A similar fix is coming to F25, F26 and Rawhide as well.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-05-12 19:56:31 UTC 
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
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-05-16 13:55:26 UTC 
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.
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