How can I check if OpenVPN is running on my server?
I have tried with "sudo systemctl status openvpn", but I'm not sure if everything is ok, because I get:
"Active: active (exited) since …"
● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Mon 2017-10-23 08:01:05 CEST; 1h 3min ago
Process: 2356 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2356 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 0 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/openvpn.service
Why "exited"? The similar occurs two lines bellow (Process and Main PID).
Best Answer
The service you should check is
openvpn@NAME
whereNAME
is the name of your configuration file (without the.conf
).So if your openvpn configuration file is
/etc/openvpn/client-home.conf
you should usesystemctl status openvpn@client-home
.Here is an example output:
Where you can see the service is active and running.
IMHO, the best way to test a service is to test it's functionality, in this case accessing another machine connected through the VPN.