Systemd supervises services it has started and can act upon unexpected scenarios. This change will restart OpenVPN after 5 seconds if the OpenVPN process exits unexpectedly.
The on-failure mode is the recommended mode by upstream systemd. This change have been tested on a test server for some month, and it works indeed as intended when provoking the OpenVPN process to stop. Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <dav...@openvpn.net> --- distro/systemd/openvpn-ser...@.service.in | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-ser...@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-ser...@.service.in index b343868a..a8366a04 100644 --- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-ser...@.service.in +++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-ser...@.service.in @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ DeviceAllow=/dev/net/tun rw ProtectSystem=true ProtectHome=true KillMode=process +RestartSec=5s +Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target -- 2.13.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
