On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:52:48 -0400, Nathan Stratton Treadway <natha...@ontko.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 08:51:47 +0200, Bo Berglund wrote: > >> Originally I used OpenVPN since around 2014 on RaspberryPi to access my home >> LAN. I did not have an Ubuntu server back then. >> Then in 2016 I built the Ubuntu server to handle a lot of other things too, >> like >> subversion and such, and I also installed OpenVPN there. >> But I no longer remember *how* I installed it, it might have been done using >> some apt repository fiddling so I am now on the wrong branch.... > >The top entry in the /usr/share/doc/openvpn/changelog.Debian.gz should >give you at least a little information about the specific build of >the currently-installed version of the package... This is what I have in the file: openvpn (2.4.7-xenial0) stable; urgency=medium * preparing release v2.4.7 (ChangeLog, version.m4, Changes.rst) (Gert Doering, 2b8aec62) ... lots of more lines ... > >> What would be the proper way to do the manual upgrade? >> >> Is there a way to find out from where the openvpn I do have is coming and >> what >> is blocking it from being upgraded via apt in that case? >> >[...] >> apt policy openvpn >> openvpn: >> Installed: 2.4.7-xenial0 >> Candidate: 2.4.7-xenial0 >> Version table: >> *** 2.4.7-xenial0 100 >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> 2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.4 500 >> 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 >> Packages >> 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 >> Packages >> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 >> Packages >> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 >> Packages > >This "apt policy" shows that you have the standard Ubuntu repos in your >apt.sources list, and thus the standard package is available to install. > >(It doesn't get installed by default because the dpkg version sort >algorithm treats "2.4.7-xenial0" as newer than the version >"2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.4" and doesn't want to downgrade the package.) > >But I think you would be able to manually force installation of the >stock Focal package using the command "apt install openvpn/focal" to >force selection of the version of the package from the specified distro. >(Or alternatively "apt install openvpn=2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.4" to give >an explicit version string.) I will try that the next time I am back home where the server lives. Too dangerous to try remotely since the VPN is in use on a lot of places. >> Can I just uninstall openvpn and then install via apt to get the latest? >> Or will that throw out any custom config I have done too? > >("remove" -- as opposed to "purge" -- will leave all custom config >files, so they should be there waiting when you install the package >again. But I'd say you might as well try the "install .../focal" approach >first and see if you can do it all in one step.) OK, that is good to know! >> Currently over the summer I am not at my home LAN but I connect there via >> OpenVPN on my router, so presumably I would have to wait until I am back >> home so >> I have direct access to the server, right? >> (Since I would lose connection once the server OpenVPN goes down). > >Yeah -- in that case it's probably best to wait... > >(If the package upgrade works as expected, OpenVPN would automatically >start back up afterwards, so you'd presumably just see a slight pause in >your ssh session and then resume normal operation... but if anything >goes wrong with the upgrade, you'd be in trouble....) > > > Nathan The OpenVPN server needs a reboot now and then (Ubuntu alerts of that on SSH login) and I have done so a number of times without ill effects. So yes, OpenVPN clients reconnect when the server is back up after a minute or two. -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
