I have installed Openvpn from EPEL and, once again, the way to start it appears to have changed.
I have a config file in /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf. The Openvpn service appears to be masked, but unmasking it doesn’t help:
Failed to enable unit: Unit file /usr/lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service is masked.
I unmasked it, so why doesn’t it start?
It should be enough to just do:
systemctl unmask openvpn
you don’t need the @server bit.
systemctl unmask openvpn
Unit openvpn.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
I don’t understand the point of building a package that is only installed when needed and setting the unit to be masked.
Obviously whoever packaged it had a reason for it. It’s not the first time it has happened. I’ve seen other services masked by default.
Perhaps I need to write my own unit file and completely ignore the one provided in the EPEL package?
I finally figured this out. The information was in a README file:
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/README.systemd
I followed the instructions there and it worked. No masks involved.
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