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Hybrid Cloud for Developers
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Hybrid Cloud for Developers

by Manoj Hirway
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
280 pages
8h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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OpenVPN log files

A typical problem that administrators face is that they are unable to connect to the OpenVPN access server. For example, when the VPN client attempts to establish a connection to an OpenVPN access server, it is disconnected immediately. In such cases, it is helpful to look at the log files of the OpenVPN access server. The most important log files to look at are as follows:

  • /var/log/openvpnas.log
  • /var/log/openvpnas.node.log (for failover setups)

The messages in these log files provide a hint to the root cause of the problem, which can then be fixed by the administrator. It is better to add some additional debug flags in the OpenVPN configuration file to get some more verbose log messages. 

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