Re: Failed to reload openvpn.service: Job type reload is not applicable for unit openvpn.service.

David Sommerseth via Openvpn-users <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.openvpn.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 26/02/2024 10:59, Peter Davis via Openvpn-users wrote:
> Hello,
> Why can't I reload the OpenVPN service?
> 
> # systemctl reload openvpn
> Failed to reload openvpn.service: Job type reload is not applicable for 
> unit openvpn.service.
> #
> # systemctl reload openvpn@Server
> Failed to reload [email protected]: Job type reload is not 
> applicable for unit [email protected].

Please read this: 
<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/master/distro/systemd/README.systemd>

The openvpn.service unit file is a Debian specialty; not supported by 
the OpenVPN community.  And the [email protected] approach is also 
deprecated by the community - as it does not behave identical across 
Linux distributions.

Please migrate to use the [email protected] and 
[email protected] unit files.  They will in most cases 
behave better.


-- 
kind regards,

David Sommerseth
OpenVPN Inc
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