Autostart template

[gingaz]

Hi,

When I install openvpn server it fails to start. The cause is in the generated /etc/default/openvpn file [1].
More specifically:

• Line 2 prevents openvpn from starting ("AUTOSTART="$AUTOSTART client1"").
  • If I modify the line to "AUTOSTART="client1"" it successfully starts the server.
• Line 2 and the last line are duplicate parameter options "AUTOSTART".

System:

• Puppet 3.7
• parser=future
• Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS

I am not familiar with the module yet, therefore I can't suggest a fix.

Cheers,
Gin

[1] /etc/default/openvpn.

# This file is managed by Puppet. DO NOT EDIT.
AUTOSTART="$AUTOSTART client1"
# This is the configuration file for /etc/init.d/openvpn

#
# Start only these VPNs automatically via init script.
# Allowed values are "all", "none" or space separated list of
# names of the VPNs. If empty, "all" is assumed.
#
#AUTOSTART="all"
#AUTOSTART="none"
#AUTOSTART="home office"
#
# Refresh interval (in seconds) of default status files
# located in /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.status
# Defaults to 10, 0 disables status file generation
#
#STATUSREFRESH=10
#STATUSREFRESH=0
# Optional arguments to openvpn's command line
OPTARGS=""
AUTOSTART=""

[luxflux]

Hm, I did not notice this before...

If you change order => 01 to order => '01' on https://github.com/luxflux/puppet-openvpn/blob/master/manifests/config.pp#L45, does it work?

[gingaz]

Thanks luxflux for the tip.

Indeed, this fix works nice. Although I still get a duplicate of AUTOSTART, now the service works out of the box!

# This file is managed by Puppet. DO NOT EDIT.
# This is the configuration file for /etc/init.d/openvpn

#
# Start only these VPNs automatically via init script.
# Allowed values are "all", "none" or space separated list of
# names of the VPNs. If empty, "all" is assumed.
#
#AUTOSTART="all"
#AUTOSTART="none"
#AUTOSTART="home office"
#
# Refresh interval (in seconds) of default status files
# located in /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.status
# Defaults to 10, 0 disables status file generation
#
#STATUSREFRESH=10
#STATUSREFRESH=0
# Optional arguments to openvpn's command line
OPTARGS=""
AUTOSTART=""
AUTOSTART="winterthur"

[luxflux]

@gingaz good to hear!i
Regarding the issue of double assignment of AUTOSTART, it should be written like this:

AUTOSTART=""
AUTOSTART="$AUTOSTART  winterthur"
AUTOSTART="$AUTOSTART otherserver"
# ...

Your output does not like this (yep, cpt. Obvious), is this a formatting issue? Or is the file on your server really formatted like your output?

[gingaz]

Sorry for the belated reply. The script now works as you specified.
Thanks!