Since a couple of weeks, when my server (Ubuntu 20.04LTS) restarts, openvpnas does not start correctly and leaves messages likes the ones hereunder in the openvpnas log.
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] Server Agent initialization status:
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] {
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "errors": {
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_web": [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "error",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "service failed to start due to unresolved dependencies: {'web'}"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ],
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_0": [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "info",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "process started successfully on 172.27.224.1"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ],
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_1": [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "info",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "process started successfully on 172.27.228.1"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ],
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_2": [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "info",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "process started successfully on 172.27.232.1"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ],
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_3": [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "info",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "process started successfully on 172.27.236.1"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ],
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "web": [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "error",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "process started but is unresponsive: "
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ],
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] [
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "error",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "service failed to start or returned error status"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] ]
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] },
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "last_restarted": "Mon Apr 22 05:02:37 2024",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "service_status": {
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "api": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "auth": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "bridge": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "client_query": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "crl": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "daemon_pre": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "db_push": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "ip6tables_live": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "ip6tables_openvpn": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_api": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_live": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_openvpn": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_web": "off. Error: [Error: service failed to start due to unresolved dependencies: {'web'}.]",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "log": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_0": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_1": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_2": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_3": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "subscription": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "user": "started",
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] "web": "off. Error: [Error: service failed to start or returned error status.]"
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] }
2024-04-22T05:04:11+0200 [stdout#info] }
However, if I restart it later, everything runs correctly, without errors. What can I do to prevent this? Right now, I put a restart command in cron but this is not ideal.
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "service_status": {
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "api": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "auth": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "bridge": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "client_query": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "crl": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "daemon_pre": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "db_push": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "ip6tables_live": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "ip6tables_openvpn": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_api": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_live": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_openvpn": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "iptables_web": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "log": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_0": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_1": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_2": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "openvpn_3": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "subscription": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "user": "started",
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] "web": "started"
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] }
2024-04-22T07:00:39+0200 [stdout#info] }
