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      dfranzoni
      last edited by

      Hi,
      on my pfSense firewall the OpenVPN service stop logging messages.
      Since some days ago the logs work perfectly but now no new messages are write to logs.
      How I can debug the problem?

      Thank you very much for your help.

      Davide

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        Is the service running would be first thing to check, what is the logging level set to? On the bottom of the vpn setup you will see verbosity level, is that set to none?  Recommended is 3..

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          dfranzoni
          last edited by

          I have tried to modify verbosity level but the log not work too.
          The OpenVPN service work perfectly but now not write log.
          I need to debug the problem but I don't know how.

          Thanks

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            Are other logs working?

            When you change the verb does it actually get changed.. Look in your conf file in /var/etc/openvpn/

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              dfranzoni
              last edited by

              The config is correct.
              I noticed that other logs are not writed since some days ago.
              For example work:

              • General
              • Firewall
              • IPSec
                Not work:
              • Gateways
              • DNS Resolver
              • Open VPN
              • NTP
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