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    OpenVPN with Netgate3100/23.01 OpenVPN frequent service restart

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      miguelrichard
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      Hi, i'm having this Netgate3100 with OPENVPN and i can't figure why i need to restart the OPENVPN service at least once a week, anyone have this issue?

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        SteveITS Rebel Alliance @miguelrichard
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        @miguelrichard We did at one client that used openVPN. Never did figure it out so we resorted to scheduling a weekly restart on Sunday 2am or whatever. No issues after that. IIRC it wasn’t a weekly issue, maybe every few weeks? Hence the weekly restart. Others since then have used IPSec.

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          miguelrichard @SteveITS
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          @steveits What command have you use to set a service reboot ?

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            SteveITS Rebel Alliance @miguelrichard
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            @miguelrichard Install the cron package, and create an entry to run /sbin/shutdown -r now. If you don't install and use the package, manually edited crontab entries will be overwritten.

            To upgrade, select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings. When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, CPU, and/or disk speed.
            Only install packages for your version of pfSense.
            Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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              mhassman
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              If the service actually shows as stopped, I have always used the service_watchdog package to restart it when it detects the service stops.

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                SteveITS Rebel Alliance @mhassman
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                @mhassman In our case, as I seem to recall from a few years ago now, the service was running but people couldn't connect until the service was restarted. I am not finding my notes in a quick search though. The weekly restart was just a sledgehammer approach to fixing it.

                To upgrade, select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings. When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, CPU, and/or disk speed.
                Only install packages for your version of pfSense.
                Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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