Collectd openvpn plugin: failed to get data from: /var/run/ovpnserver.log

Collectd openvpn plugin: failed to get data from: /var/run/ovpnserver.log

[Robin Roevens]

Hi all

I noticed this error in the systemlog of my ipfire core 197 test
machine:
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Jul 19 23:44:05 ipfire-test collectd[2452]: openvpn plugin: failed to get data from: /var/run/ovpnserver.log
Jul 19 23:44:05 ipfire-test collectd[2452]: read-function of plugin `openvpn/ovpnserver.log' failed. Will suspend it for 240.000 seconds.
---

I think this is fixed by changing collectd.vpn config using the new /var/run/openvpn-rw.log, so I created a patch for that.
I don't know if there is functionality in collectd to use the new helper
binary /usr/local/bin/openvpnctrl output instead of the file? If that is
the case, that is then probably a better solution than my patch.

Regards
Robin


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[PATCH] collectd: Openvpn-2.6: fix statusfile name

[Robin Roevens]

Signed-off-by: Robin Roevens <robin.roevens@disroot.org>
---
 config/collectd/collectd.vpn | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/collectd/collectd.vpn b/config/collectd/collectd.vpn
index ca92947f8..51f70e39d 100644
--- a/config/collectd/collectd.vpn
+++ b/config/collectd/collectd.vpn
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LoadPlugin openvpn
 
 <Plugin openvpn>
-StatusFile "/var/run/ovpnserver.log"
+StatusFile "/var/run/openvpn-rw.log"
 </Plugin>
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2.50.1


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Re: Collectd openvpn plugin: failed to get data from: /var/run/ovpnserver.log

[Michael Tremer]

Hello Robin,

Good catch. Your patch is what we needed.

Thank you. I just merged it into next.

-Michael

> On 19 Jul 2025, at 22:10, Robin Roevens <robin.roevens@disroot.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I noticed this error in the systemlog of my ipfire core 197 test
> machine:
> ---
> Jul 19 23:44:05 ipfire-test collectd[2452]: openvpn plugin: failed to get data from: /var/run/ovpnserver.log
> Jul 19 23:44:05 ipfire-test collectd[2452]: read-function of plugin `openvpn/ovpnserver.log' failed. Will suspend it for 240.000 seconds.
> ---
> 
> I think this is fixed by changing collectd.vpn config using the new /var/run/openvpn-rw.log, so I created a patch for that.
> I don't know if there is functionality in collectd to use the new helper
> binary /usr/local/bin/openvpnctrl output instead of the file? If that is
> the case, that is then probably a better solution than my patch.
> 
> Regards
> Robin
> 
> 
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