OpenVPN - How to remove the OpenVPN configuration from an appliance

SUMMARY

ISSUE

Purpose

How to remove the OpenVPN configuration from an appliance

Applies To

All Appliances with OpenVPN configured

RESOLUTION

For CENTOS 7: We are currently seeing cases where this does not work for CentOS7. Please contact L2 to see if there is a resolution. When one exists, this will be updated to reflect it. For CentOS6.x system you can use the instructions below

** Warning - This is a total removal of OpenVPN, not to be used for a partial reset or troubleshooting tunnel issues following successful replication setup **

** Should only be performed by users comfortable with Linux and command line **

Stop OpenVPN service:

service openvpn stop

Disable OpenVPN service from boot time startup:

chkconfig openvpn off

Remove OpenVPN configuration files:

cd /etc/openvpn/

ls -rlasth /etc/openvpn/

rm -rf /etc/openvpn/*

ls -rlasth /etc/openvpn/

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