Confused about dietpi-process_tool

odreezy · 19 February 2017 21:09

I’m trying to:

only start openvpn client at boot
disable openvpn server at boot

Seems easy, but I’m keeping tripped up on a few things.

First, dietpi-process_tool (what is it’s purpose?), I can’t remove OpenVPN Server.

systemctl | ag 'openvpn'

openvpn.service            loaded active exited    OpenVPN service
openvpn@server.service     loaded active running   OpenVPN connection to server
system-openvpn.slice       loaded active active    system-openvpn.slice

Also, after I boot, I see two processes:

ps aux | ag ‘openvpn’
nobody 958 0.0 0.0 5800 1104 ? Ss 13:13 0:00 /usr/sbin/openvpn --daemon ovpn-server --status /run/openvpn/server.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/server.conf
root 1697 0.0 0.1 6088 2544 ? Ss 13:13 0:00 /usr/sbin/openvpn --daemon --auth-nocache --config /root/.vpn_conf/pia.ovpn

I’m really confused about how to control which items boot on startup and which tools I should use to disable / enable them. Could I get some links or pointers to getting help with this?

Fourdee · 20 February 2017 14:54

Hi,

DietPi-Services takes control of services. Here is a list of all services this applies to (if installed):

github.com

Fourdee/DietPi/blob/master/dietpi/dietpi-services#L24-L76


      
          Available services:
            <service_name>	Apply command to a single available systemd or sysvinit service
            <empty>		Apply command to all available services known to DietPi
          			- Masked services are skipped unless command is "unmask".
          			- Disabled services are skipped if command is "restart".
            			- Services required for network or shell sessions are skipped.
          			- You can include/exclude services by editing the following file:
          			  /boot/dietpi/.dietpi-services_include_exclude
          '	#////////////////////////////////////
          
          	# Grab Inputs
          	readonly INPUT_CMD=$1
          	# - Pre-v6.25 compatibility: all => <empty>
          	[[ $2 && $2 != 'all' ]] && readonly INPUT_SERVICE=$2
          
          	# - Optional env vars to prevent service control
          	# shellcheck disable=SC2154
          	[[ $G_DIETPI_SERVICES_DISABLE == 1 ]] && exit 0
          	# shellcheck disable=SC2154
          	[[ $DISABLE_SERVICES_START == 1 && ( $INPUT_CMD == 'start' || $INPUT_CMD == 'restart' ) ]] && exit 0

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DietPi-Services will start the above services (if installed) during boot, and restart them as needed in other DietPi programs.

If you want to prevent DietPi from starting these services, simply remove the entry from the source code, located in:
NB: If you update DietPi, your changes will be lost due to script update.

/DietPi/dietpi/dietpi-services

Then disable openvpn:

systemctl disable openvpn