[Unit] Description=OpenVPN tunneling daemon instance using /etc/openvpn/%i.conf After=network.target PartOf=openvpn.target [Service] Type=notify PrivateTmp=true PIDFile=/var/run/openvpn/%i.pid ExecStart=/usr/sbin/openvpn --daemon openvpn@%i --suppress-timestamps --writepid /var/run/openvpn/%i.pid --cd /etc/openvpn/ --config %i.conf # boo#1142830: "reload" does not work if openvpn drops root privileges after startup. ExecReload=/sbin/killproc -p /var/run/openvpn/%i.pid -HUP /usr/sbin/openvpn [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target openvpn.target