please boot with kernel boot parameter 'systemd.log_level=debug' and reproduce this, then provide the journal logs (before rebooting) with:
$ journalctl -k -b > /tmp/lp1830955.log ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830955 Title: Systemd removes OpenVPN IP addresses Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is probably related to, but not a duplicate of, bug 1815101. Running root@third:/home/leroy# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Systemd version: root@third:/home/leroy# apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 237-3ubuntu10.21 Candidate: 237-3ubuntu10.21 Version table: *** 237-3ubuntu10.21 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 237-3ubuntu10.19 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 237-3ubuntu10 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages I expected the OpenVPN IP addresses to remain, instead they were removed, the physical NIC address remained, process: Start OpenVPN with systemctl start openvpn@<config-name> (in this situation, two instances). Result: root@third:/etc/openvpn# ip addr sh tun0 7: tun0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100 link/none inet 10.57.3.1 peer 10.57.3.2/32 scope global tun0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::f0ea:151b:cb91:5d1b/64 scope link stable-privacy valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever root@third:/etc/openvpn# ip addr sh tun1 8: tun1: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100 link/none inet 10.222.108.234 peer 10.222.108.233/32 scope global tun1 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::3103:7936:cf19:6237/64 scope link stable-privacy valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Test a configuration (which, incidentally, isn't valid for this system) with 'netplan try ..' and allow it to revert (which should have restored the previous configuration), see below: root@third:/etc/openvpn# cd ~leroy/Downloads root@third:/home/leroy/Downloads# ll *.yaml -rw-rw-r-- 1 leroy leroy 555 May 29 10:46 startup.yaml root@third:/home/leroy/Downloads# netplan --debug try --config-file ~leroy/Downloads/startup.yaml --timeout 15 DEBUG:eno1 not found in {} DEBUG:Merged config: network: bonds: {} bridges: {} ethernets: eno1: addresses: - 10.15.0.37/24 dhcp4: false gateway4: 10.15.0.1 nameservers: addresses: - 10.15.0.8 - 10.3.77.11 - 10.45.77.11 - 8.8.8.8 vlans: {} wifis: {} DEBUG:New interfaces: {'eno1'} ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.770: Processing input file /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml.. ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.771: starting new processing pass ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.771: Processing input file /etc/netplan/startup.1559146779.768221.yaml.. ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.771: starting new processing pass ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.771: eno1: setting default backend to 2 ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.771: Generating output files.. ** (generate:8216): DEBUG: 11:19:39.771: networkd: definition eno1 is not for us (backend 2) DEBUG:no netplan generated networkd configuration exists DEBUG:netplan generated NM configuration exists, restarting NM DEBUG:eno1 not found in {} DEBUG:Merged config: network: bonds: {} bridges: {} ethernets: eno1: addresses: - 10.15.0.37/24 dhcp4: false gateway4: 10.15.0.1 nameservers: addresses: - 10.15.0.8 - 10.3.77.11 - 10.45.77.11 - 8.8.8.8 vlans: {} wifis: {} DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: lo DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: enp2s0 DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: virbr0 DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: virbr0-nic DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: tun0 DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: tun1 DEBUG:{} DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for lo DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp2s0 DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for virbr0 DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for virbr0-nic DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for tun0 DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for tun1 Do you want to keep these settings? Press ENTER before the timeout to accept the new configuration Changes will revert in 1 seconds Reverting. DEBUG:no netplan generated networkd configuration exists DEBUG:netplan generated NM configuration exists, restarting NM DEBUG:Merged config: network: bonds: {} bridges: {} ethernets: {} vlans: {} wifis: {} DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: lo DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: enp2s0 DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: virbr0 DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: virbr0-nic DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: tun0 DEBUG:Skipping non-physical interface: tun1 DEBUG:{} DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for lo DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp2s0 DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for virbr0 DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for virbr0-nic DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for tun0 DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for tun1 DEBUG:eno1 will not be removed: not a virtual interface OpenVPN IP addresses (but not the tun interfaces) are removed, see below: root@third:/home/leroy/Downloads# ip addr sh tun0 7: tun0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100 link/none root@third:/home/leroy/Downloads# ip addr sh tun1 8: tun1: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100 link/none For reference, startup.yaml contents are: root@third:/home/leroy/Downloads# cat startup.yaml # This file is generated from information provided by # the datasource. Changes to it will not persist across an instance. # To disable cloud-init's network configuration capabilities, write a file # /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg with the following: # network: {config: disabled} network: ethernets: eno1: dhcp4: false addresses: [10.15.0.37/24] gateway4: 10.15.0.1 nameservers: addresses: [10.15.0.8, 10.3.77.11, 10.45.77.11, 8.8.8.8] version: 2 And the physical NIC information: root@third:/home/leroy# ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:50:da:22:2a:a2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.0.5/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp2s0 valid_lft 2865sec preferred_lft 2865sec inet6 2605:6001:e6c2:4a00:954c:86e5:62cb:9a98/64 scope global temporary dynamic valid_lft 600938sec preferred_lft 82337sec inet6 2605:6001:e6c2:4a00:faec:e524:9965:c9ef/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute valid_lft 604780sec preferred_lft 604780sec inet6 fe80::ae0e:553e:6c8d:5aa1/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:6f:a8:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4: virbr0-nic: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master virbr0 state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:6f:a8:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 7: tun0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100 link/none 8: tun1: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100 link/none (libvirt/qemu is running but not in use). 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