How to remove "openvpn-client@cloud_gate.service" in SynetoOS 5

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at September 22nd, 2025

→ Applies to: SynetoOS 5

All commands in this article are intended to be executed via SynetoOS CLI.

 

Step 1. Connect to SynetoOS appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

 

Step 2. Become Super User

sudo su

 

Step 3. Stop the service

systemctl stop openvpn-client@cloud_gate.service
systemctl disable openvpn-client@cloud_gate.service

 

Step 4. Delete configuration files

rm -f /etc/openvpn/client/cloud_gate.conf
rm -f /etc/openvpn/secrets/cloud_gate.auth

 

Step 5. Reload systemd

systemctl daemon-reload