Doing as the OP suggested does work. the following modification of lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service allows the AWS xenial instance to reboot with openvpn service enabled
$ diff -u /lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service roles/openvpn_server/files/openvpn@.service --- /lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service 2016-02-02 06:33:30.000000000 -0600 +++ roles/openvpn_server/files/openvpn@.service 2016-06-27 15:55:19.839586907 -0500 @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PartOf=openvpn.service ReloadPropagatedFrom=openvpn.service Before=systemd-user-sessions.service +After=network.target network-online.target Documentation=man:openvpn(8) Documentation=https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn23ManPage Documentation=https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/HOWTO -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580356 Title: OpenVPN causes reboot failure on Xenial in AWS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/1580356/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs