Update / reorder of "Devolutions Gateway configuration on Linux"
Hi
Documentation for setting up Devolutions Gateway configuration on Linux found here: https://docs.devolutions.net/gateway/getting-started/linux-configuration/
I have followed the guide, but stopped after: https://docs.devolutions.net/gateway/getting-started/linux-configuration/#restart-devolutions-gateway as the guide tells me that I should restart my gateway.
But I noticed that I couldn't get my gateway instance running, it would deactivate itself immediately, which made me spend some troubleshooting time on why it would not start.
I couldn't find any log file, and systemctl status devolutions-gateway.service just showed that the service were started and then deactivated.
I luckily found a forum thread https://forum.devolutions.net/topics/50481/version-202522-on-linux-not-starting which showed me that I could just try and start the service manually (Should properly have thought of that myself).
Running the command manually hinted that there could be something with my provisioner.pem, going back to the forum thread, I read that if there are errors in certificates, the gateway would exit fast.
So going back to the documentation link I found the next step after where I stopped using the guide, "Connect Devolutions Gateway to Devolutions Server".
After providing the provisioner.pem my gateway started and worked.
So, I will suggest that the "Connect Devolutions Gateway to Devolutions Server" part is moved higher in the guide, preferably right after the installation part.
and maybe, for noobs like me hint that running the gateway manually could give extra error messages.
Regards.
Remote Desktop Manager connected with Devolutions Server running newest versions.
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Hi,
Thank you for sharing your experience and suggestion. We understand how this could be confusing, and we will take a look at the documentation to consider adjusting the order of the steps and adding a note about these error messages.
Again, we really appreciate your feedback.
Best regards,
Jean-Sébastien Simard
Learning experience team leader