gluetun: Bug: cannot create TUN device file node: file exists

Is this urgent?

No

Host OS

Arch Linux x86_64

CPU arch

x86_64

VPN service provider

PrivateVPN

What are you using to run the container

docker run

What is the version of Gluetun

Running version latest built on 2022-03-09T21:14:11.771Z (commit 0795008)

What’s the problem 🤔

2022/03/10 11:59:09 ERROR cannot create TUN device file node: file exists

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Running version latest built on 2022-03-09T21:14:11.771Z (commit 0795008)

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2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: default route found: interface eth0, gateway 172.17.0.1
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: local ethernet link found: eth0
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: local ipnet found: 172.17.0.0/16
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO firewall: enabling...
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --policy INPUT DROP
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --policy OUTPUT DROP
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --policy FORWARD DROP
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --append INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --append OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --append OUTPUT -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --append INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --append OUTPUT -o eth0 -s 172.17.0.5 -d 172.17.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG firewall: iptables --append INPUT -i eth0 -d 172.17.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO firewall: enabled successfully
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO storage: creating /gluetun/servers.json with 11096 hardcoded servers
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO Alpine version: 3.15.0
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO OpenVPN 2.4 version: 2.4.11
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO OpenVPN 2.5 version: 2.5.4
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO Unbound version: 1.13.2
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO IPtables version: v1.8.7
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO Settings summary:
├── VPN settings:
|   ├── VPN provider settings:
|   |   ├── Name: perfect privacy
|   |   └── Server selection settings:
|   |       ├── VPN type: openvpn
|   |       ├── Cities: amsterdam
|   |       └── OpenVPN server selection settings:
|   |           └── Protocol: UDP
|   └── OpenVPN settings:
|       ├── OpenVPN version: 2.5
|       ├── User: [set]
|       ├── Password: [set]
|       ├── Tunnel IPv6: no
|       ├── Network interface: tun0
|       ├── Run OpenVPN as: root
|       └── Verbosity level: 1
├── DNS settings:
|   ├── DNS server address to use: 127.0.0.1
|   ├── Keep existing nameserver(s): no
|   └── DNS over TLS settings:
|       ├── Enabled: yes
|       ├── Update period: every 24h0m0s
|       ├── Unbound settings:
|       |   ├── Authoritative servers:
|       |   |   └── cloudflare
|       |   ├── Caching: yes
|       |   ├── IPv6: no
|       |   ├── Verbosity level: 1
|       |   ├── Verbosity details level: 0
|       |   ├── Validation log level: 0
|       |   ├── System user: root
|       |   └── Allowed networks:
|       |       ├── 0.0.0.0/0
|       |       └── ::/0
|       └── DNS filtering settings:
|           ├── Block malicious: yes
|           ├── Block ads: no
|           ├── Block surveillance: no
|           └── Blocked IP networks:
|               ├── 127.0.0.1/8
|               ├── 10.0.0.0/8
|               ├── 172.16.0.0/12
|               ├── 192.168.0.0/16
|               ├── 169.254.0.0/16
|               ├── ::1/128
|               ├── fc00::/7
|               ├── fe80::/10
|               ├── ::ffff:7f00:1/104
|               ├── ::ffff:a00:0/104
|               ├── ::ffff:a9fe:0/112
|               ├── ::ffff:ac10:0/108
|               └── ::ffff:c0a8:0/112
├── Firewall settings:
|   └── Enabled: yes
├── Log settings:
|   └── Log level: DEBUG
├── Health settings:
|   ├── Server listening address: 127.0.0.1:9999
|   ├── Address to ping: github.com
|   └── VPN wait durations:
|       ├── Initial duration: 5s
|       └── Additional duration: 5s
├── Shadowsocks server settings:
|   └── Enabled: no
├── HTTP proxy settings:
|   └── Enabled: no
├── Control server settings:
|   ├── Listening address: :8000
|   └── Logging: yes
├── OS Alpine settings:
|   ├── Process UID: 1000
|   └── Process GID: 1000
├── Public IP settings:
|   ├── Fetching: every 12h0m0s
|   └── IP file path: /tmp/gluetun/ip
└── Version settings:
    └── Enabled: yes
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: default route found: interface eth0, gateway 172.17.0.1
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG routing: ip rule add from 172.17.0.5/32 lookup 200 pref 100
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: adding route for 0.0.0.0/0
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG routing: ip route replace 0.0.0.0/0 via 172.17.0.1 dev eth0 table 200
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO firewall: setting allowed subnets...
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: default route found: interface eth0, gateway 172.17.0.1
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO TUN device is not available: open /dev/net/tun: no such device; creating it...
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing cleanup...
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: default route found: interface eth0, gateway 172.17.0.1
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO routing: deleting route for 0.0.0.0/0
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG routing: ip route delete 0.0.0.0/0 via 172.17.0.1 dev eth0 table 200
2022/03/10 12:06:37 DEBUG routing: ip rule del from 172.17.0.5/32 lookup 200 pref 100
2022/03/10 12:06:37 ERROR cannot create TUN device file node: file exists
2022/03/10 12:06:37 INFO Shutdown successful

Share your configuration

docker run -it --device /dev/net/tun --rm --cap-add=NET_ADMIN -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER="perfect privacy" -e OPENVPN_USER=USERNAME -e OPENVPN_PASSWORD=PASSWORD -e SERVER_CITIES=Amsterdam qmcgaw/gluetun