# Pritunl Link don't work on Amazon Linux 2023
**URL:** https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121
**Category:** Pritunl VPN
**Tags:** pritunl-link
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121 "2025-03-15T14:20:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@ajotaops](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/ajotaops)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121/1 "2025-03-15T14:20:21Z")
I’m trying to run Pritunl Link on **Amazon Linux 2023,** but it fails to start properly. The same configuration works perfectly on **Debian 12** , so the issue seems to be specific to Amazon Linux.
Here is the error i saw:
```auto
[2025-03-15 13:34:44][INFO] ▶ cmd.start: Starting link ◆ version="1.0.2899.21"
[2025-03-15 13:34:50][INFO] ▶ state: Deploying state ◆ default_interface="ens5" ◆ local_address="10.15.250.25" ◆ public_address="XX.XX.XXX.XXX" ◆ address6="" ◆ states_len=1
Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
connecting to 'unix:///etc/ipsec.d/run/charon.ctl' failed: Connection refused
failed to connect to stroke socket 'unix:///etc/ipsec.d/run/charon.ctl'
Starting strongSwan 5.9.14 IPsec [starter]...
[2025-03-15 13:35:55][WARN] ▶ sync: Disconnected timeout restarting
```
Are there any additional packages or services that I need to install on **Amazon Linux 2023** for `pritunl-link` and `strongSwan` to work correctly?
On **Debian 12** , everything runs fine with the same link configuration.
I use latest aws ami minimal for Amazon Linux 2023.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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### Author:  [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121/2 "2025-03-18T15:01:10Z")
I will look into this for the next release, Oracle Linux 9 can be used instead. The [**Pritunl server installation**](https://docs.pritunl.com/docs/installation#aws-oracle-linux-install) documentation has information on using Oracle Linux on AWS.
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### Author:  [@Israphel](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/Israphel)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121/3 "2025-05-09T13:56:57Z")
what’s the current status of Pritunl on amazon linux 2023?
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### Author:  [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121/4 "2025-05-09T14:25:04Z")
There shouldn’t be any issues with the Pritunl server on Amazon Linux, it needs to use the Amazon Linux repository listed in the [**repositories documentation**](https://docs.pritunl.com/docs/repo).
WireGuard support for Pritunl Link is currently in testing, this will provide another option for Pritunl Link if there are issues with IPsec.
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### Author:  [@Israphel](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/Israphel)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121/5 "2025-05-09T21:13:50Z")
I remember in amazon linux 2 we needed Epel as well. Do we need some extra repos in amazon linux 2023 or pritunl repo is enough?
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### Author:  [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-link-dont-work-on-amazon-linux-2023/3121/6 "2025-05-09T23:49:31Z")
The EPEL should no longer be required, the `pritunl-openvpn` package is provided in all the RHEL repositories now and includes a newer release than the OpenVPN package from the EPEL.