How to autostart OpenVPN (client) on Ubuntu 12.04 CLI?
I have an *.ovpn file that works if I type in: sudo openvpn filename.ovpn.
Now I would like to start up OpenVPN when I boot the computer. It's a headless version of Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit if that matters.
I copied filename.ovpn to /etc/openvpn, but it's not starting, even if I run: service openvpn start.
How can I do this?
linux ubuntu openvpn
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
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I have an *.ovpn file that works if I type in: sudo openvpn filename.ovpn.
Now I would like to start up OpenVPN when I boot the computer. It's a headless version of Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit if that matters.
I copied filename.ovpn to /etc/openvpn, but it's not starting, even if I run: service openvpn start.
How can I do this?
linux ubuntu openvpn
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
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see: upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
– mbx
Dec 17 '12 at 8:12
Have you tried naming your file client.conf?
– user2313067
Feb 18 '14 at 8:52
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I have an *.ovpn file that works if I type in: sudo openvpn filename.ovpn.
Now I would like to start up OpenVPN when I boot the computer. It's a headless version of Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit if that matters.
I copied filename.ovpn to /etc/openvpn, but it's not starting, even if I run: service openvpn start.
How can I do this?
linux ubuntu openvpn
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
13115
I have an *.ovpn file that works if I type in: sudo openvpn filename.ovpn.
Now I would like to start up OpenVPN when I boot the computer. It's a headless version of Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit if that matters.
I copied filename.ovpn to /etc/openvpn, but it's not starting, even if I run: service openvpn start.
How can I do this?
linux ubuntu openvpn
linux ubuntu openvpn
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
13115
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
13115
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
edited Nov 13 '13 at 10:59
karel
9,18793138
9,18793138
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
13115
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
13115
asked Dec 17 '12 at 3:43
waspinator
13115
13115
see: upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
– mbx
Dec 17 '12 at 8:12
Have you tried naming your file client.conf?
– user2313067
Feb 18 '14 at 8:52
add a comment |
see: upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
– mbx
Dec 17 '12 at 8:12
Have you tried naming your file client.conf?
– user2313067
Feb 18 '14 at 8:52
see: upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
– mbx
Dec 17 '12 at 8:12
see: upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
– mbx
Dec 17 '12 at 8:12
Have you tried naming your file client.conf?
– user2313067
Feb 18 '14 at 8:52
Have you tried naming your file client.conf?
– user2313067
Feb 18 '14 at 8:52
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It would be nice to have a un hacker way of doing it, but this will have to do for now.
1) Create file myopenvpn in /etc/init.d/
nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn
2) Insert into myopenvpn and save:
# OpenVPN autostart on boot script
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn
SOURCE: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/12/11/how-to-auto-start-openvpn-client-in-debian-6-and-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-79
answered Dec 17 '12 at 4:32
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Ubuntu is derived from Debian. Debian has a manual page about this: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN#Auto-start
They both have a README file installed with the openvpn package. That file says, how and where to place configs for autostart to work, but it has instructions for old init system and is misleading for systems with systemd.
Configs should be put into /etc/openvpn/filename.conf, not .ovpn.
On the new systems please make use of systemd cloned service. To enable (autostart) service with configuration /etc/openvpn/filename.conf do:
systemctl enable openvpn@filename.service
Then you work with newly created service as usual.
On the old Debian (pre-systemd) by default "openvpn" service tries to run them all. /etc/default/openvpn could be used to select which configurations to execute by default.
This applies equally to all "peer-to-peer", "client" and "server" openvpn deployment variants.
answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
Nikita Kipriyanov
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It would be nice to have a un hacker way of doing it, but this will have to do for now.
1) Create file myopenvpn in /etc/init.d/
nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn
2) Insert into myopenvpn and save:
# OpenVPN autostart on boot script
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn
SOURCE: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/12/11/how-to-auto-start-openvpn-client-in-debian-6-and-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-79
answered Dec 17 '12 at 4:32
waspinator
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It would be nice to have a un hacker way of doing it, but this will have to do for now.
1) Create file myopenvpn in /etc/init.d/
nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn
2) Insert into myopenvpn and save:
# OpenVPN autostart on boot script
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn
SOURCE: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/12/11/how-to-auto-start-openvpn-client-in-debian-6-and-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-79
answered Dec 17 '12 at 4:32
waspinator
13115
add a comment |
It would be nice to have a un hacker way of doing it, but this will have to do for now.
1) Create file myopenvpn in /etc/init.d/
nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn
2) Insert into myopenvpn and save:
# OpenVPN autostart on boot script
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn
SOURCE: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/12/11/how-to-auto-start-openvpn-client-in-debian-6-and-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-79
answered Dec 17 '12 at 4:32
waspinator
13115
It would be nice to have a un hacker way of doing it, but this will have to do for now.
1) Create file myopenvpn in /etc/init.d/
nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn
2) Insert into myopenvpn and save:
# OpenVPN autostart on boot script
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn
SOURCE: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/12/11/how-to-auto-start-openvpn-client-in-debian-6-and-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-79
answered Dec 17 '12 at 4:32
waspinator
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answered Dec 17 '12 at 4:32
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Ubuntu is derived from Debian. Debian has a manual page about this: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN#Auto-start
They both have a README file installed with the openvpn package. That file says, how and where to place configs for autostart to work, but it has instructions for old init system and is misleading for systems with systemd.
Configs should be put into /etc/openvpn/filename.conf, not .ovpn.
On the new systems please make use of systemd cloned service. To enable (autostart) service with configuration /etc/openvpn/filename.conf do:
systemctl enable openvpn@filename.service
Then you work with newly created service as usual.
On the old Debian (pre-systemd) by default "openvpn" service tries to run them all. /etc/default/openvpn could be used to select which configurations to execute by default.
This applies equally to all "peer-to-peer", "client" and "server" openvpn deployment variants.
answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
Nikita Kipriyanov
30319
add a comment |
Ubuntu is derived from Debian. Debian has a manual page about this: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN#Auto-start
They both have a README file installed with the openvpn package. That file says, how and where to place configs for autostart to work, but it has instructions for old init system and is misleading for systems with systemd.
Configs should be put into /etc/openvpn/filename.conf, not .ovpn.
On the new systems please make use of systemd cloned service. To enable (autostart) service with configuration /etc/openvpn/filename.conf do:
systemctl enable openvpn@filename.service
Then you work with newly created service as usual.
On the old Debian (pre-systemd) by default "openvpn" service tries to run them all. /etc/default/openvpn could be used to select which configurations to execute by default.
This applies equally to all "peer-to-peer", "client" and "server" openvpn deployment variants.
answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
Nikita Kipriyanov
30319
add a comment |
Ubuntu is derived from Debian. Debian has a manual page about this: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN#Auto-start
They both have a README file installed with the openvpn package. That file says, how and where to place configs for autostart to work, but it has instructions for old init system and is misleading for systems with systemd.
Configs should be put into /etc/openvpn/filename.conf, not .ovpn.
On the new systems please make use of systemd cloned service. To enable (autostart) service with configuration /etc/openvpn/filename.conf do:
systemctl enable openvpn@filename.service
Then you work with newly created service as usual.
On the old Debian (pre-systemd) by default "openvpn" service tries to run them all. /etc/default/openvpn could be used to select which configurations to execute by default.
This applies equally to all "peer-to-peer", "client" and "server" openvpn deployment variants.
answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
Nikita Kipriyanov
30319
Ubuntu is derived from Debian. Debian has a manual page about this: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN#Auto-start
They both have a README file installed with the openvpn package. That file says, how and where to place configs for autostart to work, but it has instructions for old init system and is misleading for systems with systemd.
Configs should be put into /etc/openvpn/filename.conf, not .ovpn.
On the new systems please make use of systemd cloned service. To enable (autostart) service with configuration /etc/openvpn/filename.conf do:
systemctl enable openvpn@filename.service
Then you work with newly created service as usual.
On the old Debian (pre-systemd) by default "openvpn" service tries to run them all. /etc/default/openvpn could be used to select which configurations to execute by default.
This applies equally to all "peer-to-peer", "client" and "server" openvpn deployment variants.
answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
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answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
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answered Dec 6 '15 at 6:29
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see: upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
– mbx
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Have you tried naming your file client.conf?
– user2313067
Feb 18 '14 at 8:52