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I would like to connect OpenVPN on Startup.
I've added sudo openvpn /file.ovpn to the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
What is the proper procedure?
linux ubuntu vpn openvpn linux-networking
asked Aug 9 '18 at 7:44
IanArmanIanArman
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I would like to connect OpenVPN on Startup.
I've added sudo openvpn /file.ovpn to the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
What is the proper procedure?
linux ubuntu vpn openvpn linux-networking
asked Aug 9 '18 at 7:44
IanArmanIanArman
1316
Do you have any reason for not using openvpn as a service? This is the usual way to run something on startup. What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am asking to be able to tell you how to run the service properly as it depends on whether your Ubuntu uses System V init, systemd or something else.
– Ondřej Xicht Světlík
Aug 9 '18 at 20:45
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I would like to connect OpenVPN on Startup.
I've added sudo openvpn /file.ovpn to the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
What is the proper procedure?
linux ubuntu vpn openvpn linux-networking
asked Aug 9 '18 at 7:44
IanArmanIanArman
1316
I would like to connect OpenVPN on Startup.
I've added sudo openvpn /file.ovpn to the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
What is the proper procedure?
linux ubuntu vpn openvpn linux-networking
linux ubuntu vpn openvpn linux-networking
asked Aug 9 '18 at 7:44
IanArmanIanArman
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asked Aug 9 '18 at 7:44
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asked Aug 9 '18 at 7:44
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Do you have any reason for not using openvpn as a service? This is the usual way to run something on startup. What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am asking to be able to tell you how to run the service properly as it depends on whether your Ubuntu uses System V init, systemd or something else.
– Ondřej Xicht Světlík
Aug 9 '18 at 20:45
add a comment |
Do you have any reason for not using openvpn as a service? This is the usual way to run something on startup. What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am asking to be able to tell you how to run the service properly as it depends on whether your Ubuntu uses System V init, systemd or something else.
– Ondřej Xicht Světlík
Aug 9 '18 at 20:45
Do you have any reason for not using openvpn as a service? This is the usual way to run something on startup. What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am asking to be able to tell you how to run the service properly as it depends on whether your Ubuntu uses System V init, systemd or something else.
– Ondřej Xicht Světlík
Aug 9 '18 at 20:45
Do you have any reason for not using openvpn as a service? This is the usual way to run something on startup. What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am asking to be able to tell you how to run the service properly as it depends on whether your Ubuntu uses System V init, systemd or something else.
– Ondřej Xicht Světlík
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I would add a .sh under /etc/init.d as described on this Unix & Linux stackexchange page or configure the service controller.
or use @reboot in crontab.
you should add what you've written in crontab to make us understand what's wrong, by the way.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
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Using @reboot in crontab doesn't work, for this specific application.
I created a /etc/rc.local, chmod u+x /etc/rc.local.
Here we have the contents of the /etc/rc.local file
openvpn ~/file.ovpn
after rebooting the server, it successfully connected.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
add a comment |
I've added
sudo openvpn /file.ovpnto the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
As an admin you typically use cron to schedule recurring jobs, not to run daemons and services that need to start boot.
Additionally, when you have admin rights, you don't use sudo in cron jobs, you set the correct user in the <user> field of the /etc/crontab or the /etc/cron.d/job.spec configuration file.
What is the proper procedure?
Read the manual: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#startup
Linux
If you install OpenVPN via an RPM or DEB package on Linux, the installer will set up an initscript. When executed, the initscript will scan for.confconfiguration files in/etc/openvpn, and if found, will start up a separate OpenVPN daemon for each file.
So it may already be sufficient to simply copy your config file to /etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf
I recently had to set up OpenVPN on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server and the process was slightly more complicated, since with systemd the init script isn't used any more but instead a templated systemd unit file is used.
- Still copy your config file to
/etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf - Test if the "connection-name" OpenVPN connection will start with
systemctl start openvpn@connection-name - Confirm if the link gets established with:
ip addr listandip route listsystemctl status openvpn@connection-nameand/orjournalctl --identifier ovpn-connection-nameand/or - Ensure that the service will persist across reboots:
systemctl enable openvpn@connection-name
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:15
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I would add a .sh under /etc/init.d as described on this Unix & Linux stackexchange page or configure the service controller.
or use @reboot in crontab.
you should add what you've written in crontab to make us understand what's wrong, by the way.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
162
add a comment |
I would add a .sh under /etc/init.d as described on this Unix & Linux stackexchange page or configure the service controller.
or use @reboot in crontab.
you should add what you've written in crontab to make us understand what's wrong, by the way.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
162
add a comment |
I would add a .sh under /etc/init.d as described on this Unix & Linux stackexchange page or configure the service controller.
or use @reboot in crontab.
you should add what you've written in crontab to make us understand what's wrong, by the way.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
162
I would add a .sh under /etc/init.d as described on this Unix & Linux stackexchange page or configure the service controller.
or use @reboot in crontab.
you should add what you've written in crontab to make us understand what's wrong, by the way.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
162
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
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answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
altinturkaltinturk
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answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:02
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Using @reboot in crontab doesn't work, for this specific application.
I created a /etc/rc.local, chmod u+x /etc/rc.local.
Here we have the contents of the /etc/rc.local file
openvpn ~/file.ovpn
after rebooting the server, it successfully connected.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
add a comment |
Using @reboot in crontab doesn't work, for this specific application.
I created a /etc/rc.local, chmod u+x /etc/rc.local.
Here we have the contents of the /etc/rc.local file
openvpn ~/file.ovpn
after rebooting the server, it successfully connected.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
add a comment |
Using @reboot in crontab doesn't work, for this specific application.
I created a /etc/rc.local, chmod u+x /etc/rc.local.
Here we have the contents of the /etc/rc.local file
openvpn ~/file.ovpn
after rebooting the server, it successfully connected.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
Using @reboot in crontab doesn't work, for this specific application.
I created a /etc/rc.local, chmod u+x /etc/rc.local.
Here we have the contents of the /etc/rc.local file
openvpn ~/file.ovpn
after rebooting the server, it successfully connected.
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:24
IanArmanIanArman
1316
1316
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I've added
sudo openvpn /file.ovpnto the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
As an admin you typically use cron to schedule recurring jobs, not to run daemons and services that need to start boot.
Additionally, when you have admin rights, you don't use sudo in cron jobs, you set the correct user in the <user> field of the /etc/crontab or the /etc/cron.d/job.spec configuration file.
What is the proper procedure?
Read the manual: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#startup
Linux
If you install OpenVPN via an RPM or DEB package on Linux, the installer will set up an initscript. When executed, the initscript will scan for.confconfiguration files in/etc/openvpn, and if found, will start up a separate OpenVPN daemon for each file.
So it may already be sufficient to simply copy your config file to /etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf
I recently had to set up OpenVPN on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server and the process was slightly more complicated, since with systemd the init script isn't used any more but instead a templated systemd unit file is used.
- Still copy your config file to
/etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf - Test if the "connection-name" OpenVPN connection will start with
systemctl start openvpn@connection-name - Confirm if the link gets established with:
ip addr listandip route listsystemctl status openvpn@connection-nameand/orjournalctl --identifier ovpn-connection-nameand/or - Ensure that the service will persist across reboots:
systemctl enable openvpn@connection-name
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:15
HBruijnHBruijn
57.2k1190150
add a comment |
I've added
sudo openvpn /file.ovpnto the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
As an admin you typically use cron to schedule recurring jobs, not to run daemons and services that need to start boot.
Additionally, when you have admin rights, you don't use sudo in cron jobs, you set the correct user in the <user> field of the /etc/crontab or the /etc/cron.d/job.spec configuration file.
What is the proper procedure?
Read the manual: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#startup
Linux
If you install OpenVPN via an RPM or DEB package on Linux, the installer will set up an initscript. When executed, the initscript will scan for.confconfiguration files in/etc/openvpn, and if found, will start up a separate OpenVPN daemon for each file.
So it may already be sufficient to simply copy your config file to /etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf
I recently had to set up OpenVPN on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server and the process was slightly more complicated, since with systemd the init script isn't used any more but instead a templated systemd unit file is used.
- Still copy your config file to
/etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf - Test if the "connection-name" OpenVPN connection will start with
systemctl start openvpn@connection-name - Confirm if the link gets established with:
ip addr listandip route listsystemctl status openvpn@connection-nameand/orjournalctl --identifier ovpn-connection-nameand/or - Ensure that the service will persist across reboots:
systemctl enable openvpn@connection-name
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:15
HBruijnHBruijn
57.2k1190150
add a comment |
I've added
sudo openvpn /file.ovpnto the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
As an admin you typically use cron to schedule recurring jobs, not to run daemons and services that need to start boot.
Additionally, when you have admin rights, you don't use sudo in cron jobs, you set the correct user in the <user> field of the /etc/crontab or the /etc/cron.d/job.spec configuration file.
What is the proper procedure?
Read the manual: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#startup
Linux
If you install OpenVPN via an RPM or DEB package on Linux, the installer will set up an initscript. When executed, the initscript will scan for.confconfiguration files in/etc/openvpn, and if found, will start up a separate OpenVPN daemon for each file.
So it may already be sufficient to simply copy your config file to /etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf
I recently had to set up OpenVPN on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server and the process was slightly more complicated, since with systemd the init script isn't used any more but instead a templated systemd unit file is used.
- Still copy your config file to
/etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf - Test if the "connection-name" OpenVPN connection will start with
systemctl start openvpn@connection-name - Confirm if the link gets established with:
ip addr listandip route listsystemctl status openvpn@connection-nameand/orjournalctl --identifier ovpn-connection-nameand/or - Ensure that the service will persist across reboots:
systemctl enable openvpn@connection-name
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:15
HBruijnHBruijn
57.2k1190150
I've added
sudo openvpn /file.ovpnto the crontab, and it doesn't connect at startup.
As an admin you typically use cron to schedule recurring jobs, not to run daemons and services that need to start boot.
Additionally, when you have admin rights, you don't use sudo in cron jobs, you set the correct user in the <user> field of the /etc/crontab or the /etc/cron.d/job.spec configuration file.
What is the proper procedure?
Read the manual: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#startup
Linux
If you install OpenVPN via an RPM or DEB package on Linux, the installer will set up an initscript. When executed, the initscript will scan for.confconfiguration files in/etc/openvpn, and if found, will start up a separate OpenVPN daemon for each file.
So it may already be sufficient to simply copy your config file to /etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf
I recently had to set up OpenVPN on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server and the process was slightly more complicated, since with systemd the init script isn't used any more but instead a templated systemd unit file is used.
- Still copy your config file to
/etc/openvpn/connection-name.conf - Test if the "connection-name" OpenVPN connection will start with
systemctl start openvpn@connection-name - Confirm if the link gets established with:
ip addr listandip route listsystemctl status openvpn@connection-nameand/orjournalctl --identifier ovpn-connection-nameand/or - Ensure that the service will persist across reboots:
systemctl enable openvpn@connection-name
answered Aug 9 '18 at 8:15
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Do you have any reason for not using openvpn as a service? This is the usual way to run something on startup. What version of Ubuntu are you using? I am asking to be able to tell you how to run the service properly as it depends on whether your Ubuntu uses System V init, systemd or something else.
– Ondřej Xicht Světlík
Aug 9 '18 at 20:45