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art

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Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

How to start OpenVPN after my machine wake up (or reboots) without entering login / pass each time to run it using `sudo`? I've followed steps at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … figuration. But I do `sudo systemctl start MYSERVCIE` each time when I log in / log out.

As far as I see it openvpn deamon does not restart openvpn process when connection is lost. Here are some errors from the unit logs (sudo journalctl -u openvpn-client@***********-direct.service):

...
июн 01 19:40:58 artpc openvpn[5641]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 2
...
июн 01 19:42:46 artpc openvpn[5641]: ERROR: Linux route delete command failed: external program exited with error status: 2
...
июн 01 19:42:49 artpc openvpn[6526]: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [PUSH-OPTIONS]:3: block-outside-dns (2.4.9)
...
июн 01 19:42:49 artpc openvpn[6526]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 2
...

Have Network Manager set up.

pa -Qs network openvpn
local/networkmanager-openvpn 1.8.12-1
    NetworkManager VPN plugin for OpenVPN
local/openvpn 2.4.9-2
    An easy-to-use, robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Last edited by art (2020-06-05 15:50:10)

TheStroyer

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

You can enable the systemd unit with the command systemctl enable openvpn@<configutation>.service.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … sing_units for more information.

art

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

That does not help. Already done that

Here are logs from OpenVPN when I wake up my notebook from sleep:

> sudo journalctl -u openvpn-client@***.***.***.***-direct.service

...
июн 02 08:18:01 artpc openvpn[6526]: TCP: connect to [AF_INET]***.***.***.***:636 failed: Connection timed out
июн 02 08:18:01 artpc openvpn[6526]: SIGUSR1[connection failed(soft),init_instance] received, process restarting
июн 02 08:18:01 artpc openvpn[6526]: Restart pause, 5 second(s)
июн 02 08:18:06 artpc openvpn[6526]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]***.***.***.***:636
июн 02 08:18:06 artpc openvpn[6526]: Socket Buffers: R=[131072->131072] S=[16384->16384]
июн 02 08:18:06 artpc openvpn[6526]: Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]***.***.***.***:636 [nonblock]
июн 02 08:20:06 artpc openvpn[6526]: TCP: connect to [AF_INET]***.***.***.***:636 failed: Connection timed out
июн 02 08:20:06 artpc openvpn[6526]: SIGUSR1[connection failed(soft),init_instance] received, process restarting
июн 02 08:20:06 artpc openvpn[6526]: Restart pause, 10 second(s)
июн 02 08:20:16 artpc openvpn[6526]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]***.***.***.***:636
июн 02 08:20:16 artpc openvpn[6526]: Socket Buffers: R=[131072->131072] S=[16384->16384]
июн 02 08:20:16 artpc openvpn[6526]: Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]***.***.***.***:636 [nonblock]
... and so on

And after doing only `sudo systemctl restart openvpn-client@***.***.***.***-direct.service` it works. Connection is up.

Last edited by art (2020-06-02 15:26:52)

art

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

I reposted this at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1908081

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

I reposted this at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1908081

Do not do that.  If you want it moved, please ask using the report link.

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

Mod note: Moving to Networking.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

Looks like you found a way to restore openvpn connection after waking up system.

How to start OpenVPN after my machine wake up (or reboots) without entering login / pass each time to run it using `sudo`?

Does the system ask for your user password when you execute sudo systemctl restart openvpn-client@***.***.***.***-direct.service and is that what you want to avoid ?

If  not, which login / pass do you want to skip ?

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art

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

Does the system ask for your user password when you execute sudo systemctl restart openvpn-client@***.***.***.***-direct.service and is that what you want to avoid ?

Yes, I'd like to automate it so that I don't need to enter login / pass each time I wake up my laptop. Now each time I open console and type `vpnstart` (alias for sudo systemctl restart ..) and then login / pass pair.

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

There are multiple ways to achieve that with sudo .

My personal favorite is Enable explicitly defined commands only for user USER_NAME on host HOST_NAME without password: in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Su … le_entries .

You would have to convert vpnstart from an alias to a script and remove sudo / su from it as the script is INTENDED to be run with root rights.

Your user would then run it like sudo vpnstart .

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art

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

Thanks for the hit! Did it. A few key presses less It works. Though I thought about how to make it without any presses.

Last edited by art (2020-06-04 16:02:10)

TheStroyer

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

Maybe this helps https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … er_suspend

art

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Re: Auto start OpenVPN after sleep [solved]

Maybe this helps https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … er_suspend

Thanks! That is solution. Overlooked that :-/