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* <code>sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/openvpnauto</code>
 
* <code>sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/openvpnauto</code>
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* <code>sudo systemctl enable openvpnauto</code>
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& for some reason I've forgotten:
 
* <code>sudo update-rc.d openvpnauto defaults 98</code>
 
* <code>sudo update-rc.d openvpnauto defaults 98</code>
  

Latest revision as of 16:24, 17 March 2023

Autoconnect PIA VPN on Boot

Create the OpenVPN autoconnect init.d startup script file

  • sudo vim /etc/init.d/openvpnauto

Paste this OpenVPN autoconnect startup script, if you do not want to use Sweden.ovpn then replace it in the DAEMON_OPTS line

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          OpenVPN Autoconnect
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: OpenVPN Autoconnect
# Description:       OpenVPN Autoconnect
### END INIT INFO


# Documentation available at
# http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptfunc.html
# Debian provides some extra functions though
. /lib/lsb/init-functions


DAEMON_NAME="openvpnauto"
DAEMON_USER=root
DAEMON_PATH="/usr/sbin/openvpn"
DAEMON_OPTS="--config /etc/openvpn/Sweden.ovpn --auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/login.txt"
DAEMON_PWD="/etc/openvpn"
DAEMON_DESC=$(get_lsb_header_val $0 "Short-Description")
DAEMON_PID="/var/run/${DAEMON_NAME}.pid"
DAEMON_NICE=0
DAEMON_LOG='/var/log/openvpnauto.log'

[ -r "/etc/default/${DAEMON_NAME}" ] && . "/etc/default/${DAEMON_NAME}"

do_start() {
  local result

    pidofproc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}" > /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        log_warning_msg "${DAEMON_NAME} is already started"
        result=0
    else
        log_daemon_msg "Starting ${DAEMON_DESC}" "${DAEMON_NAME}"
        touch "${DAEMON_LOG}"
        chown $DAEMON_USER "${DAEMON_LOG}"
        chmod u+rw "${DAEMON_LOG}"
        if [ -z "${DAEMON_USER}" ]; then
            start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background \
                --nicelevel $DAEMON_NICE \
                --chdir "${DAEMON_PWD}" \
                --pidfile "${DAEMON_PID}" --make-pidfile \
                --exec "${DAEMON_PATH}" -- $DAEMON_OPTS
            result=$?
        else
            start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background \
                --nicelevel $DAEMON_NICE \
                --chdir "${DAEMON_PWD}" \
                --pidfile "${DAEMON_PID}" --make-pidfile \
                --chuid "${DAEMON_USER}" \
                --exec "${DAEMON_PATH}" -- $DAEMON_OPTS
            result=$?
        fi
        log_end_msg $result
    fi
    return $result
}

do_stop() {
    local result

    pidofproc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}" > /dev/null
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        log_warning_msg "${DAEMON_NAME} is not started"
        result=0
    else
        log_daemon_msg "Stopping ${DAEMON_DESC}" "${DAEMON_NAME}"
        killproc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}"
        result=$?
        log_end_msg $result
        rm "${DAEMON_PID}"
    fi
    return $result
}

do_restart() {
    local result
    do_stop
    result=$?
    if [ $result = 0 ]; then
        do_start
        result=$?
    fi
    return $result
}

do_status() {
    local result
    status_of_proc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}" "${DAEMON_NAME}"
    result=$?
    return $result
}

do_usage() {
    echo $"Usage: $0 {start | stop | restart | status}"
    exit 1
}

case "$1" in
start)   do_start;   exit $? ;;
stop)    do_stop;    exit $? ;;
restart) do_restart; exit $? ;;
status)  do_status;  exit $? ;;
*)       do_usage;   exit  1 ;;
esac

Enable the OpenVPN PIA Autoconnect script

  • sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/openvpnauto
  • sudo systemctl enable openvpnauto

& for some reason I've forgotten:

  • sudo update-rc.d openvpnauto defaults 98

Now you can connect to PIA’s VPN automatically by running

  • sudo service openvpnauto start

You can retest your IP to verify it’s not your ISP’s IP address

If it is not your regular IP shown on whatsmyip.org then you can reboot and test your IP address again

  • sudo reboot

Test your IP again and compare it to whatsmyip.org’s result

  • wget http://ipinfo.io/ip -qO -

Now you’ve set up installing and autoconnecting to Private Internet Access VPN on Linux on boot