vpn-auto-reconnect.sh

A simple bash script for autoreconnect to OpenVPN via NetworkManager command-line (nmcli).

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Usage:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/johanneszab/vpn-auto-reconnect.sh.git

2. Change directory inside that directory:

cd vpn-auto-reconnect.sh

3. Make the script executable

chmod +x vpn-auto-reconnect.sh

4. Copy vpn-config-sample.sh to vpn-config.sh. Simply run

cp vpn-config-sample.sh vpn-config.sh

5. Configure vpn-config.sh. All the needed info on how to do that, is shown in the config comments.

6. Start monitoring VPN connection

./vpn-auto-reconnect.sh start

7. Stop the monitoring and also the VPN connection

./vpn-auto-reconnect.sh stop

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Source:

nmcli

Source

Fork from with changes for nmcli v0.9.10.

Script tested on fedora 21 with airvpn (OpenVPN).

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vpn-toggle.sh

A simple bash script to toggle an OpenVPN connection on and off via NetworkManager command-line (mncli). You can use it instead of typing vpn-auto-reconnect.sh start/stop:

chmod +x vpn-toggle.sh
./vpn-toggle.sh