VPN
How to automatically connect to a Virtual private network system to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections
Installation
Remove systemd-networkd configuration and install NetworkManager
rm /etc/systemd/network/*
pacman -Syu networkmanager networkmanager-openvpn
systemctl disable systemd-networkd
systemctl enable NetworkManager
Download OpenVPN configuration files from VPN provider
wget https://privadovpn.com/apps/ovpn_configs.zip
unzip ovpn_configs.zip 'zrh*'
/home/wildw1ng/.vpn/zrh-001.ovpn
comment: route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 # vpn_gateway
Import OpenVPN configuration files to NetworkManager
nmcli connection import type openvpn file /home/wildw1ng/.vpn/zrh-001.ovpn
Modify new NetworkManager VPN configuration
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/zrh-001.nmconnection
password-flags=0
username=USERNAME
[vpn-secrets]
password=PASSWORD
Modify NetworkManager connection to reconnect indefinitely
nmcli connection edit zrh-001
nmcli> set connection.autoconnect yes
nmcli> set connection.autoconnect-retries 0
nmcli> save persistent
nmcli> quit
Automatically start a VPN connection
nmcli connection
| NAME | UUID | TYPE | DEVICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| zrh-001 | d46e4a92-778e-4792-b085-e1f638ecb8e3 |
vpn | enp1s0 |
| enp1s0 | 1715b889-3c47-3e21-a86f-94ce207297a9 | ethernet | enp1s0 |
Copy UUID of VPN connection you want to connect automatically
nmcli connection edit enp1s0
nmcli> set connection.secondaries d46e4a92-778e-4792-b085-e1f638ecb8e3
nmcli> save persistent
nmcli> quit
systemctl restart NetworkManager
Manual VPN connection
nmcli connection up zrh-001
nmcli connection down zrh-001
nmcli connection delete id zrh-001
Check public IP address
ip route
curl ifconfig.co
curl ifconfig.me
curl icanhazip.com
whois $(curl ifconfig.co)
