ovpn_autostart

readme.md

# get client 
scp domain.com:/root/ovpn/client.ovpn /root/ovpn/

# create script
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/ovpn_autostart

## edit 
sudo nano /etc/rc.local

### add lines
/etc/init.d/ovpn_autostart start

Install OpenVPN

sudo apt install openvpn

ovpn_autostart

#!/bin/sh
OVPNCONF="/root/ovpn/client.ovpn"
RUNNING=$(ps aux | grep -o "openvpn \-\-config" | wc -l)

case "$1" in
  start)
                if [ $RUNNING -eq 0 ]; then
                        echo -n > /var/log/ovpn_autostart.log
                        nohup openvpn --config "$OVPNCONF" > /var/log/ovpn_autostart.log 2>&1 &
                else
                        $0 restart
                fi
    ;;
  stop)
                if [ $RUNNING -eq 1 ]; then
                        pid=$(ps aux | grep "openvpn \-\-config" | awk '{print $2}')
                        kill -9 $pid
                        unset pid
                        echo -n > /var/log/ovpn_autostart.log
                fi
    ;;
  restart)
        echo "$0"
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  reload|force-reload) 
        $0 restart
    ;;
  status)
                if [ $RUNNING -eq 0 ]; then
                        echo -e "Closed\n"
                else
                        echo -e "Active\n"
                fi
    ;;
  *)
    exit 1
esac