open-vpn-alias.md

install OpenVPN-3 client for Ubuntu 18.04

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -y
wget https://swupdate.openvpn.net/repos/openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub
sudo apt-key add openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub

export DISTRO='bionic'
wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn3.list https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/openvpn3/repos/openvpn3-$DISTRO.list
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install openvpn3 -y

Supported distributions:

Distribution	Release	Release name ($DISTRO)
Debian	9	stretch
Debian	10	buster
Ubuntu	16.04	xenial
Ubuntu	18.04	bionic
Ubuntu	19.10	eoan
Ubuntu	20.04	focal

OpenVPN alias config

Generate you OpenVPN configuration file OpenVPN-Config.ovpn and place it at /ovpn/OpenVPN-Config.ovpn.
Add alias to the ~/.bashrc file

echo 'alias ovpc="openvpn3 session-start --config /ovpn/OpenVPN-Config.ovpn"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'alias ovps="openvpn3 sessions-list"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'alias ovpd="openvpn3 session-manage --config /ovpn/OpenVPN-Config.ovpn --disconnect"' >> ~/.bashrc

1. Connect to the VPN: ovpc
2. List current active session: ovps
3. Disconnect VPN: ovpd