ANSWERED Auto start and connect after reboot on raspberry pi

[chewy74 2]

I'm trying to automatically connect to airvpn server Cephei if I reboot raspberry pi.

 

I've got the configuration file and renamed to ***.conf and placed it in /etc/openvpn/ folder. From what I've read it should pick up the conf file at startup and connect, but it doesn't.

 

Am I missing a step? I've read different variations on how to setup...

 

Running Raspbian on my pi

 

Thanks for the help

[chewy74 2]

Anybody?

[chewy74 2]

For the noobs

 

You download the configuration file for your preferred server and then rename the file extension from *ovpn to *conf and move it to /etc/openvpn/

 

Then

sudo nano /etc/default/openvpn

 

Look for

#AUTOSTART="servername"

 

Uncomment to look like

AUTOSTART="servername"

 

Replace "servername" with whatever server configuration file you generated mines is "AirVPN_Cephei"

Leave out the .conf

 

Ctrl X and save changes. Now it should connect to your server after rebooting.

 

Hope this helps someone

[binthinak 0]

For the noobs

 

You download the configuration file for your preferred server and then rename the file extension from *ovpn to *conf and move it to /etc/openvpn/

 

Then

sudo nano /etc/default/openvpn

 

Look for

#AUTOSTART="servername"

 

Uncomment to look like

AUTOSTART="servername"

 

Replace "servername" with whatever server configuration file you generated mines is "AirVPN_Cephei"

Leave out the .conf

 

Ctrl X and save changes. Now it should connect to your server after rebooting.

 

Hope this helps someone

 

I spent a couple nights trying to find this solution! I was about to give up and was lucky enough to stumble across this post, making it SO SIMPLE!!! I signed up for an account just to say THANK YOU!!