Running Eddie CLI as service in debian based OSes

[dellawee 13]

Hey!

 

I'm working on a tutorial that involves using running Eddie CLI as a service. I have something that works but I would like to get some feed back before I use it in a tutorial. This is my /ect/init.d/airvpn file which would likely be the only thing likely to be changed.

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: airvpn
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Start:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start and stop airvpn
# Description: airvpn
### END INIT INFO

path_to_config_file="/home/pi/.airvpn/"

# Do NOT change anything below this line unless you know what you are doing!

exec 1>/var/log/airvpn.service.log 2>&1

case "$1" in
start)
echo "Connecting to Airvpn "
/usr/bin/airvpn -cli -path="$path_to_config_file" &
;;
stop)
echo "Closing connection to airvpn "
killall airvpn mono openvpn
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/airvpn {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

This is modified code from here https://www.htpcbeginner.com/guide-configure-openvpn-autostart-linux/ .

 

Would love to hear you guys suggestions

[snoodlehouse 1]

I don't know a lot about Bash, but noticed:

path_to_config_file="/home/pi/.airvpn/"

 

Make sure to clearly document that this needs to be changed depending on the user's username. I'm assuming this script needs to be run with sudo and "~/.airvpn" wouldn't work. But again, I don't know a lot about Bash. I would be interested in using this script when you get the tutorial finished!

 

I had spent a week trying to get openvpn working on the CLI without DNS leaks. I gave up. But you just informed me that the airvpn executable has a CLI option, which is way easier. Hopefully it won't constantly crash like Eddie. Your script will make things even smoother.