ANSWERED linux openvpn reconnect

[trekkie.forever 6]

Hello,

I just do a simple "sudo openvpn --config airvpn-server.ovpn" on arch linux and things work fine. The problem is every time I close and open my laptop screen, I have to manually restart the command - Ctrl-C followed by the above command.

Anyway this can reconnect automatically?

Thanks.

[Staff 9972]

@trekkie.forever

Hello!

In general OpenVPN doesn't manage this situation properly. To automate the procedure you are forced to perform, you may consider to run a script (with root privileges) on wake up. This script might send a SIGTERM to OpenVPN and re-start it, or perhaps just sending a SIGHUP to OpenVPN might suffice (to be tested though). Some ideas for systemd based Linux systems:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/152039/how-to-run-a-user-script-after-systemd-wakeup

Kind regards