How to connect/disconnect OpenVPN from CLI in Ubuntu 18
Some guides suggest connecting from client with this command:
sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn
But they only tell you how to disconnect with GUIs and I'm in the CLI.
1) Is this the best CLI way to connect from client machine?
2) What's the best way to close the connection (and possibly bring the interface down)? sudo kill <pid> seems wrong but perhaps that's what you're supposed to do...
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Some guides suggest connecting from client with this command:
sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn
But they only tell you how to disconnect with GUIs and I'm in the CLI.
1) Is this the best CLI way to connect from client machine?
2) What's the best way to close the connection (and possibly bring the interface down)? sudo kill <pid> seems wrong but perhaps that's what you're supposed to do...
openvpn
asked Feb 2 at 10:28
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Some guides suggest connecting from client with this command:
sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn
But they only tell you how to disconnect with GUIs and I'm in the CLI.
1) Is this the best CLI way to connect from client machine?
2) What's the best way to close the connection (and possibly bring the interface down)? sudo kill <pid> seems wrong but perhaps that's what you're supposed to do...
openvpn
asked Feb 2 at 10:28
JSStuballJSStuball
1234
Some guides suggest connecting from client with this command:
sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn
But they only tell you how to disconnect with GUIs and I'm in the CLI.
1) Is this the best CLI way to connect from client machine?
2) What's the best way to close the connection (and possibly bring the interface down)? sudo kill <pid> seems wrong but perhaps that's what you're supposed to do...
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The VPN client is just an executable, like any other, so you stop it like any other. I use this for work every day and I open my connection with sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn and then close it with Ctrl+C. You don't need anything else.
Now, actually, sudo kill PID will do exactly the same thing as Ctrl+C, so you can use that too if you like, but there's no reason to. Ctrl+C on the terminal window is faster and easier.
answered Feb 2 at 11:13
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Press control + C in the terminal window in which you run the openvpn.
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The VPN client is just an executable, like any other, so you stop it like any other. I use this for work every day and I open my connection with sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn and then close it with Ctrl+C. You don't need anything else.
Now, actually, sudo kill PID will do exactly the same thing as Ctrl+C, so you can use that too if you like, but there's no reason to. Ctrl+C on the terminal window is faster and easier.
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The VPN client is just an executable, like any other, so you stop it like any other. I use this for work every day and I open my connection with sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn and then close it with Ctrl+C. You don't need anything else.
Now, actually, sudo kill PID will do exactly the same thing as Ctrl+C, so you can use that too if you like, but there's no reason to. Ctrl+C on the terminal window is faster and easier.
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The VPN client is just an executable, like any other, so you stop it like any other. I use this for work every day and I open my connection with sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn and then close it with Ctrl+C. You don't need anything else.
Now, actually, sudo kill PID will do exactly the same thing as Ctrl+C, so you can use that too if you like, but there's no reason to. Ctrl+C on the terminal window is faster and easier.
answered Feb 2 at 11:13
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The VPN client is just an executable, like any other, so you stop it like any other. I use this for work every day and I open my connection with sudo openvpn --config client1.ovpn and then close it with Ctrl+C. You don't need anything else.
Now, actually, sudo kill PID will do exactly the same thing as Ctrl+C, so you can use that too if you like, but there's no reason to. Ctrl+C on the terminal window is faster and easier.
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Press control + C in the terminal window in which you run the openvpn.
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Press control + C in the terminal window in which you run the openvpn.
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Press control + C in the terminal window in which you run the openvpn.
answered Feb 2 at 10:40
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Press control + C in the terminal window in which you run the openvpn.
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