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 #!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides:          OpenVPN Autoconnect # Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Default-Sta..."

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Created page with "=== Autoconnect PIA VPN on Boot === Create the OpenVPN autoconnect init.d startup script file * <code>sudo vim /etc/init.d/openvpnauto</code> Paste this OpenVPN autoconnect startup script, if you do not want to use Sweden.ovpn then replace it in the <code>DAEMON_OPTS</code> line <pre> #!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: OpenVPN Autoconnect # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Default-Sta..."

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=== Autoconnect PIA VPN on Boot ===

Create the OpenVPN autoconnect init.d startup script file

* <code>sudo vim /etc/init.d/openvpnauto</code>
Paste this OpenVPN autoconnect startup script, if you do not want to use Sweden.ovpn then replace it in the <code>DAEMON_OPTS</code> line

<pre>
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: OpenVPN Autoconnect
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: OpenVPN Autoconnect
# Description: OpenVPN Autoconnect
### END INIT INFO

# Documentation available at
# http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptfunc.html
# Debian provides some extra functions though
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

DAEMON_NAME="openvpnauto"
DAEMON_USER=root
DAEMON_PATH="/usr/sbin/openvpn"
DAEMON_OPTS="--config /etc/openvpn/Sweden.ovpn --auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/login.txt"
DAEMON_PWD="/etc/openvpn"
DAEMON_DESC=$(get_lsb_header_val $0 "Short-Description")
DAEMON_PID="/var/run/${DAEMON_NAME}.pid"
DAEMON_NICE=0
DAEMON_LOG='/var/log/openvpnauto.log'

[ -r "/etc/default/${DAEMON_NAME}" ] && . "/etc/default/${DAEMON_NAME}"

do_start() {
local result

pidofproc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}" > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
log_warning_msg "${DAEMON_NAME} is already started"
result=0
else
log_daemon_msg "Starting ${DAEMON_DESC}" "${DAEMON_NAME}"
touch "${DAEMON_LOG}"
chown $DAEMON_USER "${DAEMON_LOG}"
chmod u+rw "${DAEMON_LOG}"
if [ -z "${DAEMON_USER}" ]; then
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background \
--nicelevel $DAEMON_NICE \
--chdir "${DAEMON_PWD}" \
--pidfile "${DAEMON_PID}" --make-pidfile \
--exec "${DAEMON_PATH}" -- $DAEMON_OPTS
result=$?
else
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background \
--nicelevel $DAEMON_NICE \
--chdir "${DAEMON_PWD}" \
--pidfile "${DAEMON_PID}" --make-pidfile \
--chuid "${DAEMON_USER}" \
--exec "${DAEMON_PATH}" -- $DAEMON_OPTS
result=$?
fi
log_end_msg $result
fi
return $result
}

do_stop() {
local result

pidofproc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}" > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
log_warning_msg "${DAEMON_NAME} is not started"
result=0
else
log_daemon_msg "Stopping ${DAEMON_DESC}" "${DAEMON_NAME}"
killproc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}"
result=$?
log_end_msg $result
rm "${DAEMON_PID}"
fi
return $result
}

do_restart() {
local result
do_stop
result=$?
if [ $result = 0 ]; then
do_start
result=$?
fi
return $result
}

do_status() {
local result
status_of_proc -p "${DAEMON_PID}" "${DAEMON_PATH}" "${DAEMON_NAME}"
result=$?
return $result
}

do_usage() {
echo $"Usage: $0 {start {{!}} stop {{!}} restart {{!}} status}"
exit 1
}

case "$1" in
start) do_start; exit $? ;;
stop) do_stop; exit $? ;;
restart) do_restart; exit $? ;;
status) do_status; exit $? ;;
*) do_usage; exit 1 ;;
esac
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Enable the '''OpenVPN PIA Autoconnect''' script

* <code>sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/openvpnauto</code>
* <code>sudo systemctl enable openvpnauto</code>
& for some reason I've forgotten:
* <code>sudo update-rc.d openvpnauto defaults 98</code>
Now you can connect to PIA’s VPN automatically by running

* <code>sudo service openvpnauto start</code>
You can retest your IP to verify it’s not your ISP’s IP address

* <code>wget http://ipinfo.io/ip -qO -</code>
If it is not your regular IP shown on [http://whatsmyip.org whatsmyip.org] then you can reboot and test your IP address again

* <code>sudo reboot</code>
Test your IP again and compare it to [http://whatsmyip.org whatsmyip.org]’s result

* <code>wget <nowiki>http://ipinfo.io/ip</nowiki> -qO -</code>
Now you’ve set up installing and autoconnecting to Private Internet Access VPN on Linux on boot

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