Access Server: Add server and client config directives via command-line interface (CLI)

Description: This article describes how to add server and client directives using the CLI — you can specify adding these OpenVPN directives to the client or server configuration files.

For our steps, we'll use this example, pushing the below command:

route 10.0.0.0 255.255.192.0 net_gateway

The server directive will be:

push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.192.0 net_gateway"

The client directive will be:

route 10.0.0.0 255.255.192.0 net_gateway

Follow the steps below to add any of those via CLI.

Add Server Directives

+ Add the server directive to a txt file:

echo 'push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.192.0 net_gateway"' > route.txt

If you want to add more than one directive, your command looks like this:

echo 'push "route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 net_gateway"' > route.txt
echo 'push "route 10.10.20.0 255.255.255.0 net_gateway"' >> route.txt
echo 'push "route 10.10.30.0 255.255.255.0 net_gateway"' >> route.txt

+ Then, run the below command to provide your txt file as server config directives:

sudo su
cd /usr/local/openvpn_as/scripts/
./sacli --key "vpn.server.config_text" --value_file=./route.txt ConfigPut
./sacli start

Verify the server directive saves:

sudo su
cd /usr/local/openvpn_as/scripts/
./sacli configquery | grep "vpn.server.config_text"

Add Client Directives

+ Add the client directive to a txt file:

echo 'route 10.0.0.0 255.255.192.0 net_gateway' > route.txt

If you want to add more than one directive, your command looks like this:

echo 'route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 net_gateway' > route.txt
echo 'route 10.10.20.0 255.255.255.0 net_gateway' >> route.txt
echo 'route 10.10.30.0 255.255.255.0 net_gateway' >> route.txt

+ Then, run the below command to provide your txt file as client config directives:

sudo su
cd /usr/local/openvpn_as/scripts/
./sacli --key "vpn.client.config_text" --value_file=./route.txt ConfigPut
./sacli start

Verify client directive saves:

sudo su
cd /usr/local/openvpn_as/scripts/
./sacli configquery | grep "vpn.client.config_text"

Note: You can configure these same server and client directives in the Admin Web UI from the Configuration > Advanced VPN page, under Additional OpenVPN Config Directives (Advanced).

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