CloudConnexa: Run OpenVPN3 client as a Service for Connector

Description:

This is to make the openvpn3 client for Linux run as a service in order for the connector for CloudConnexa to automatically connect to VPN whenever it was rebooted/restarted.

Step 1:  Download the .ovpn profile from CloudConnexa and upload it to your Linux machine.

How to download .ovpn file for Network Connector (CloudConnexa Portal>Network):

How to download .ovpn file for Host Connector (CloudConnexa Portal>Host):

Step 2: Copy the downloaded .ovpn file on /etc/openvpn3/autoload. then rename it to connector.conf

Step 3: Create a config file by running:

sudo openvpn3 config-import --config /etc/openvpn3/autoload/connector.conf --name "OpenVPN Cloud" --persistent

Step 4: Create a auto file in /etc/openvpn3/autoload by running; 

touch connector.autoload 

Then add the below details in the created file connector.autoload

{
"name": "OpenVPN Cloud",
"autostart": true,
"tunnel": {
"persist": true
}
}

Step 5: After that enable systemd service by running below;

systemctl enable openvpn3-autoload
systemctl start openvpn3-autoload
systemctl status openvpn3-autoload

Then, reboot the machine/server, and should be connected after reboot.