Openvpn script on (re)connect?

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Openvpn can execute a script upon connection using the --up parameter. However this does not seem to work at reconnecting, i.e. when a connection is lost and openvpn automatically reconnects. Is this normal behaviour and is there a way to execute scripts on reconnect too?

Background is that there is a service that supposed to communicate over a VPN. If the connection gets lost, the service might timeout and quit. Therefore I want to have a script running on VPN-connection, that checks if the service is running and if not, starting it.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '15 at 19:30

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This is normal behavior. By default, OpenVPN does not run the --up script for partial restarts (In your case: reconnects) . You can change this behavior by using the --up-restart option in your client config. This is clearly documented in the OpenVPN Manual

answered Sep 19 '15 at 19:30

dotvotdot

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@Jherek did you try this ? – dotvotdot Nov 18 '15 at 16:13
I did something with a cron job as a workaround. But thanks for your answer anyhow. When I have time I will look into it again. – fdafgfdgfagfdagfdagfdagfdagfda Dec 03 '15 at 10:21

Openvpn script on (re)connect?

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