REMINDER: Make sure you fill in the entries for eth_ip, eth_netmask, eth_broadcast and gw.
/etc/init.d/openvpn/ startup script with the below script:
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# Original version by Robert Leslie
#
# Modified for openvpn by Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
# Modified for restarting / starting / stopping single tunnels by Richard Mueller
# Modified to add bridge control by Josh Vickery
test $DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG && set -v -x
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/openvpn
DESC=”virtual private network daemon”
CONFIG_DIR=/etc/openvpn
BRIDGE_CTL=/usr/local/bin/openvpn-bridge
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
test -d $CONFIG_DIR || exit 0
# Source defaults file; edit that file to configure this script.
AUTOSTART=”all”
STATUSREFRESH=10
if test -e /etc/default/openvpn ; then
. /etc/default/openvpn
fi
start_vpn () {
if grep -q ‘^[ ]*daemon’ $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf ; then
# daemon already given in config file
DAEMONARG=
else
# need to daemonize
DAEMONARG=”–daemon ovpn-$NAME”
fi
if grep -q ‘^[ ]*status ‘ $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf ; then
# status file already given in config file
STATUSARG=”"
elif test $STATUSREFRESH -eq 0 ; then
# default status file disabled in /etc/default/openvpn
STATUSARG=”"
else
# prepare default status file
STATUSARG=”–status /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.status $STATUSREFRESH”
fi
$BRIDGE_CTL start
$DAEMON –writepid /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.pid \
$DAEMONARG $STATUSARG –cd $CONFIG_DIR \
–config $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf || echo -n ” FAILED->”
echo -n ” $NAME”
}
stop_vpn () {
kill `cat $PIDFILE` || true
rm $PIDFILE
[ -e /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.status ] \
&& rm /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.status
$BRIDGE_CTL stop
}
case “$1″ in
start)
echo -n “Starting $DESC:”
# autostart VPNs
if test -z “$2″ ; then
# check if automatic startup is disabled by AUTOSTART=none
if test “x$AUTOSTART” = “xnone” -o -z “$AUTOSTART” ; then
echo ” Autostart disabled.”
exit 0
fi
if test -z “$AUTOSTART” -o “x$AUTOSTART” = “xall” ; then
# all VPNs shall be started automatically
for CONFIG in `cd $CONFIG_DIR; ls *.conf 2> /dev/null`; do
NAME=${CONFIG%%.conf}
start_vpn
done
else
# start only specified VPNs
for NAME in $AUTOSTART ; do
if test -e $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf ; then
start_vpn
else
echo -n ” (failure: No such VPN: $NAME)”
fi
done
fi
#start VPNs from command line
else
while shift ; do
[ -z "$1" ] && break
if test -e $CONFIG_DIR/$1.conf ; then
NAME=$1
start_vpn
else
echo -n ” (failure: No such VPN: $1)”
fi
done
fi
echo “.”
;;
stop)
echo -n “Stopping $DESC:”
if test -z “$2″ ; then
for PIDFILE in `ls /var/run/openvpn.*.pid 2> /dev/null`; do
NAME=`echo $PIDFILE | cut -c18-`
NAME=${NAME%%.pid}
stop_vpn
echo -n ” $NAME”
done
else
while shift ; do
[ -z "$1" ] && break
if test -e /var/run/openvpn.$1.pid ; then
PIDFILE=`ls /var/run/openvpn.$1.pid 2> /dev/null`
NAME=`echo $PIDFILE | cut -c18-`
NAME=${NAME%%.pid}
stop_vpn
echo -n ” $NAME”
else
echo -n ” (failure: No such VPN is running: $1)”
fi
done
fi
echo “.”
;;
# We only ‘reload’ for running VPNs. New ones will only start with ’start’ or ‘restart’.
reload|force-reload)
echo -n “Reloading $DESC:”
for PIDFILE in `ls /var/run/openvpn.*.pid 2> /dev/null`; do
NAME=`echo $PIDFILE | cut -c18-`
NAME=${NAME%%.pid}
# If openvpn if running under a different user than root we’ll need to restart
if egrep ‘^( |\t)*user’ $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
stop_vpn
sleep 1
start_vpn
echo -n “(restarted)”
else
kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE` || true
echo -n ” $NAME”
fi
done
echo “.”
;;
restart)
shift
$0 stop ${@}
sleep 1
$0 start ${@}
;;
cond-restart)
echo -n “Restarting $DESC:”
for PIDFILE in `ls /var/run/openvpn.*.pid 2> /dev/null`; do
NAME=`echo $PIDFILE | cut -c18-`
NAME=${NAME%%.pid}
stop_vpn
sleep 1
start_vpn
done
echo “.”
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload|cond-restart}” >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
#< --END-->
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1 person has left a comment
Hi.
First of all - thanks for this great tutorial.
I have a bridged connection to my openvpn server and everthing works fine, but i can\’t see the mt-daapd library on my macbook pro itunes.
Appletalk works and ping although.
Do you know a solution for this problem? Is it is possible, that apple changed something in the new itunes 7.1.1?
ChrizDee