summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/sample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'sample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh')
-rwxr-xr-xsample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh34
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh b/sample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0ee006b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# A sample OpenVPN startup script
+# for Linux.
+
+# openvpn config file directory
+dir=/etc/openvpn
+
+# load the firewall
+$dir/firewall.sh
+
+# load TUN/TAP kernel module
+modprobe tun
+
+# enable IP forwarding
+echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+
+# Invoke openvpn for each VPN tunnel
+# in daemon mode. Alternatively,
+# you could remove "--daemon" from
+# the command line and add "daemon"
+# to the config file.
+#
+# Each tunnel should run on a separate
+# UDP port. Use the "port" option
+# to control this. Like all of
+# OpenVPN's options, you can
+# specify "--port 8000" on the command
+# line or "port 8000" in the config
+# file.
+
+openvpn --cd $dir --daemon --config vpn1.conf
+openvpn --cd $dir --daemon --config vpn2.conf
+openvpn --cd $dir --daemon --config vpn2.conf