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How can I use Linux OmniVPN® application?

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Linux OmniVPN® is currently a command line application supported on Ubuntu Bionic v18, Debian Buster V10 and above releases.

You can download the Linux OmniVPN® application at the Roqos apps page.

usage: omnivpn-client [-h] (-c | -d | -s | -a) [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-t TARGET] [-r]

Command line interface to establish OmniVPN session to a Roqos Core device

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --connect         start an OmniVPN connection
  -d, --disconnect      end an OmniVPN connection
  -s, --status          get status of an OmniVPN connection
  -a, --clear           clear saved OmniVPN configuration
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        username for OmniVPN connection
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        password for OmniVPN connection
  -t TARGET, --target TARGET
                        serial number of the target Roqos Core device
  -r, --remember        save username/password

 

Examples

  1. For prompt based connectivity

    omnivpn-client -c

    omnivpn-client --connect

  2. For a full command line based (non-prompted) connectivity

    omnivpn-client -c -u mike@acme.com -p secret -t RC2000xxxx -r

    omnivpn-client --connect --username mike@acme.com --password secret --target RC2000xxxx --remember

  3. To get status of an active connection

    omnivpn-client -s

    omnivpn-client --status

  4. To disconnect an active connection

    omnivpn-client -d

    omnivpn-client --disconnect

  5. To clear our all saved configurations and start afresh

    omnivpn-client -a

    omnivpn-client --clear