openvpn3-session-start.1.rst

openvpn3-session-start

OpenVPN 3 Linux client

Manual section:	1
Manual group:	OpenVPN 3 Linux

SYNOPSIS

openvpn3 session-start [OPTIONS]

openvpn3 session-start -h | --help

DESCRIPTION

This starts a new VPN session, which means a VPN client process is started, it gathers needed credentials, connects to the remote server and configures a VPN interface with the VPN IP address, network routes and possibly DNS settings on this host.

OPTIONS

-h, --help	Print usage and help details to the terminal
-c CONFIG-FILE, --config CONFIG-FILE
	Name of the configuration profile to start. The session-start command will first look for matching configuration profile names pre-loaded into the configuration manager. If not found, it will attempt to load and parse a configuration file on the file system.
-p CONFIG-DBUS-PATH, --config-path CONFIG-DBUS-PATH
	Can be used instead of --config where the D-Bus path to the configuration profile in the configuration manager is given instead. Use openvpn3 configs-list to retrieve a list of available configuration paths.
--persist-tun	Can be used together with --config to ensure the connection will not tear-down the virtual VPN interface when reconnecting. See openvpn3-config-manage for details.

SEE ALSO

openvpn3(1) openvpn3-configs-list(1) openvpn3-session-acl(1) openvpn3-session-manage(1) openvpn3-session-stats(1) openvpn3-sessions-list(1)