- The system does not use any native autostart other than, of course, systemd.
- The scripts in /etc/network/if-up/ aren't executed, as init.d doesn't run on OSMC
Clearly the only way to go about this is to create a system service
Technically, this was always possible -- I have no idea why this wasn't put into use earlier. Simply put, we're going to create a systemd service to control the VPN on the system
First, let's ssh into our box and download our .ovpn files.
ssh osmc@myosmcboxaddress
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install openvpn
cd /etc/openvpn/
sudo wget https://nordvpn.com/api/files/zip (For NordVPN)
sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/ca12.nordvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
Note how the script will always ask you for your user & pass, we can bypass this by creating a file 'auth' in the same directory (/etc/openvpn/)
sudo nano auth
Enter your NordVPN credentials; your User Email on the first line and your Password on the second.
CTRL+X and set the file permissions with
sudo chmod 666 auth
Pick your favourite server vpn file (Low load ones are usually ideal) and edit it with nano
Change the line containing auth-user-pass to auth-user-pass auth or whatever you named your auth file
** The VPN should now connect without authentication **
Navigate to the services directory with cd /etc/systemd/system/
sudo nano vpn.service, and populate the file with your preferred service settings
sudo systemctl enable vpn.service
And that's it!
