openvpn3(1)
π openvpn3 β the OpenVPN 3 Linux Management Command Line Interface, bestie edition π
okay so you found your way to openvpn3(1), the manual page for the main management tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry π, and let's get you fluent.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
openvpn3 [ COMMAND ] [ OPTIONS ]
openvpn3 [ COMMAND ] -h | --help
openvpn3 -h | --help | help
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
The openvpn3 utility is the main management tool for managing and configuring OpenVPN configuration profiles and VPN sessions. it's giving main character energy, fr.
The way this works is a command approach β the first argument you hand to openvpn3 is always a command operator. like, always. no exceptions. and then each command has its own little set of options, because of course it does. π
π COMMANDS π
π the basics
versionβ shows you the OpenVPN 3 version info. cute, quick, iconic.
π Configuration management
config-importβ import configuration profilesconfig-manageβ manage configuration propertiesconfig-aclβ manage access control lists for configurationsconfig-dumpβ show/dump a configuration profileconfig-removeβ remove an available configuration profileconfigs-listβ list all available configuration profiles
π«Ά Session management
session-startβ start a new VPN sessionsession-manageβ manage VPN sessionssession-authβ see and interact with on-going session authenticationsession-aclβ manage access control lists for sessionssession-statsβ show session statisticssessions-listβ list available VPN sessions
π Log commands
logβ receive log events as they occur
π SEE ALSO π
go read these when you're done here, iykyk:
openvpn2(1)openvpn3-admin(8)openvpn3-config-acl(1)openvpn3-config-dump(1)openvpn3-config-import(1)openvpn3-config-manage(1)openvpn3-config-remove(1)openvpn3-configs-list(1)openvpn3-log(1)openvpn3-session-acl(1)openvpn3-session-auth(1)openvpn3-session-manage(1)openvpn3-session-start(1)openvpn3-session-stats(1)openvpn3-sessions-list(1)
<nice>and that's the whole page bestie π</nice> this one ships as part of the OpenVPN 3 Linux manual, filed under the manual page name openvpn3(1). slay, you're basically a sysadmin now β¨πΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: openvpn3 27.1
- ubuntu stonking: openvpn3-client 27.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1 Β· AGPL-3.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms