openvpn3(8)

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version 27.1 · 3 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 Name 💖

openvpn3 — OpenVPN 3 Linux — the Administration Command Line Interface, bestie. Yes the manual page is called openvpn3(8) even though the program you actually run is openvpn3-admin. It's giving name reveal energy. We do not question it, we simply vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Okay so here's literally every way you can call this thing:

openvpn3-admin [ COMMAND ] [ OPTIONS ]
openvpn3-admin [ COMMAND ] -h | --help
openvpn3-admin -h | --help | help

That last one? Just screaming help into the void with zero shame. Iconic.

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So openvpn3-admin is a configuration tool for the OpenVPN 3 D-Bus services, and it supports management over D-Bus. D-Bus! The plumbing that runs the whole show. She's the girl behind the curtain and she's thriving.

The way this utility works is very "command" coded — the first argument you hand to openvpn3-admin is always a command operator. Like, always. Every single time. And then each of those available commands has its own set of options, because of course they each need their own little personality. Slay, divas, do your thing.

👑 COMMANDS 👑

🌟 version [--services]

Show program version information, periodt. But if you pass --services, it goes full main character and shows the version info for all available OpenVPN 3 D-Bus backend services too. Not just one. All of them. She said "I'll introduce you to the whole group chat."

🌸 variables [--machine-id]

Show various OpenVPN 3 Linux related variables. Casual. Chill. No big deal.

  • --machine-id — shows the host's machine-id and the source used to derive that value. Trust the process, but also trust that this value gets sent to OpenVPN servers in the IV_HWADDR variable. So yes, it's lowkey important, no cap.

🦋 init-config

A little helper command that auto-detects some host-specific settings and configures OpenVPN 3 Linux accordingly. She's the friend who shows up and sets up your whole apartment for you. We stan.

🧚 log-service

Manage the OpenVPN 3 Log service.

💅 netcfg-service

Manage the OpenVPN 3 Network Configuration service.

🌈 sessionmgr-service

Manage the OpenVPN 3 Session Manager service.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Go read these too, I'm not gatekeeping, we share our sources in this house:

Fr fr, that's the whole page. Go init-config your heart out, bestie. 🫶

And as a lil sign-off: this one's running under the manual name openvpn3(8), from the OpenVPN 3 Linux source/version, and — oh, the little page footer also just says openvpn3(8) down there, right where the date would normally live. So that's it. That's the vibe. Byeeeee ✨💖🎀

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