how to auto start openvpn (client) on ubuntu cli?

Question

I have an *.ovpn file that works if I type in

sudo openvpn client.ovpn

Now I would like to start up openvpn when I boot the computer. It's a headless version of ubuntu if that matters. 12.04 64bit.

How can I do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

It would be nice to have a un hacker way of doing it, but this will have to do for now.

1) Create file myopenvpn in /etc/init.d/

nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn

2) Insert into myopenvpn and save:

# OpenVPN autostart on boot script

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn

SOURCE: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/12/11/how-to-auto-start-openvpn-client-in-debian-6-and-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-79