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Systemd unit file for OpenConnect VPN client
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Config file

  • Name config file like mycompany.conf and put it under /etc/openconnect/.
  • If password authentication is required, put password in mycompany.passwd in the same folder.
  • You can have multiple sets of config file if required.

Systemd unit

  1. Download [email protected] to /etc/systemd/system/
  2. systemctl daemon-reload
  3. systemctl start openconnect@mycompany (needs to match the name of config file)
  4. Check status with: systemctl status openconnect@mycompany
  5. If everything works, set the service to auto-start on boot: systemctl enable openconnect@mycompany
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[Unit]
Description=OpenConnect VPN Client on %I
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=forking
RuntimeDirectory=openconnect
PIDFile=/run/openconnect/%i.pid
WorkingDirectory=/etc/openconnect
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/openconnect --non-inter --passwd-on-stdin --background --pid-file /run/openconnect/%i.pid --config %i.conf
StandardInput=file:/etc/openconnect/%i.passwd
Restart=on-failure
RestartSteps=30
RestartMaxDelaySec=3600
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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