I have a working bash script that starts the easyvpn snap with a working config file. I want to run this script on boot so that my ubuntu core device autoconnects to my vpn on boot.

My Bash Script in /home/alexlanganke/:

#!/bin/bash
echo "easy-openvpn.connect-server /home/alexlanganke/vpnconfig.ovpn" | bash

This file is naturally been made executable and has been tested successfully on its own.

My systemd Service file in /etc/systemd/system/:

[Unit]
Description=VPN Autostart
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/alexlanganke/autostart_vpn.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

The Systemd service has been started and enabled. Do you by chance see what I am doing wrong or missing?

journalctl -u output:

Mar 27 16:50:14 localhost.localdomain autostart_vpn.sh[1373]: bash: line 1: easy-openvpn.connect-server: command not found

Looks to me as if the easyvpn command is not known to bash when run via systemd. Wrong path?

2 Answers

The Problem arises because SystemD is run as root. The easyvpn command mentioned above is not known systemwide.

The Path can be corrected by changing the bash command to:

#!/bin/bash
echo "snap run easy-openvpn.connect-server /home/alexlanganke/vpnconfig.ovpn" | bash

Found the Solution with better explanation here:How to run a command in a snap package

In terminal type nm-connection-editor, open the wired/wireless connection profile where you wish to use VPN, and edit the following... changing "default_openvpn" to the path/name of your openvpn connection script...

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