I have added my OpenVPN connection through the network manager. However im pretty sure there should be an option on all wireless/wired connections where i can set it to automatically connect to my VPN, Im pretty sure this option is on Ubuntu/Arch gnome3 its quite annoying that i cant find the option.
Does fedora handle this in a different way or whats the best way to automatically connect to my vpn?
Gnome's NetworkManager can't do what you want, but there is a little GUI tool that does it for you (no startup script needed)
nm-connection-editor (in case it's not installed: sudo dnf install nm-connection-editor)
First, you select your network interface. Then, under the General tab you can find a setting that says:
Automatically connect to VPN when using this connection
Check the box and you are good to go.
Faced with similar issue. I decided to connect proxy server https://buy.fineproxy.org/eng/ instead VPN and I don't have any regrets. Everything works perfect. Besides I think proxy is more reliable when it comes to your anonymity.
Do you have a vpn config file ? Sure Network-manager can handle such a vpn config file. To start. Install NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome.x86_64 : NetworkManager VPN plugin for OpenVPN - GNOME files
Asked: 2015-09-15 02:25:57 -0600
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You can always create a script that load at start after NetworkManager when your computer start.
If you want to go the script route, here is an example