code-backups/python/vpngate-autoscript

VPNGate Auto Setup Script for OpenVPN on Linux

VPNGate is a an excellent VPN for beginners. But one of the problems is that older ovpn connections stop connecting after a few days. I can easily add them manually, but downloading the ovpn files and adding them every week is a mess! This script easily adds up to date 6 connections from VPNGate records.

Requirements

• Only supports Linux
• Requires network-manager-openvpn & network-manager-openvpn-gnome to be installed
• Python 2 or 3

Instructions

Just download and run:

sudo python autovpngate.py

It will take some time (it will download ~2MB file of records for latest connections) and it will ask for sudo password. Provide the password. Now you should have some connections on your NetworkManager, like vpngateauto_1_JP, vpngateauto_2_HK etc. Some connections may not work. So you can try the first one, if it doesn't work go on to the next one, etc.

It does basically 3 things:

• Downloads the latest vpn connection data
• Deletes previously create auto vpn connections (if any)
• Creates auto vpn connections

Example output:

$> sudo python autovpngate.py
downloading latest vpn connection data...
download finished...
processing...
updating connections...
deleting previously created auto connection vpngateauto_1_JP...
deleting previously created auto connection vpngateauto_2_JP...
deleting previously created auto connection vpngateauto_3_JP...
deleting previously created auto connection vpngateauto_4_KR...
deleting previously created auto connection vpngateauto_5_PE...
deleting previously created auto connection vpngateauto_6_PE...
creating vpngate auto connection vpngateauto_1_JP...
creating vpngate auto connection vpngateauto_2_JP...
creating vpngate auto connection vpngateauto_3_JP...
creating vpngate auto connection vpngateauto_4_KR...
creating vpngate auto connection vpngateauto_5_PE...
creating vpngate auto connection vpngateauto_6_PE...

Previously you had to delete all the previous auto connections in Network Manager. Now it automatically does it for you. So just run and connect!

--- You are welcome to improve it! ---

Have fun!