<h1>vpnx</h1>

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What is vpnx?

• An easy way for gnome-based distro users (Ubuntu, Pop-OS, etc.), to be able to activate their vpn and change their proxy settings using a simple terminal command, instead of having to go through a user interface.

How does it work?

• By the user passing in the vpn_id configuration they want to connect to, vpnx looks to see if it’s already active, if not it will create a connection as well as change the proxy settings from off to manual by default.

Use case:

Connecting:

$ vpnx vpn_id
Connected to vpn_id

Disconnecting:

$ vpnx vpn_id
Disconnected from vpn_id

Requirements:

• nmcli
• Proxy settings configured through gnome menu

Ideas for further versions:

• Have stdout to show connection process when connecting to vpn.
• Separate vpn connection with proxy activation, but having proxy activation set to True by default.

References:

• C++ exec() example