Auto reconnect to OpenVPN via NetworkManager

vpn-auto-reconnect.sh

#!/bin/bash +x

# Source: http://www.gabsoftware.com/tips/automatically-reconnect-to-your-vpn-on-linux/

# Description:
# Make the script executable "chmod +x /path/to/the/script.sh
# Put the script in .profile or .bashrc so it can be run on user login:
# Example: echo "/path/to/the/script.sh start &" >> .bashrc
# The script can be bound to shortcut keys with these commands:
#   /path/to/the/script.sh start # starts and monitors VPN connection
#   /path/to/the/script.sh stop  # stops the monitor and also the VPN connection

##########
# Config #
##########

# You can see those with "nmcli con" command
VPN_NAME="VPN-NAME-HERE"
VPN_UID="VPN-UID-HERE"

# Delay in secconds
DELAY=30

# File path with write permission to the executing user to store script status information
LOG="/path/to/log/file.log"

# Enable/disable ping connection check
PING_CHECK_ENABLED=true

# Check IP/Hostname
CHECK_HOST="8.8.8.8"

# Configure DISPLAY variable for desktop notifications
DISPLAY=0.0

##################
# Implementation #
##################

if [[ $1 == "stop" ]]; then
  nmcli con down uuid $VPN_UID

  echo "VPN monitoring service STOPPED!"
  echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> VPN monitoring service STOPPED!" >> $LOG
  notify-send "VPN monitoring service STOPPED!"
  
  SCRIPT_FILE_NAME=`basename $0`
  PID=`pgrep -f $SCRIPT_FILE_NAME`
  kill $PID  
elif [[ $1 == "start" ]]; then
  while [ "true" ]
  do
    VPNCON=$(nmcli con status | grep $VPN_NAME | cut -f1 -d " ")
    if [[ $VPNCON != $VPN_NAME ]]; then
      echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> Disconnected from $VPN_NAME, trying to reconnect..." >> $LOG
      (sleep 1s && nmcli con up uuid $VPN_UID)
    else
      echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> Already connected to $VPN_NAME!" >> $LOG
    fi
    sleep $DELAY

    if [[ $PING_CHECK_ENABLED = true ]]; then
      PINGCON=$(ping $CHECK_HOST -c2 -q -W 3 |grep "2 received")
      if [[ $PINGCON != *2*received* ]]; then
        echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> Ping check timeout ($CHECK_HOST), trying to reconnect..." >> $LOG
        (nmcli con down uuid $VPN_UID)
        (sleep 1s && nmcli con up uuid $VPN_UID)
      else
        echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> Ping check ($CHECK_HOST) - OK!" >> $LOG
      fi
    fi
  done

  echo "VPN monitoring service STARTED!"
  echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> VPN monitoring service STARTED!" >> $LOG
  notify-send "VPN monitoring service STARTED!"
else 
  echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> Unrecognised command: $0 $@" >> $LOG
  echo "Please use $0 [start|stop]" 
  notify-send "UNRECOGNIZED COMMAND" "VPN monitoring service could not recognise the command!"
fi

Thanks everyone for leaving solutions to your problems. @joejacobs and @lmjh I ran into both of those issues on Debian Jessie

very nice script working nicely with the suggestion by @joejacobs for Mint 19
find "nmcli con status" replace "nmcli con show --active"

Hope this thread is still live!

I've been trying to make this script work but so far have not been successful. I keep getting the following error:

"Unrecognized Command: VPN monitoring service could not recognize the command!"

I did try to replace "nmcli con status" with "nmcli con show --active".
My OS is Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon (Cinnamon version 3.8.9)

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Edit: Never mind. It turned out the script doesn't work with .bashrc for my system. .Profile worked.