Awesomewm vpn widget

vpnwidget.lua

-- add this to your rc.lua, or include it as a dependency

-- Don't forget to add this to the layout section:
-- right_layout:add(protonvpnwidget)

protonvpnwidget = wibox.widget.textbox()
protonvpnwidget:set_text(" ProtonVPN: N/A ")
protonvpnwidgettimer = timer({ timeout = 5 })
protonvpnwidgettimer:connect_signal("timeout",
function()
    status = io.popen("systemctl is-active openvpn-client@protonvpn.service", "r")
    if status:read() == 'active' then
        protonvpnwidget:set_markup(" <span color='#00FF00'>ProtonVPN</span> ")
    else
        protonvpnwidget:set_markup(" <span color='#FF0000'>ProtonVPN</span> ")
    end
    status:close()
end
)
protonvpnwidgettimer:start()