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 #
##########

# Lookup the UUID of the VPN connection using the "nmcli con" command, copy the 36 character string listed and past it below:
VPN_UID="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

# 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 [[ $1 == "start" ]]; then
  while [ "true" ]
  do
    #Lookup the connection name dynamically from given UUID
    VPN_NAME=$(nmcli -t --fields connection.id con show uuid $VPN_UID | grep connection.id | cut -f2 -d ':')
    VPNCON=$(nmcli -t --fields UUID con show --active| grep $VPN_UID)

    if [[ $VPNCON != $VPN_UID ]]; then
      echo "$(date +%Y/%m/%d\ %H:%M:%S) -> Disconnected from $VPN_NAME, trying to reconnect..." >> $LOG
      (sleep 1s && nmcli con up uuid $VPN_UID)
      notify-send "VPN Watcher" "Disconnected from $VPN_NAME, trying to reconnect"
    else
      echo "$(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

Changes:

• only requires UUID of VPN connection, automatically looks up name for display
• fix syntax of nmcli to use "show" instead of "status" which is no longer a valid subcommand

any chance you've got an updated script? I keep getting:

A password is required to connect to 'my_expressvpn_usa_-_new_york_udp'.
Warning: password for 'vpn.secrets.password' not given in 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
Error: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets.