Setting OpenConnect to autoconnect at startup

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On recent Linux systems you need to use systemd.

Create file /etc/systemd/system/my_vpn.service with following contents:

[Unit]
Description=Connect to my VPN
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
Environment=password=correcthorsebatterystaple
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'echo $password | sudo openconnect -u username --passwd-on-stdin vpn.server.tld'
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then execute:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable my_vpn
sudo systemctl start my_vpn

You’re done!

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