resolv.conf overwrite by default

[j4m3s-s]

resolv.conf overwrite by default

[dsommers]

You can import your configuration profile using openvpn3 config-import --persistent --config $CONFIG_FILE --name myvpn and then disable the DNS configuration from the server with openvpn3 config-manage --config myvpn --dns-setup-disabled true. To start the VPN profile, use openvpn3 session-start --config myvpn.

In this example the import is done using --persistent. This means the configuration file is saved to disk in a file directory only accessible to the openvpn3-service-configmgr (Configuration Manager) service. That also means the settings done using openvpn3 config-manage is preserved between boots.

If you use openvpn2, you can add --profile-override dns-setup-disabled true. But this might be a bit more tedious approach in the long run for profiles you use a lot. I recommend using the openvpn3 front-end.

Please let me know if this works for you.

[j4m3s-s]

This seems to work, thanks !

Do you want me to write some documentation about it ? Or maybe there is and I've missed it. If it's not the case, should I open a new issue ?

[dsommers]

Great!

In regards to documentation, we don't have a "what to do if ...." documentation. But the dns-setup-disabled feature is documented in the man pages for both openvpn3 config-manage and openvpn2

If you want, it might be a good idea add an "OpenVPN 3 Tips and Tricks" wiki page (https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ ). That would be a good place to collect such documentation.

Since this is issue is resolved and working with the dns-setup-disabled feature, I'm closing this ticket now.