Best method to consolidate OpenVPN client connections

KOM

I use a VPN provider that operates in three cities in my country. Each city has multiple servers in the form VpnProvider-City-openvpn-001, VpnProvider-City-openvpn-002, VpnProvider-City-openvpn-003 etc etc. When defining a VPN client connection, you must provide one IP address or host only. The field doesn't take aliases.

Is there a way to somehow aggregate all the provider's servers into one alias or group so that if one is down it will connect to another? Right now, I have two specific city addresses configured as OpenVPN clients and added to a gateway group so it does load-balancing. I'd like to do this with all the other addresses, but that requires creating a separate OpenVPN client instance for each one, and I'd rather not have to create 2 dozen client connections. It would be nice if the OpenVPN client supported server lists and would connect to one at random at startup, for instance.

Rico

Hmmm it should work to use multiple remote statements like remote x.x.x.x 1194 udp in the Custom options.
pfSense/OpenVPN will make use of them in order listed in the config file.

-Rico

oddussiben-3161

you can make gateway groups with Trigger Level > Member Down
works flawless

for random server connect, add the following in openvpn client > Advanced Configuration >Custom options

remote VpnProvider-City-openvpn-001 1197;
remote VpnProvider-City-openvpn-002 1197;
remote VpnProvider-City-openvpn-003 1197;

KOM

@Rico Thanks, this might be the cleanest solution.

@oddussiben-3161 That would require me to define every single client connection in order to make them gateways and able to be added to a gateway group. This is exactly what I want to avoid. Thanks for you r reply though. I appreciate it.