[SOLVED] PIA OpenVPN Port Forward [SOLVED]

Apsis-IM

yes, I'm aware of the latest scripts. The threads I referenced are long; the first includes updates across several years, and it leads to the second which references the pfsense git script you linked.

I'm really just looking for a willing participant with a working solution so that I may pick their brain... Besides which server(s) that actually works for them, I wouldn't even know what to ask. All of the configurations that I've implemented were from particularly thorough instructions and I'm feeling kind of suck.

v/r,

JG

edit:

Actually, the second thread I was following appears to an earlier version of the git solution. I'll run it down. Thanks.

Apsis-IM

@mcury said in PIA OpenVPN Port Forward:

3rd party repositories (pfsense):
[https://github.com/fm407/PIA-NextGen-PortForwarding](link url)

Ran it down...

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/piaportforwarding: WARNING: cannot read shebang line from /home/custom/piaportforward/pia-pfSense.sh

But, since this solution is more recent and has a little more functionality I'm going to try and fix this shebang issue...

mcury

@apsis-im According to that tutorial, your pfSense needs the following packages: xmlstarlet and jq

Maybe you didn't install these packages?

Note: I didn't test, and I don't recommend installing packages in Pfsense, they may break the firewall, be careful!

According to the link you provided earlier, it should be:
pkg install xmlstarlet
pkg install jq

Apsis-IM

@mcury, have them both. they're for editing the pfsense config file and the transmission json.

Apsis-IM

@mcury

so, I'm able to run it from the shell; And it works!

but the service that calls the script cannot. I think it's a permissions thing or something.

mcury

@apsis-im hmm, getting closer..

instead of create the file and paste the code, you could download it.. maybe it will fix the permissions..

Apsis-IM

@mcury you're going to laugh at me....

service calls the script with pia-pfSense.sh

my script was named pia-pfsense.sh

I made that file at least 4 times. Hey, thanks for hanging with me and helping me sort this ;)

do you download from those URLs with fetch/curl/wget?

mcury

@apsis-im haha, that happens to all of us.. :)

I would use fetch

Apsis-IM

@mcury Ah, gotcha! Just making sure. The pfsense crowds seems to prefer fetch for sure. The first round of this I was saving the scripts on my file server and attempting to fetch them from one of the windows shares, lol. Results were... well, it didn't work out.

Thanks again, @mcury!

mcury

@apsis-im You are welcome, enjoy :)