iOS 12 shortcuts to enable/disable VPN

jtkvpn

Is there any way to get iOS 12 shortcuts to enable or disable a VPN connection? I haven't found any way to do it via either the Settings app or the OpenVPN app, version 3.0.1

m_theredhead

This would be a great feature. I have a couple of apps that require VPN access and it would be great if I could start then via a shortcut and then start the app.

radiocolin

Adding another vote for this feature.

mrdindon

One vote here too 🙂 That way way could enable it based on location . . .

ecrist

The OpenVPN does provide a pretty easy way to enable/disable a VPN with a simple toggle.
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Pi-DD

I’ll add my vote to that request! The toggle is simple, but it would be nice to be able to automate doing it into a series of shortcut events that open one or more other apps.

ZetiX

ecrist wrote The OpenVPN does provide a pretty easy way to enable/disable a VPN with a simple toggle.

While there is a easily way to enable/disable a VPN within the app, allowing this feature in the shortcuts app give users the ability to automate it.

I also hope that this feature gets implemented as it's really useful. Some examples are running the shortcut and checking if the IP is the IP of the VPN and running certain tasks if connected. If it isn't, then shortcuts will turn the VPN on.

Without this integration, you could only redirect users to the OpenVPN Connect app and have them manually toggle it on, then go back to the shortcut app to run it again. This has to be implemented by VPN app developers as Apple did not implement the ability to directly access the VPN toggle in settings.

SaturnusDJ

Kick.

A nice implementation would be to use iOS's 3D Touch functions, which on most devices will be the deep press and on some and all newer devices will be a long press.

Probably even better would be a button in the Control Centre, although I guess only Apple can do that. Then Apple should make a control for VPNs (that is any VPN). Or did they maybe do this in iOS 13? I don't have it yet.

Stach

And another vote here. It would be extremely helpful in Shortcuts workflows to initiate OpenVPN tunnels, perform other actions, and then close the tunnel. OpenVPN is fantastic, but this would only help make it much more powerful and desirable.

Techie

Some VPN apps (TunnelBear and the Passepartout beta are the only ones I’ve used) have Siri shortcuts that you can control in the Shortcuts app for turning it on and off.

christophersw

+1 for this! A shortcut would allow me to automatically connect any time I leave the wifi range of my house!

kourosh_ag

jtkvpn wrote Is there any way to get iOS 12 shortcuts to enable or disable a VPN connection? I haven't found any way to do it via either the Settings app or the OpenVPN app, version 3.0.1