How to tell if openpyn-triggered NordVPN launch is working correctly?

[felciano]

Can someone please clarify what to look for to confirm that an openpyn launch has resulted in a running instance of nordvpn working correctly?

The README suggests calling systemctl status openpyn but this seems to yield a log of the startup process, which includes

• a number of warnings
• a traceback (The name org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files)
• a few stray Too few arguments lines.
• At the end, it says Initialization Sequence Completed.

However if I launch openpyn in daemon mode and then run nordvpn status, I get Status: Disconnected, so I'm trying to reconcile these results in as straightforward (replicatable) fashion as possible. Is there something I should look for in the logs to confirm openpyn things everything went well?

[1951FDG]

Note: openpyn uses openvpn not nordvpn

[ickam]

@felciano Nordvpn service file is installed by an official Nordvpn app, which unfortunately is very buggy under linux. The best way to check whether you are routing your traffic through the VPN tunnel is to check your ip, which you can do in your web browser by searching for "What's my ip", or even by executing curl ipinfo.io in another tab of terminal. If you are not successfully connected to VPN, you'll see your ISP ip and name. If you're connected to the VPN the provider name and IP will show something else.