Tutorial: Create Connection Profiles Using the Web API (OpenAPI)⁠

Connect to the server and get root privileges.

Run one of the following commands, based on the profile type you need:

• User-locked profile (requires user credentials)

  sacli --method POST --url 'api/profiles/create' --value '{"profile_type":"userlogin", "username": "<USER_NAME>"}' apicall

• Auto-login profile (no credentials required)

  sacli --method POST --url 'api/profiles/create' --value '{"profile_type":"autologin", "username": "<USER_NAME>"}' apicall

• Server-locked profile (generic profile)

  sacli --method POST --url 'api/profiles/create' --value '{"profile_type":"generic", "username": "<USER_NAME>"}' apicall

• Generic ePKI profile (ePKI mode only)

  sacli --method POST --url 'api/profiles/create' --value '{"profile_type":"epki-generic", "username": "<USER_NAME>"}' apicall

• Auto-login ePKI profile (ePKI mode only)

  sacli --method POST --url 'api/profiles/create' --value '{"profile_type":"epki-autologin", "username": "<USER_NAME>"}' apicall

You can save the connection profile's output to a file. Run a command like this:

sacli --method POST --url 'api/profiles/create' --value '{"profile_type":"userlogin", "username": "<USER_NAME>"}' apicall > client.ovpn

Use the generated .ovpn file to connect with OpenVPN Connect or another client.