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Yes and No :) ,
the answer is clear but it doesn´t solve my problem, because every instance of the VPNFailoverscript would be killed by the command.

I was hoping, it would be possible to have a specific command for each instance of the vpnfailoverscript, which can be used in a openvpnX-down event.
e.g. I use the VPNfailoverscript e.g. for VPN1 to force to reconnect if the speed drops down - works. But what happens if I decide to manually turn off the vpn1 connection? In that case the vpnfailoverscript would reestablish the connection wouldn´t it ? So a manual turn off is not possible - right??
If you specify the VPN Client instance, then the 'reset' request should only apply to the target VPN client rather than ALL of them.

As shown here, the VPN trigger-event pair should cleanly terminate its monitoring.
(VPN_Failover.sh will gracefully self-terminate if its semaphore control file does not exist - i.e. the 'reset' command simply deletes the file)

vpnclientX-up

Code:
VPN_ID=${dev:4:1}

Say "Requesting VPN Failover monitor with 2 min delay....."
/jffs/scripts/VPN_Failover.sh "$VPN_ID" "delay=120" "ignore=2,3,4,5" "verbose" "interval=1200" &

vpnclientX-route-pre-down

Code:
VPN_ID=${dev:4:1}

MOUNT="/tmp"

VPNFAILOVER="/tmp/vpnclient"$VPN_ID"-VPNFailover"

# Also rely on the VPN_Failover.sh to test for the existence of the VPNFailover semaphore BEFORE it attempts a restart!
if [ -z "$(grep "NOKILL" $VPNFAILOVER)" ];then
    PID=$(cat $VPNFAILOVER)
    [ "$PID" != "NOKILL" ] && kill $PID
    rm $VPNFAILOVER
    logger -st "($(basename $0))" $$ "VPN Failover Monitor self-destruct requested....." $VPNFAILOVER "RC="$?
fi

By the way : Did you find an explanation or a solution for the error I described earlier (#67) ?

Perhaps try v1.24 hosted on my Github 'dev' branch
 
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If you specify the VPN Client instance, then the 'reset' request should only apply to the target VPN client rather than ALL of them.

As shown here, the VPN trigger-event pair should cleanly terminate its monitoring.
(VPN_Failover.sh will gracefully self-terminate if its semaphore control file does not exist - i.e. the 'reset' command simply deletes the file)

vpnclientX-up

Code:
VPN_ID=${dev:4:1}

Say "Requesting VPN Failover monitor with 2 min delay....."
/jffs/scripts/VPN_Failover.sh "$VPN_ID" "delay=120" "ignore=2,3,4,5" "verbose" "interval=1200" &

vpnclientX-route-pre-down

Code:
VPN_ID=${dev:4:1}

MOUNT="/tmp"

VPNFAILOVER="/tmp/vpnclient"$VPN_ID"-VPNFailover"

# Also rely on the VPN_Failover.sh to test for the existence of the VPNFailover semaphore BEFORE it attempts a restart!
if [ -z "$(grep "NOKILL" $VPNFAILOVER)" ];then
    PID=$(cat $VPNFAILOVER)
    [ "$PID" != "NOKILL" ] && kill $PID
    rm $VPNFAILOVER
    logger -st "($(basename $0))" $$ "VPN Failover Monitor self-destruct requested....." $VPNFAILOVER "RC="$?
fi



Perhaps try v1.24 hosted on my Github 'dev' branch
Thanks a lot again for your support. I will test it.
One further question regarding your code.
Is VPN_ID=${dev:4:1} universal usable for all vpnclients (1-5) or does I have to change it for each client (e.g. vpn2 =VPN_ID=${dev:4:2} ???)
Sorry I am not a programmer :).......
 
Is VPN_ID=${dev:4:1} universal usable for all vpnclients (1-5) or does I have to change it for each client (e.g. vpn2 =VPN_ID=${dev:4:2} ???)
The code is universal and can simply be cloned as-is using copy'n'pasted into any vpnclientX* trigger-event script.

'dev' is an OpenVPN Environmental Variable that is exposed/passed to the scripts during execution and contains the actual physical interface name used by the current VPN Client /Server instance

e.g. 'tun11' for VPN Client 1, or 'tun15' for VPN Client 5 etc.

so the script(s) can always identify ($VPN_ID) which unique VPN Client has invoked it.
 
The code is universal and can simply be cloned as-is using copy'n'pasted into any vpnclientX* trigger-event script.

'dev' is an OpenVPN Environmental Variable that is exposed/passed to the scripts during execution and contains the actual physical interface name used by the current VPN Client /Server instance

e.g. 'tun11' for VPN Client 1, or 'tun15' for VPN Client 5 etc.

so the script(s) can always identify ($VPN_ID) which unique VPN Client has invoked it.
Thanks a lot.
I have made the changes. I will test.
With the 1.24er Version I don't get the error.
Thanks again.
 

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