minor improvements

diff --git a/client-cert-helper b/client-cert-helper
index 6589c40b15f1f243a18d0b724afb18b7384b57b6..40078aad9562c5a84ac0f6e6f422e2fcca7dee5d 100755 (executable)
--- a/client-cert-helper
+++ b/client-cert-helper
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ set -eE -o pipefail
 rm -f /tmp/vpn-mk-client-cert.log
 exec 2>/tmp/vpn-mk-client-cert.log
 
+date >&2
+
 name=$1
 common_name=$2
 

diff --git a/vpn-mk-client-cert b/vpn-mk-client-cert
index 1aa9b4166aca033059b65b25328c829a68677b15..baecdf1cf30b5ee5539b8829db9e4cd4aa7e9705 100755 (executable)
--- a/vpn-mk-client-cert
+++ b/vpn-mk-client-cert
@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ usage() {
   cat <<'EOF'
 usage: ${0##*/} VPN_SERVER_HOST
 
--b COMMON_NAME   By default, use $HOSTNAME or $CLIENT_HOST. If the cert
-                 already exists on the server, with the CLIENT_NAME
-                 name, we use the existing one. See comment below if we
-                 ever want to check existing common names. They must be
-                 unique per server, so you can use $(uuidgen) if
-                 needed. You used to be able to create multiple with the
-                 same name, but not connect at the same time, but now,
-                 the generator keeps track, so you can't generate.
--c CLIENT_HOST   default is localhost. Else we ssh to root@CLIENT_HOST
+-b COMMON_NAME   By default, use $CLIENT_HOST or if it is not given,
+                 $HOSTNAME. If the cert already exists on the server,
+                 with the CLIENT_NAME name, we use the existing one. See
+                 comment below if we ever want to check existing common
+                 names. They must be unique per server, so you can use
+                 $(uuidgen) if needed. You used to be able to create
+                 multiple with the same name, but not connect at the
+                 same time, but now, the generator keeps track, so you
+                 can't generate.
+
+-c CLIENT_HOST   Default is localhost. Else we ssh to root@CLIENT_HOST.
 -n CONFIG_NAME   default is client
 -s SCRIPT_PATH   Use custom up/down script at SCRIPT_PATH. copied to same path
                  on client, if client is not localhost.
@@ -92,8 +94,8 @@ host=$1
 
 ####### end command line parsing and checking ##############
 
-
 # bash or else we get motd spam. note sleep 2, sleep 1 failed.
+$shell '[[ -e /etc/openvpn ]] || apt install openvpn'
 if ! ssh root@$host bash -s -- $name $common_name < client-cert-helper \
     |  $shell 'id -u | grep -xF 0 || s=sudo; $s tar xzv -C /etc/openvpn/client'; then
   echo ssh root@$host cat /tmp/vpn-mk-client-cert.log: