networkmanager: basic ovpn guide

wiki/linux/init.md

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+# Init
+
+The init process is the first process started after boot.
+All processes running in later stages are descendants of the init process.
+The init process is given to a init system that manages various services.
+
+## Init Services
+
+The following is a list of available init services.
+
+- [SystemD](/wiki/linux/systemd.md) is most common among linux systems.

wiki/linux/networkmanager.md

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+# NetworkManager
+
+NetworkManager - short NM - is a program to automatically detect and connect to
+networks by providing options for various configuration.
+
+## Installation
+
+NetworkManager can be installed with the `networkmanager` package on most linux
+distributions which provides daemon aswell as `nmcli` a command line interface
+and `nmtui` a terminal user interface for configuration.
+Additionally `nm-connection-editor` can be installed for a graphical user
+interface.
+
+## Usage
+
+After installation `networkmanager.service` has to be enabled by the used
+[init-system](/wiki/linux/init.md) (for example
+[systemD](/wiki/linux/systemd.md#startstopenabledisable-a-service)).
+
+### OpenVPN
+
+NetworkManager needs a plugin to work with openvpn configurations.
+This plugin can be installed with the `networkmanager-openvpn` package.
+
+OpenVPNs `.ovpn` files can then be imported by running
+`nmcli connection import type openvpn file <openvpn-file>`.
+Afterwards the can be modified accordingly.

wiki/linux/systemd.md

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 # SystemD
 
-SystemD is a software suit for system components for Linux systems.
+SystemD is an [init system](./init.md) for Linux systems.
-It is mainly used for service configuration.
+It is used for service configuration and startup.
 
 ## Run command on boot
 
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 ```sh
 sudo systemctl enable unturned
 ```
+
+## Start/Stop/Enable/Disable a service
+
+Services can be started by running `systemctl start <service-name>`.
+They respectively can be stopped by replacing the `start`
+keyword for `stop`.
+To start the service after boot it has to be enabled.
+This works accordingly with the keyword `enable`.
+The `disable` keyword stops the service from starting automatically.