🛠️ OpenVPN Auto-Rotation Setup (Windows + PowerShell)

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📦 Requirements

• Windows PC
• OpenVPN installed
  👉 https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/
• ExpressVPN OpenVPN configuration files (.ovpn)
• ExpressVPN OpenVPN username & password (not your login email)

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📁 Folder Structure

All files must be inside:

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\

You should have:

merged_expressvpn_multi_remote_60s.ovpn
auth.txt
vpn_rotate.ps1

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Paste this in Powershell, after pasting files


(Get-Content ".\merged_expressvpn_multi_remote_60s.ovpn") `
-replace '^auth-user-pass.*$', 'auth-user-pass "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\auth.txt"' |
Set-Content ".\merged_expressvpn_multi_remote_60s.ovpn"


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🔐 Step 1 — Create Auth File
Create file:
auth.txt

Inside it:
YOUR_USERNAME
YOUR_PASSWORD

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🔄 Step — PowerShell Rotation Script
Create file: vpn_rotate.ps1

Paste this:
$OpenVPN = "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn.exe"
$ConfigDir = "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config"
$Config = "$ConfigDir\merged_expressvpn_multi_remote_60s.ovpn"
$Log = "$ConfigDir\vpn_rotate.log"

$ReconnectDelay = 5

while ($true) {
    # Random rotation time (60–120 sec)
    $RotateSeconds = Get-Random -Minimum 60 -Maximum 120

    Write-Host "Starting VPN..."

    $vpn = Start-Process `
        -FilePath $OpenVPN `
        -ArgumentList "--config `"$Config`" --cd `"$ConfigDir`" --log `"$Log`"" `
        -PassThru

    Write-Host "Running for $RotateSeconds seconds..."
    Start-Sleep -Seconds $RotateSeconds

    Write-Host "Rotating VPN..."

    if (!$vpn.HasExited) {
        Stop-Process -Id $vpn.Id -Force
    }

    Start-Sleep -Seconds $ReconnectDelay
}

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Run script
.\vpn_rotate.ps1