Make Surfshark-VPN to connect to a specific server without responding to prompts on Linux(legacy)

✨ Created on 2024/5/11      ✨ Updated on 2025/6/28

1. Install Surfshark-VPN of Linux:

https://support.surfshark.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017418334-How-to-set-up-Surfshark-VPN-on-Linux-Legacy-version
※Note: It only supports amd64 and does not support arm64.

2. Start Surfshark-VPN to connect to a specific server in the usual way:

sudo surfshark-vpn

3. Get the command of openvpn:

ps -eo command | grep ovpn

[!NOTE]
The following result will be displayed. And the first line is the command of openvpn.

/usr/sbin/openvpn --config /root/.surfshark/configs/jp-tok.prod.surfshark.comsurfshark_openvpn_udp.ovpn --auth-user-pass /root/.surfshark/credentials/authpass.txt --log-append /var/log/surfshark-vpn.log --status /var/lib/surfshark.status 1
grep --color=auto ovpn

4. Create a shell to start Surfshark-VPN:

[!IMPORTANT]
Add sudo to the beginning of the openvpn command
And add --daemon --writepid /root/.surfshark/run/go-shark.pid to the end of the openvpn command

#!/bin/sh
sudo /usr/sbin/openvpn --config /root/.surfshark/configs/jp-tok.prod.surfshark.comsurfshark_openvpn_udp.ovpn --auth-user-pass /root/.surfshark/credentials/authpass.txt --log-append /var/log/surfshark-vpn.log --status /var/lib/surfshark.status 1 --daemon --writepid /root/.surfshark/run/go-shark.pid
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
  exit 10
fi

# Wait until the VPN is ready.
str=""
while [ -z "${str}" ]
do
  /usr/bin/sleep 0.5
  str=$(tail -1 /var/log/surfshark-vpn.log | grep "Initialization Sequence Completed")
done

[!TIP]
Now you can check status or disconnect Surfshark-VPN in the usual way.

sudo surfshark-vpn status
sudo surfshark-vpn down

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