---
name: "connman-vpn"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "connman"
version: "2.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/connman-vpn"
---

# connman-vpn(8)

VPN management daemon

## NAME

ConnMan-VPN - VPN management daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**connman-vpnd** \[**--version**\|**--help**\]

**connman-vpnd** \[**-c** *file*\] \[**-d** \[ *file*\[,...\]\]\] \[**-p** *plugin*\[,...\]\] \[**-P** *plugin*\[,...\]\] \[**-n**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The *ConnMan-VPN* provides a daemon for managing vpn connections together with [**connmand**(8)](/connmand/8.md). The Connection Manager is designed to be slim and to use as few resources as possible. The VPN daemon supports [**openconnect**(8)](/openconnect/8.md), [**openvpn**(8)](/openvpn/8.md), [**vpnc**(8)](/vpnc/8.md) and L2TP/PPTP ([**xl2tpd.conf**(5)](/xl2tpd.conf/5.md), [**pptp**(8)](/pptp/8.md), [**pppd**(8)](/pppd/8.md)).

## OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

- **-v**, **--version**

  Print the ConnMan-VPN software version and exit.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print ConnMan-VPN's available options and exit.

- **-c** *file, **--config=******file***

  Specify configuration file to set up various settings for ConnMan.  If not specified, the default value of */etc/connman/connman-vpn.conf* is used.  See [**connman-vpn.conf**(5)](/connman-vpn.conf/5.md) for more information on configuration file. The use of config file is optional and sane default values are used if config file is missing.

- **-d** \[***file***\[,...\]\], **--debug**\[=***file***\[,...\]\]

  Sets how much information ConnMan-VPN sends to the log destination (usually syslog's "daemon" facility).  If the file options are omitted, then debugging information from all the source files are printed. If file options are present, then only debug prints from that source file are printed. Example:

           connman-vpnd --debug=vpn/vpn-provider.c,vpn/vpn-config.c

- **-n**, **--nodaemon**

  Do not daemonize. This is useful for debugging, and directs log output to the controlling terminal in addition to syslog.

## SEE ALSO

[**connmanctl**(1)](/connmanctl/1.md), **connman-vpn.conf**(5),  **connman-vpn-provider.config**(5), **connmand**(8)