OpenWrt as OpenVPN - client Can I assign a static IP from the client side?

[lleachii]

@glyndon

Can you point me to where "option config ..." is documented?
(I've been searching in vain for a while...)

In general?

• The option 'string' 'some value' and option 'boolean' '1' lines define simple values within the section. Note that there are no syntactical differences between text and boolean options. Per convention, boolean options may have one of the values '0', 'no', 'off', 'false' or 'disabled' to specify a false value or '1' , 'yes', 'on', 'true' or 'enabled' to specify a true value.

~ From: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/uci#file_syntax

Specifically to OpenVPN config on OpenWrt?

I can't find a reference anywhere thus far - except 1 reference. It's another forum post by @mk24 - from 2017:

OpenVPN configurations

When you're subscribing to a VPN service, and they provide a suggested .ovpn file, use that as the basis of your configuration. Place the file in /etc/openvpn on the router, and reference to it in /etc/config/openvpn. Since the .ovpn file contains all the configuration information, /etc/config/openvpn should be only this: package openvpn config openvpn 'VPNclient' option enabled '1' option config /etc/openvpn/vpn-provider.ovpn which of course tells OpenVPN to read the provider's file at sta…

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