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+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
+from i3pystatus.core.command import run_through_shell
+
+__author__ = 'facetoe'
+
+
+class OpenVPN(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    Monitor OpenVPN connections.
+    Currently only supports systems that use Systemd.
+
+    Formatters:
+
+    * {vpn_name} — Same as setting.
+    * {status} — Unicode up or down symbol.
+    * {output} — Output of status_command.
+    * {label} — Label for this connection, if defined.
+
+    """
+
+    colour_up = "#00ff00 "
+    colour_down = "#FF0000"
+    format = "{label} {vpn_name} {status}"
+    status_command = "bash -c \"systemctl show openvpn@%(vpn_name)s | grep -oP 'ActiveState=\K(\w+)'\""
+
+    label = ''
+    vpn_name = ''
+
+    settings = (
+        ("format", "Format string"),
+        ("colour_up", "VPN is up"),
+        ("colour_down", "VPN is down"),
+        ("vpn_name", "Name of VPN"),
+        ("label", "Set a label for this connection")
+    )
+
+    def init(self):
+        if not self.vpn_name:
+            raise Exception("vpn_name is required")
+
+    def run(self):
+        command_result = run_through_shell(self.status_command % {'vpn_name': self.vpn_name}, enable_shell=True)
+        output = command_result.out.strip()
+
+        if output == 'active':
+            color = self.colour_up
+            status = '▲'
+        else:
+            color = self.colour_down
+            status = '▼'
+
+        vpn_name = self.vpn_name
+        label = self.label
+
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": self.format.format(**locals()),
+            'color': color,
+        }