installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

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brew install macosvpn

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aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Create Mac OS VPNs programmatically

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

macosvpn

historique

Historique du projet et usages

macosvpn is a Swift command-line tool for creating and deleting macOS VPN network services programmatically. The README documents support for L2TP over IPSec and Cisco IPSec configurations.

Historique du projet

The official repository was created in July 2014. The README's own history section says the implementation began from research into Apple's networking discussions and practical examples for manipulating VPN configuration, shared secrets, traffic routing, and System Keychain entries.

The project packages that undocumented macOS VPN configuration knowledge into a CLI with create and delete commands. Its README emphasizes that administrator privileges are required because VPN passwords are stored in the System Keychain, and it explicitly chooses sudo over a separate HelperTool.

Historique d'adoption

macosvpn is distributed through Homebrew according to both the README and the batch input, and the README also points users to compiled GitHub release binaries. Repository metadata captured during this run showed several hundred GitHub stars and dozens of forks, indicating durable adoption among Mac administrators and automation users.

Modes d'utilisation

Typical usage is `sudo macosvpn create --l2tp <name> --endpoint <host> --username <user> --password <password> --sharedsecret <secret>` or the Cisco IPSec variant. The README also documents flags such as `--force`, `--split`, disconnect behavior options, repeated arguments for creating multiple VPNs, and `macosvpn delete` for removing one or more services.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

macosvpn is significant because VPN profiles are often part of fleet setup, CI test machines, and repeatable laptop provisioning, but macOS historically made this hard to automate with plain shell tools. A Homebrew-installable CLI gives package nerds a way to put VPN setup next to the rest of a bootstrap script.

Chronologie

2014: Official GitHub repository created.
2017: 0.3.x releases covered macOS High Sierra.
2019: 1.0.0 release published for macOS Catalina.
2022: 2.0.0 Ventura release published.

Related projects

The README mentions Apple's SystemConfiguration preferences, the System Keychain, sudo, Xcode builds, and related helper libraries Moderator and PrettyColors.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/halo/macosvpn
https://api.github.com/repos/halo/macosvpn/releases
https://github.com/halo/macosvpn
https://github.com/halo/macosvpn#readme
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posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 11 plateformes.

Revue recommandée

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

macOS: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

macOS: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`macosvpn`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

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page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire2.0.0

gestionnaire mis à jour

données localesOK

amontà jour

dernière version détectée2.0.0

https://github.com/halo/macosvpn

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métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:macosvpn
Version	2.0.0
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/macosvpn
Page d'accueil	https://github.com/halo/macosvpn
Dépôt	https://github.com/halo/macosvpn
Docs amont	https://github.com/halo/macosvpn#readme
Licence	MIT
Archive source	https://github.com/halo/macosvpn/archive/refs/tags/2.0.0.tar.gz
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	macosvpn
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Requirements	macos xcode
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/macosvpn.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Installer macosvpn avec Homebrew