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+object CheckCommand "openvpn" {
+    import "ipv4-or-ipv6"
+
+    command = [ ConfigDir + "/scripts/check_openvpn" ]
+
+    arguments = {
+        "(no key)" = {
+            value = "$openvpn_address$"
+            description = "the OpenVPN host name or IP"
+            skip_key = true
+            required = true
+            order = 99
+        }
+        "-p" = {
+            value = "$openvpn_port$"
+            description = "set port number (default is 1194)"
+        }
+        "-t" = {
+            set_if = "$openvpn_tcp$"
+            description = "use tcp instead of udp"
+        }
+        "--timeout" = {
+            value = "$openvpn_timeout$"
+            description = "set timeout in seconds, for udp counted per packet (default is 2)"
+        }
+        "--digest" = {
+           value = "$openvpn_digest$"
+           description = "set digest algorithm (default is sha1)"
+        }
+        "--digest-size" = {
+           value = "$openvpn_digest_size$"
+           description = "set HMAC digest size"
+        }
+        "--digest-key-client" = {
+           value = "$openvpn_digest-key-client$"
+           description = "set client HMAC key"
+        }
+        "--digest-key-server" = {
+           value = "$openvpn_digest_key_server$"
+           description = "set server HMAC key for packet validation"
+        }
+        "--tls-auth" = {
+           value = "$openvpn_tls_auth$"
+           description = "set tls-auth file"
+        }
+        "--tls-auth-inverse" = {
+            set_if = "$openvpn_tls_auth_inverse$"
+            description = "set tls-auth file direction to inverse (1)"
+        }
+        "--retrycount" = {
+            value = "$openvpn_retrycount$"
+            description = "number of udp retries before giving up (default is 3)"
+        }
+        "--no-validation" = {
+            set_if = "$openvpn_no-validation$"
+            description = "do not validate response"
+        }
+    }
+
+    vars.openvpn_address = "$address$"
+}