diff --git a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
index 3fe9b5945..3000da823 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@
     # Obsolete & unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
     #- { src: 'iiab-vpn.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-vpn', mode: '0755' }
 
+# iiab-remote-on is intended to turn on multiple remote support services like
+# OpenVPN and others, for remote support, so they work even after reboot.
+- name: Create iiab-vpn-on (a symbolic link to iiab-remote-on for now)
+  file:
+    src: /usr/bin/iiab-remote-on
+    path: /usr/bin/iiab-vpn-on
+    state: link
+
+# iiab-remote-off is intended to fully turn off multiple remote support
+# services like OpenVPN and others, to reduce the risk of remote attacks.
+- name: Create iiab-vpn-off (a symbolic link to iiab-remote-off for now)
+  file:
+    src: /usr/bin/iiab-remote-off
+    path: /usr/bin/iiab-vpn-off
+    state: link
+
 # up_wan was being installed twice (also above) and was unused for ~2 years
 # as of August 2018: (see 15-openvpn below)
 #- name: Put up_wan in place (debuntu)