I did something similar with docker. I ran both OpenVPN client and SSH client inside a docker, so only the SSH client would be affected by the OpenVPN controlli

I did something similar with docker. I ran both OpenVPN client and SSH client inside a docker, so only the SSH client would be affected by the OpenVPN controlling the container network. And by telling the SSH client to port forward, and by exposing the same port forward from the docker to the local computer, I could use it to travel through the VPN while all other ports on the local computer were unaffected. Here is my code for reference: https://github.com/yonixw/ssh-vpn-docker https://github.com/yonixw/ssh-vpn-docker