$ nmcli --ask con up id MyVPN

VPN connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/9)

Feb 14 12:22:42 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136162.2049] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="b7d07e13-ccfb-41c1-9408-a5fc79cbf96f" name="MyVPN" pid=3309 uid=0 result="success"
Feb 14 12:22:42 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136162.2269] vpn-connection[0x55a45700a1a0,b7d07e13-ccfb-41c1-9408-a5fc79cbf96f,"MyVPN",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 3315
Feb 14 12:22:42 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136162.2466] vpn-connection[0x55a45700a1a0,b7d07e13-ccfb-41c1-9408-a5fc79cbf96f,"MyVPN",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136169.8070] vpn-connection[0x55a45700a1a0,b7d07e13-ccfb-41c1-9408-a5fc79cbf96f,"MyVPN",0]: VPN connection: (ConnectInteractive) reply received
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136169.8104] vpn-connection[0x55a45700a1a0,b7d07e13-ccfb-41c1-9408-a5fc79cbf96f,"MyVPN",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: starting (3)
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 pppd[3320]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 pppd[3320]: pppd 2.4.7 started by root, uid 0
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136169.8214] manager: (ppp0): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/9)
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 pppd[3320]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 pppd[3320]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136169.8287] devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Feb 14 12:22:49 x1n2 NetworkManager[441]: <info> [1550136169.8288] device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Feb 14 12:22:51 x1n2 pppd[3320]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Feb 14 12:22:51 x1n2 pppd[3320]: MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled
Feb 14 12:22:53 x1n2 pppd[3320]: local IP address 192.168.0.115
Feb 14 12:22:53 x1n2 pppd[3320]: remote IP address 192.168.0.194