Is there any easy solution for OpenVPN being executed from Desktop for non technician people so they only push a button and get connected to a external VPN? Most of my colleagues are non Linux proficients. So, their interaction with CL is very limited.
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I know this is not the GUI method but openvpn couldn't be any more simple or elementary as far as the commandline goes and really does not need a GUI. The command to start an openvpn session is as follows:
sudo openvpn --config
and then drag and drop the ".ovpn" file into the terminal to complete the command so it should look something like this example:
sudo openvpn --config '/home/jglerner/Desktop/vpnbook-us1-tcp443.ovpn'
press enter, enter your password for sudo, enter your vpn username, then your vpn password and you're good to go.
Users can minimize the open terminal if they don't want to look at it while it's running. Plus, it might give your "non linux pals" a bit of commandline confidence when they see how easy something like this can be.
Example .ovpn file used in this example can be downloaded from here http://www.vpnbook.com/ if you want to check it out and see how it works. Just download the certificate bundle and extract the zip file. There are two TCP and two UDP servers to choose from. The username is "freevpnme" and the password is listed on the download page, however, the password changes day to day to prevent abuse and spam but the cert. files stay the same.
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Thanks, I´ll give it a try. My VPN provider provides a XXX.ovpn file. I have already installed it under a rooter (dd-wrt messed and stuff :-) )so, I think, it will do the trick. Not as difficult as I may see. I´ll keep you informed. Now I´ll need to clean some *.conf files I have already started to garble. – jglerner Aug 7 '14 at 21:23
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Just for starters I tried OPenVPN on my Windows box and it works. I think that your solution will work as well in Linux.I´ll try it tomorrow morning. \o/ – jglerner Aug 7 '14 at 22:14
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if you have a vpn provider with more than 500 servers, good luck for adding all of them – Mehdi Nov 11 '16 at 16:26
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@Mehdi Good luck using more than one vpn at a time, let alone 500; your connection would be soooo slow. However, it shouldn't be too hard to batch download all 500 ovpn files to a single directory where the user can select which one to use each time. No luck needed :) Just drag and drop the file into the terminal; it's super easy. – mchid Nov 14 '16 at 7:54
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I was talking about adding all 500 servers manually to the network manager to be able to switch from one to another at any time. There is more than drag and drop there as you need three files for each server (Nordvpn) plus writing your username and password. But I found a script to make this automatic blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/2016/05/05/… – Mehdi Nov 14 '16 at 13:19
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Adding an OpenVPN connection via the Network preferences with network-manager-openvpn-gnome installed, defaults to using UDP instead of TCP. If you want to connect via TCP, it is under the Advanced settings you can get to by clicking that button on the VPN tab of the configuration GUI.
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2Open the .ovpn file and you'll find some hints on what to set for the vpn. Hover over each setting and you'll see what config line to check. For example where it says
config: cachoose theca.crtfile if the ovpn file has the lineca ca.crt. If the ovpn file hascipher AES-256-CBCchoose it under the cipher tab of Advanced - Security where the tooltip saysconfig:cipher. If you havedev tapin file check the "Use a Tap device", etc. – NoBugs Aug 8 '15 at 4:39
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Here's how I did this in ubuntu 16.04.
I used Network Manager -- access this via right-click on the little "networking icon" in the system tray, e.g.:
I already had Network Manager, but I needed to install OpenVPN and two extensions for Network Manager:
sudo apt-get install openvpn
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome
Even if you're not running Gnome, you can install the Gnome extension for OpenVPN -- it will run just fine inside Unity, for example, and it's needed for the following setup:
right-click Network Manager in the sys tray, select edit:
click add:
In the dropdown, select to import the vpn config:
Select the .ovpn config file from your file system:
Once this is setup, right-click on Network Manager > VPN Connections and select the connection to connect. To disconnect, do the same:
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This worked beautifully - for me the closest thing to OpenVPN GUI on Windows or TunnelBlick on Mac, which is what I was after. – HughHughTeotl Sep 4 '18 at 20:54
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You can install the network-manager-openvpn-gnome package to enable OpenVpn GUI in Ubuntu or other linuxes that have network-manager:
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome
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Finnaly I've got done by myself! It took longer than I previewed but it just works...
Used only Network Settings. The photos tell the history.
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91. Links are not proper answers as they frequently go dead. 2. Image-only tutorials are worse than text-only tutorials. – Sammitch Dec 24 '14 at 5:48
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You could try free and open source Pritunl client
To install it on Ubuntu 16.04:
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pritunl.list << EOF
deb http://repo.pritunl.com/stable/apt xenial main
EOF
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7568D9BB55FF9E5287D586017AE645C0CF8E292A
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pritunl-client-electron
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We are currently working on an easy-to-use OpenVPN client. This project hast just started, but will be continuously developed in the future.
You can download it here: ezOVPN
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