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4. By default files are downloaded to /tmp/ folder on your linux. In our case exact file location of zipped OpenVPN certificates is '''/tmp/Astrill-Linux-CLI-OpenVPN.zip'''. I have created a new folder on Desktop, called Astrill-OpenVPN, exact location is '''/root/jovica/Desktop/Astrill-OpenVPN''', I change current location to that directory. To unzip OpenVPN certificates, type in '''unzip /tmp/Astrill-Linux-CLI-OpenVPN.zip'''
4. Open Network Manager, and then click on '''Add''' button to create new connection.
 
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Select '''OpenVPN''' for connection type, and then click on '''Create...''' button to create new OpenVPN connection.
 
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Revision as of 22:53, 25 January 2014

1. First open terminal, and use this command to install the OpenVPN Network Manager plugin:

sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn openvpn


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2. Login to Members area, and create and download a certificate for OpenVPN with configuration files. Click on Members, login to your account, then click VPN Services, and then click on OpenVPN certificates generation.

https://members.astrill.com/openvpn-certificates.php


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3. Open Astrill-ubuntu.zip file you just downloaded, and pick a server and extract the OVPN file (in this example 27-USA-Seattle-1.ovpn).


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Then make 4 copies of 27-USA-Seattle-1.ovpn file, and rename them and edit them accordingly:

Text between <ca></ca> tags goes into ca.crt file

Text between <cert></cert> tags goes into user.crt file

Text between <key></key> tags goes into private.key file

Text between <tls-auth></tls-auth> tags goes into tls.key file


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4. Open Network Manager, and then click on Add button to create new connection.

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Select OpenVPN for connection type, and then click on Create... button to create new OpenVPN connection.

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5. Run the OpenVPN client with the downloaded client config file. You can use any VP server, type in sudo openvpn --config 01-USA-Dallas-1.ovpn. If you see Initialization Sequence Completed, that means you are successfully connected to Astrill OpenVPN.

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