sudo openvpn -config pfSense-UDP4-1194-maria-config.ovpnĪfter running the command, you will be asked for the username and password of the user. Check your file name and run the command sudo openvpn –config followed by your file ovpn. In our case, our file has the name “pfSense-UDP4-1194-maria-config.ovpn”. Next let’s use the command to import the configuration from the ovpn file you downloaded. Now let’s fill in our username and password and then click on Add.įirst, let’s open the terminal and go to the folder where you downloaded the openvpn client configuration file.

Next let’s select our VPN configuration file. Next, let’s select the Import from file option. Next, let’s access the + field to add a VPN. Initially we will access the configuration part of Ubuntu’s network interface. The first is using the terminal and the second is using the GUI. To configure the OpenVPN client we have two ways. We can see in the picture above that we have already installed the version we wanted. Now let’s check out the new version we just installed. To install the newest version of the repository we just added, let’s run the command below. echo 'deb jammy main' > /etc/apt//openvpn-aptrepo.listįor more information about other versions, we can access the openvn repository site: Release/2.6: Uses OpenVPN version 2.6 including alphas, betas and RCsĪnd let’s replace & with the Linux version you have.Īs an example we can choose the command below to install the repository for the OpenVPN 2.6 version on a machine with ubuntu 22.04 jammy. Release/2.5: Uses OpenVPN 2.5 including alphas, betas and RCs

Release/2.4 : Uses OpenVPN 2.4 version including alphas, betas and RCs Testing: latest version including alphas, betas and RCs types Stable: uses the stable version and excludes the possibility of using alphas, betas and RCs In this case, let’s replace *** with the version of OpenVPN you want to install.īelow are several OpenVPN version options. echo 'deb *** & main' > /etc/apt//openvpn-aptrepo.list

Now we can install the OpenVPN version for your operating system version with the command below making the appropriate substitutions in *** and &. curl -fsSL | gpg -dearmor > /etc/apt/keyrings/openvpn-repo-public.gpg Now let’s add the new OpenVPN repository. Next, let’s type the command below to create the keyrings directory. In our installation, we are using Ubuntu. Verifying OpenVPN Client Updating the OpenVPN repository.Configuring OpenVPN client via terminal.

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