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OpenVpnUbuntu1204

OpenVPN on Ubuntu 12.04

This howto was prepared and tested on Ubuntu GNU/Linux 12.04 64 bit.

Contents

  1. OpenVPN on Ubuntu 12.04
    1. Install the client
    2. Set up the connection
    3. References

Install the client

1) Install OpenVPN. 

sudo apt-get install openvpn

Set up the connection

2) Unzip the file named USERNAME_linux.zip. 

mkdir ~/openvpn
cd ~/openvpn/
unzip /path/to/your/file/USERNAME_linux.zip

3) Start the connection by running the script startVPN.sh. Make sure you run it as root so it can setup the routing table. 

sudo ~/openvpn/startVPN.sh

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4) If you want to terminate the connection press Ctrl+C in the command line window where your connection is running.

References

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http://plone.4aero.com/Members/lmarzke/howto/openvpn-push-dns https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenVPN http://askubuntu.com/questions/147300/help-connecting-openvpn-in-ubuntu-12-04 http://askubuntu.com/questions/29086/where-are-vpn-configuration-files-imported-by-network-manager-saved http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1019222 http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Openvpn http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=39153