From charlesreid1

(Created page with "https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/18003/openvpn-step-by-step-setups-for-various-debian-based-linux-oss-with-videos-ubuntu-mint-debian First make sure eve...")
 
No edit summary
 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/18003/openvpn-step-by-step-setups-for-various-debian-based-linux-oss-with-videos-ubuntu-mint-debian
Overview of connecting to Private Internet Access (a VPN service) from a Linux machine
 
==CLI OpenVPN Method==
 
If you want to use OpenVPN on the command line to connect to PIA VPN, see [[Kali/OpenVPN/PIA]]
 
==GUI Managed Method==
 
This approach will create your network interface in OpenVPN and configure it to connect to PIA's VPN servers automatically..


First make sure everything is up to date:
First make sure everything is up to date:


<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get update
</pre>
Next, install the OpenVPN plugin for Network Manager:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-openvpn
</pre>


Then you install the stuff that lets PIA use gnome openvpn plugin to pick your openvpn spot easily:
If you are running Gnome Network Manager, you can install the OpenVPN plugin for the Gnome Network Manager:


sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome
<pre>
sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome
</pre>


Finally you can set things to be automatically managed:
Finally you can set things to be automatically managed:


<pre>
sudo vim /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
sudo vim /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
</pre>
change <code>managed=false</code> to <code>managed=true</code>
Link: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/18003/openvpn-step-by-step-setups-for-various-debian-based-linux-oss-with-videos-ubuntu-mint-debian
=Flags=
{{LinuxFlag}}
{{NetworkingFlag}}


changed managed=false to managed=true
{{OpenVPNFlag}}

Latest revision as of 00:00, 2 December 2019

Overview of connecting to Private Internet Access (a VPN service) from a Linux machine

CLI OpenVPN Method

If you want to use OpenVPN on the command line to connect to PIA VPN, see Kali/OpenVPN/PIA

GUI Managed Method

This approach will create your network interface in OpenVPN and configure it to connect to PIA's VPN servers automatically..

First make sure everything is up to date:

sudo apt-get update

Next, install the OpenVPN plugin for Network Manager:

sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-openvpn

If you are running Gnome Network Manager, you can install the OpenVPN plugin for the Gnome Network Manager:

sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome

Finally you can set things to be automatically managed:

sudo vim /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

change managed=false to managed=true

Link: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/18003/openvpn-step-by-step-setups-for-various-debian-based-linux-oss-with-videos-ubuntu-mint-debian


Flags