OpenVPN

Posted on Fri 21 May 2021 in openvpn

Installation

$ sudo apt-get install openvpn

Usage

$ sudo openvpn --config name_of_openvpn_config_file.ovpn

Then, it will ask for your user name and password:

Enter Auth Username: ...
Enter Auth Password: **************

Check IP

fter starting openvpn, you can verify that your IP address has changed as follows:

$ curl ifconfig.me

or search for what is my ip in duckduckgo.com.

i3 status bar

You can add a segment in the status bar of i3 for showing whether the VPN is active. To do so, modify ~/.config/i3status/config and add this:

# add segment 
order += "path_exists VPN"

# add handler
path_exists VPN {
    path = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tun0"
}

Save and reload (Shift+Alt+R).

References

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