How to setup OpenVPN using Ubuntu Network Manager
This tutorial describes the configuration of OpenVPN on Ubuntu
Linux using the built in Network Manager.
It can also be easily adapted to other Gnome-based desktop Linux
distributions.
1.) First, open a terminal and enter the following command to
install the Network Manager Plugin for OpenVPN.
Since this is a dependency, the required OpenVPN binaries will
also installed. Even if Network Manager is already
installed,
it needs to be forcedly reinstalled to have the newly installed
components properly registered in the system.
Type the following command in terminal:
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall network-manager
network-manager-gnome
\ network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome
Next, we need to make Network Manager aware of the newly
installed feature. In terminal, type:
$ sudo service network-manager restart
2.) Next, download the TorGuard OpenVPN config files and save
and unzip them to your Desktop.
You can download the configs from:
http://torguard.net/downloads/TorGuardPRO.zip
3.) Click the network manager icon in the top menu bar and
select "Edit Connections..."
4.) In the Network Connections menu click "import".
5.) For VPN Connection Type, select "OpenVPN" and click
create...
6.) Next, we need to select the TorGuard OpenVPN config for the
server you'd like to connect to.
In our example, we are connecting to TorGuard.Canada18.ovpn
