OpenVPN Setup guide for most VPN,s

[Willo3092]

Is your .conf file (nl_amsterdam) in your etc/openvpn folder exactly the same in your media/hdd/vpn folder? Or is it named differently?

It just makes a copy of the ovpn file I'm actually using from /media/hdd/vpn/ in /etc/openvpn/ but adds the path to the config files to it.

This is /media/hdd/vpn/

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote nl-amsterdam.privacy.network 1198
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
cipher aes-128-cbc
auth sha1
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server

auth-user-pass
compress
verb 1
reneg-sec 0

This is /etc/openvpn/

reneg-sec 0client
dev tun
proto udp
remote nl-amsterdam.privacy.network 1198
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
cipher aes-128-cbc
auth sha1
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server

auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/pass.file
log /etc/openvpn/openvpn.log
status /etc/openvpn/openvpn.stat 10
compress
verb 1
reneg-sec 0

I'm not sure you have downloaded the correct files?
I don't have any crt or pem files. The certificate is actually in each ovpn file.

This is one of my ovpn files with the actual certificate replaced:

belgium-aes-128-cbc-udp-dns.zip

[Willo3092]

Not sure if this will help?

https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...our-ovpn-files

[ttt1892]

I used the ones dsayers gave me the link to when I asked how you got the files for Linux , I noticed straight away they were different to yours. To be honest I`ve struggled find on the PIA site what files I`m supposed to download.

[ttt1892]

Your Belgium file for example is nothing like the files I get. The ones I get just have the country name and ovpn extension. No AES or UDP in the name.

[Willo3092]

I think I generated my files here:

https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...nfig-generator

I seem to remember I had to generate each country individually.

[dsayers]

Try this one for pia

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip

Those have the certificate included.

[ttt1892]

Whenever I download a new set of ovpn files, should I generate a new SOCKS username and password?

[Willo3092]

I've compared one of the downloaded files with my existing working files and this seems to be what happens:

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote czech.privacy.network 1198
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
cipher aes-128-cbc
auth sha1
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server

auth-user-pass
compress
verb 1
reneg-sec 0
<crl-verify>
-----BEGIN X509 CRL-----
OPEN YOUR .PEM FILE WITH NOTEPAD++
AND COPY THE CERTIFICATE HERE
-----END X509 CRL-----
</crl-verify>

<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
OPEN YOUR SECURITY CERTIFICATE FILE WITH NOTEPAD++
AND COPY THE CERTIFICATE HERE
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>

disable-occ

Maybe the dsayers method will do this automatically.

[dsayers]

Whenever I download a new set of ovpn files, should I generate a new SOCKS username and password?

No you shouldn't need to generate a new username and password just delete current files and send new files over

[ttt1892]

No you shouldn't need to generate a new username and password just delete current files and send new files over

No change with those files.

[ttt1892]

I no longer get any data in the right hand window in VPN Manager. Also don`t get the Login Error: Auth_Fail

[dsayers]

I haven't got pia to test so I'm not sure but nobody else has reported issues

[Willo3092]

I've just setup openvpn manager again on ViX 6.0.004 and it's working perfectly with these settings:

/media/hdd/vpn/ just contains ovpn files that can be created using this format https://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...l=1#post520384

OpenVPN Manager must create these files itself in /etc/openvpn/

openvpn.jpg

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I'm happy to try your configs on my box if you want to PM me.

If you do, it will be tomorrow now as it's beer o' clock

[urie]

Those are the ones I use they work fine with vpn manager.

Edit:Replied to wrong member please delete

[urie]

Try this one for pia

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip

Those have the certificate included.

Those are the ones I use they work fine with vpn manager.