- Download https://files.ovpn.com/ubuntu_cli/ovpn-us.zip
- Unzip it
- Fill in the template
- UUID #1 and #2: create two UUIDs either from something like https://www.uuidgenerator.net/ or by running
cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid
in a terminal, then paste them into the fields (leave in the curly braces) - Server CA:
ovpn-ca.crt
from the download - remove the-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
and-----END CERTIFICATE-----
lines, make the rest all one line, then paste it into theX509
field - Host: the OVPN server you wish to use - I chose US servers, but if you follow the "Ubuntu CLI" guide and download the zip file, the
ovpn.conf
file has aremote
field where you can find a different host - Client key:
ovpn-tls.key
from the download - rungrep -v '#' ovpn-tls.key | perl -p -e 's/\n/\\n/' -
and paste the result into theTLSAuthContents
field
- UUID #1 and #2: create two UUIDs either from something like https://www.uuidgenerator.net/ or by running
- Fill in your OVPN username and password