OpenVPN Client Configuration on Ubuntu 12.04
To use the Ubuntu as OpenVPN client, install these packages:sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome
Select the “Edit Connections” from Network Manager GUI:
From the VPN tab, click on ‘Add‘ button:
Select OpenVPN as the VPN Connection Type and press “Create“:
Enter all the required information like OpenVPN’s server ip address/name as the “Gateway“, “Type” to “Certificates (TLS)“, locate and point your “User Certificate” , “CA Certificate“ and “Private Key“. Also click on “Advanced” button:
Enable compression or other special settings as per your requirement:
Connect to the VPN:
If everything go well, it will show you the success message:
Check your interface configuration, you will find one new interface named “tun0” something:
ifconfig
Hope this will help you!
