KDE Installation

OpenVPN client installation

The network management is operated by default by NetworkManager; in order to take charge of OpenVPN, you need to install the network-manager-openvpn package.

That package can be installed with the package manager of your distribution (Apper, KpackageKit, ou encore Muon), or on the command line, e.g. with Debian-based distributions:

sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
sudo service network-manager restart

OpenVPN client configuration with Network Manager

  1. Download configuration file "fdn-vpn-public-networkmanager.ovpn"
  2. Download FDN Public VPN certificate
  3. Left-click on the network manager, then at the bottom right, click on “Manage connections”.
  4. In the Manage connections window, click on “Add“ in the “VPN” tab, and choose “OpenVPN" in the pull-down menu.
  5. Complete the following instructions:
    • Modify if needed the connection name, for example “VPN FDN connection ”
    • Gateway: open.fdn.fr
    • Connection type: select “Password” in the pull-down menu
    • AC file : indicate the location of the FDN Public VPN certificate downloaded in step 2.
    • User name: Edward
    • Password: Snowden
  6. Select "Save" in the pull-down menu on the right of the password field if you want the system to remember your password.
  7. Click “OK” to close the window, then "OK" again to close the window of the connection manager.
  8. Click again on the Network Manager icon, as in the first step. The connection to FDN Public VPN must appear. Click on that connection (in the right part) in order to establish the connection. In the left part, the connection to FDN Public VPN must indicate "connected".

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