Astrill Setup Manual:How to configure OpenVPN with Network Manager on Linux
Step 1
First open Terminal, and use this command to install the OpenVPN Network Manager plugin:
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn openvpn
Step 2
Login to Members area, and create and download a certificate for OpenVPN with configuration files. Click on Members, login to your account, then click VPN Services, and then click on OpenVPN certificates generation.
https://members.astrill.com/tools/openvpn-certificates
Step 3
Open Astrill-ubuntu.zip file you just downloaded, and pick a server and extract the OVPN file (in this example 27-USA-Seattle-1.ovpn).
Then make 4 copies of 27-USA-Seattle-1.ovpn file, and rename them and edit them accordingly:
Text between <ca></ca> tags goes into ca.crt file
Text between <cert></cert> tags goes into user.crt file
Text between <key></key> tags goes into private.key file
Text between <tls-auth></tls-auth> tags goes into tls.key file
Step 4
Open Network Manager, and then click on Add button to create new connection.
Select OpenVPN for connection type, and then click on Create... button to create new OpenVPN connection.
Step 5
On VPN tab, you need to set the following:
Connection name: Astrill VPN
Gateway: <VPN Server IP address>
Authentication Type: Certificates (TLS)
User Certificate: user.crt
CA Certificate: ca.crt
Private Key: private.key
Then click on Advanced... button for more configuration options.
On General tab, you need to set the following:
Use custom gateway port: tick and set 8292
Use LZO data compression: tick
On Security tab, you need to set the following:
Cipher: BF-CBC
HMAC Authentication: SHA-1
On TLS Authentication tab, you need to set the following:
Use additional TSL authentication: ticked
Key File: tls.key
Key Direction: 1
Once done, click on OK button and then click on Save button.
Step 6
Now we are ready to start Astrill OpenVPN connection.
Once OpenVPN connection is established you will see successful pop-up message.
You can check and confirm your IP address. http://www.astrill.com/what-is-my-ip
