#Ipvanish linux setup zip file

Click the VPN slider switch to activate the VPN and connect to IPVanish.ġ5. With your new OpenVPN configuration installed, you should see the newly created IPVanish OpenVPN connection listed in the Network window. Select the Disable radio button and then click the Add button in the top right of the window.ġ4. Once you've entered all of the required details, click on the IPv6 tab at the top of the window.ġ3. Confirm the server address in the Gateway field, make sure the Type is set to Password, enter your IPVanish credentials into the Username and Password fields, and confirm the IPVanish CA certificate is labeled as ca. Enter a name for your new VPN connection in the Name field. In the Add VPN window that appears, the previously selected OpenVPN config file will have been imported into the Add VPN wizard. Once the configuration file has been chosen, click the Open button in the top-right corner.ġ2. Our server naming format is ipvanish-Country-Location-Server address. You can add other additional servers one at a time based on your preferences. For our example, we are selecting the ipvanish-CA-Toronto-tor-a20.ovpn config file. Select your preferred OpenVPN configuration file from the set of configs we unzipped earlier into your Downloads folder. When the Add VPN window pops up, click on the Import from file… option.ġ1. Scroll down the list of options on the left and select Network and click the Add (+) button to the right of the VPN section and move on to the next step.ġ0. Type Settings in the search field that appears at the top and then click the Settings app from the list that appears.ĩ. Close the Terminal app window and then select the show applications icon at the bottom of the menu bar on the left.Ĩ. After the unzip is complete and the prompt appears, move on to the next step.ħ.

Read the output and report any error messages to our support team. The output will be shown in the terminal window, similar to what is shown in the picture below. The previously entered command will unzip the downloaded configuration files. Unzip the config files into your Downloads folder by entering the following command:Ħ. Hit the Enter key and proceed to the next step.ĥ.

#Ipvanish linux setup zip file

This will download and save the IPVanish OpenVPN configs zip file from our repository directly to your Downloads folder. Enter the following command in the terminal window: Confirm that the terminal window is in focus, and enter the following command:Ĥ. The Terminal window will open, spawning a new shell as shown below. Type Terminal in the search field that appears at the top and then click the Terminal app in the list that appears.ģ. Choose an administrator-enabled account and login to your main desktop. Select the show applications icon at the bottom of the menu bar on the left.Ģ.

A secure IPVanish VPN connection (Don’t have one? Sign up here!)įollow the steps below to configure OpenVPN for IPVanish in Ubuntu:ġ.

A working installation of Ubuntu 19.10 (This guide uses Ubuntu 19.10 Desktop AMD64 version).

The following is required for OpenVPN to work in Ubuntu 19.10: