IMPORTANT: you must have an existing openvpn config (.ovpn) to use the information here. If you do not have one please see another guide for setting up an openvpn server / client configuration first.
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First install Openvpn with:
# apt install openvpn
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Next we should check that your .ovpn configuration is working:
# openvpn --config /path/to/your/client.ovpn
If this has errors please stop this guide and fix the errors before continuing.
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Now we just need to move our config to /etc/openvpn
# mv /path/to/your/client.ovpn /etc/openvpn/client.conf
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Now the config is in the default location, we can start the systemd service!
# systemctl start openvpn@client.service
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To confirm this is working we should see a TUN interface when looking at the output of the below command:
# ip addr show
