The steps shown here have been tested on Mageia 8 and 9.Ĭheck that sudo is installed and configured as described here: Configuring_sudo The guidance given here is based on: How to manually configure OpenVPN for ProtonVPN in Linux which is written for Debian (and similar). To use these it is necessary to register for a free account at: ProtonVPNĪ ProtonVPN account can also be used to access the (free or paid for) ProtonMail service.

ProtonVPN offers both a free and paid VPN services. Encrypts all your network traffic (both upload and download) between your computer/mobile/tablet and the external VPN endpoint IP address.Hides the source IP address (eg your ISP router's external Internet facing address) which is replaced by the external VPN endpoint IP address.This method shown here enables connecting to ProtonVPN via OpenVPN without using the ProtonVPN 'app' which, is only available for certain Linux distributions and not available for Mageia Linux.Ī VPN (virtual private network) connection has several security benefits: This document shows how to configure OpenVPN on Mageia Linux to use the ProtonVPN service. 7.2 openvpn connection status from SIGUSR2 signal.7.1.2 Example: vpn_status when VPN is active.7.1.1 Example: vpn_status when VPN is not active.6 Adding VPN network interface tun0 to firewall configuration.5 Starting a ProtonVPN connection using OpenVPN.4.8 Step-8: Find your ProtonVPN credentials to use with OpenVPN.4.7 Step-7: Select and download ProtonVPN configuration file(s).4.5 Step-5: Register for free ProtonVPN account.

4.4 Step-4: Set permissions on /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf.4.3 Step-3: Install /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf script.4 Installing and configuring OpenVPN with ProtonVPN.3.4.2 routing table, default gateway, and routing.3.4 Preparation-4: Make some notes on the configuration before running openvpn connection.

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