Setting up OpenVPN Client in Ubuntu 14.04

This guide is for setting up an OpenVPN client on Ubuntu 14.04 using Network Manager.

Step 1: Install the network manager openvpn plugin.

$ sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn

Step 2: Acquire the openvpn documents required: User Certificate (.cer), CA Certificate (.crt), and Private Key (.key).

Step 3: Click on the network-manager icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen; you should see a new menu item titled “VPN Connections”.

• Under this item, click on “Configure VPN…”
• Select “Add”
• Choose Connection Type “OpenVPN”
• Under gateway, put in your IP Address or domain name.
• Set authentication type to “Certificates (TLS)”
• Set the .cer file for “User Certificate”
• Set the .crt file for “CA Certificate”
• Set the .key file for “Private Key”

Next, click on the “Advanced” button. Under the “General” tab:

• Select “Use a TCP connection” if you use TCP instead of UDP.
• Optionally, you can change the gateway port here.

And that’s it!