Get latest PrivateVPN Servers: configuration ovpn files for Linux
Article relevance:
Linux users subscribing to Private VPN service
Background:
Private VPN application for Windows can easily access the latest servers established by Private VPN. The application for windows arranges servers ‘by streaming service’ and by ‘location’.
The Linux subscriber downloads an archive containing an OVPN configuration file for each available server. Using terminal commands or the gnome network manager or the kde plasma applet or distribution network manager, the user is able to point to the OVPN file to populate the server details into the system.
Problem:
New servers are frequently added to the application and arranged according to servers that work for the popular online streaming services, but the configuration files haven’t been made available making matters a bit complex for us. What’s required are the names of the new servers. I have gone about digging for the server names, guided by the suggested servers appearing in the current (July 28th, 2019) windows application. I have edited older ovpn files with details for the new servers and share it here for your testing.
Solution:
Download my archive.tar.xz which contains the following,
- ovpn configuration files downloaded from PrivateVPN
- ovpn configuration files for the new servers – organized by ‘service’
- the ca.cert of Private VPN
The ca.cert file is only needed to get around the greyed out ‘save’ configuration button issue. If you need it, you will need to extract it from the zip archive inside the tar.xc archive.
Procedure:
Extract the tar.xz to the hard drive
Ensure you have installed gnome network manager and openvpn
Use the applet from the panel or your network management tool to add a VPN
Select Import a Saved Configuration file – Create
Navigate to the extracted folder
PrivateVPN-TUN > TCP (or UDP) > TCP [new servers] [by service] > Netflix
Enter your Private VPN email and password
Click the icon to the right of the password and choose options (save for all users or just one user)
If the save button is still greyed out, click on the CA Private key and navigate and select the ca.cert file
Click Save. You should now find the VPN listed from the panel applet.
If a server doesn’t work for your desired streaming service then try a different server from the folder or find out the latest working server. If you’re still not winning, let me know about it in the comments.
A final note, I have tested the VPN configuration procedures on ROSA and Fedora. Mageia comes with a unique net_applet which doesn’t allow for this easy procedure. I found that removing the net_applet or choosing ‘handle connections with network manager’ worked best.
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