Establish an AWS Client VPN connection on Linux - AWS Client VPN

Establish an AWS Client VPN connection on Linux

Establish a VPN connection using the using either the Network Manager GUI on an Ubuntu computer or the OpenVPN application.

To establish a VPN connection using OpenVPN - Network Manager

  1. Install the network manager module using the following command.

    sudo apt-get install --reinstall network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome

  2. Go to Settings, Network.

  3. Choose the plus symbol (+) next to VPN, and then choose Import from file....

  4. Navigate to the configuration file that you received from your VPN administrator and choose Open.

  5. In the Add VPN window, choose Add.

  6. Start the connection by enabling the toggle next to the VPN profile that you added.

To establish a VPN connection using OpenVPN

  1. Install OpenVPN using the following command.

    sudo apt-get install openvpn

  2. Start the connection by loading the configuration file that you received from your VPN administrator.

    sudo openvpn --config /path/to/config/file