How to setup gOpenVPN on Linux

gOpenVPN on Linux step by step

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First thing first, download appropriate installation file. You can do so by loading the official gopenvpn web page: http://gopenvpn.sourceforge.net/ Depending on your system, there are RPM and DEB files available. Also, you can build it form the source. For 64-bit Ubuntu, find the necessary files here instead: https://launchpad.net/~gopenvpn/+archive/gopenvpn/+build/2462465 For older systems, 32-bit DEB file can be found on the official web site. Save the file you need. Open the DEB archive with your favorite package installer. Click the Install button: Provide your root password: And wait a bit: Confirm it's installed: Then, you can locate gopenvpn in the main menu. If you try running the software at this moment, you will be greeted with the following message:  Don't panic, you will just need to copy any of these configuration files to /etc/openvpn/ folder: TCP protocol (port 443): http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/vpn-config.zip UDP protocol (port 53): http://hmastuff.com/HMA.UDP-OpenVPN.2012-02-10.zip Extract the content of the .zip archive to /etc/openvpn/ using root privileges. (so that the content of the archive, the keys, certificates and *.ovpn files are in that folder) Start gopenvpn again, you will find the icon in the upper right corner. Right clicking will bring up the menu: Click on any server from the list and enter your HMA credentials (the same that you're using to login to the VPN control panel) Check "Remember Password", so you don't have to enter it again. If connected, the icon will turn green: Congratulations! You're connected and you can start enjoying the service.