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Connect To VPN

get the latest version of installed packages and refresh the repo cache

sudo apt update

install VPN client directly from the official repository

sudo apt install openvpn --no-install-recommends

install openresolv (a resolvconf implementation, i.e. a resolv.conf management framework)

sudo apt install openresolv --no-install-recommends

append the following configuration to the OpenVPN client configuration file

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up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

call client to connect to VPN

sudo openvpn --config <configuration file *.ovpn> --ca <certification authority file *ca.pem> --cert <certificate file *cert.pem --key <key file *cert.key

verify that resolvconf works properly
NOTE: You should see a resolv.conf file updated by resolvconf instead of e.g. NetworkManager

cat /etc/resolv.conf

Links

How to configure OpenVPN to resolve local DNS & hostnames