OpenVPN configuration howto

To use OpenVPN, you will need an OpenVPN installation. Download it here.



Once it is installed, you will find a directory named 'config' in the OpenVPN directory. Under Windows, it's C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config and you need administrative privileges to write to it.

The OpenVPN program loads files from this directory with the .ovpn extension. This way you can have several different VPN's or setups. The certificate files (server certificate, your public and private keys) are stored in the 'torvpn' directory below this 'config' directory.

As a first time user of OpenVPN and TORVPN, you will most likely want to have the following configuration files saved in the config directory:
   > torvpn.ovpn - for a simple VPN connection
   > torvpn-ssh.ovpn - for connecting to the VPN server through an SSH tunnel

It is very important that you execute the OpenVPN program with administrative privileges (use right click / run as...) otherwise your data will not go through TorVPN.

To configure the SSH tunnel, see this guide.