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The scheme itself is very simple - an OpenVPN client connects to an OpenVPN server. The client is configured on a PC or Laptop using a Debian Linux distribution OS, while the server is undefined in this example, i.e., we will be focusing mainly on the client configuration method, since the server could belong to any OpenVPN service provider.
The scheme itself is very simple - an OpenVPN client connects to an OpenVPN server. The client is configured on a PC or Laptop using a Debian Linux distribution OS, while the server is undefined in this example, i.e., we will be focusing mainly on the client configuration method, since the server could belong to any OpenVPN service provider.
==Installation and configuration==
If you have familiarized yourself with the configuration scheme, installed the necessary software and have all of the devices in order, we can start configuring the OpenVPN client using instructions provided in this section.
* Install OpenVPN service on your computer. To do so, open up a Terminal and execute these commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openvpn
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* Create or obtain an OpenVPN client configuration file. If you are using a third party OpenVPN server, the client configuration file and TLS certificates should be provided by that party. If that is the case, we suggest you skip this part and move on to the next step of the guide. <br> If you're using your own server and need to create a configuration file, you can either find one online or just download our configuration file from '''[[Media:example.ovpn|here]]''' and use it as a template.
