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Set up VPN service in Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

These are the instructions to configure the VPN service on a Linux Ubuntu system (in this tutorial version 20.04 LTS was used).

 

  1. In “Settings”, click on “About” and then on “Software Updates”.
  2. Add “universe” source in “Ubuntu Software” tab. Click “Close”.
  3. In order to download the configuration file., right-click on the link in the tecnico.ovpn configuration file and choose “Save as” / “Save target as”, or equivalent, to download the file to your computer. Click “Save link as…”.
  4. Open Terminal App and run the following command:
    1. >$ sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome.
    2. Open Terminal App and run the following command:
  5. Go to “Settings” again and click on “Network”. Search for the “+” icon near “VPN” and double click on it.
  6. Choose the option “Import from file…”.
  7. Select the previoulsy downloaded file tecnico.ovpn. Click “Open”.
  8. Select the previoulsy downloaded file tecnico.ovpn. Click “Open”.
    1. “Username”: insert istxxxxx@tecnico.ulisboa.pt, where istxxxxx corresponds to the Técnico ID.
    2. “Password ”: insert the password associated with Técnico ID.
  9. Turn on the connection created.
  10. Turn on the connection created.

If you want to view the screenshots of the steps described above, see the following tutorial.

Any questions you might have, send an email to si@tecnico.ulisboa.pt so we can help.