VPN

Tip: Before you get started, note your current public IP with curl https://my-ip.pantherx.org.

WireGuard

WireGuard via CLI (Mullvad)

Generate a WireGuard configuration in your Mullvad account (https://mullvad.net/en/account/#/wireguard-config/):

1. Select “Linux”
2. Generate a WireGuard key
3. Select one exit location (ex. Germany, Frankfurt, de12-wireguard)
4. Download file

You now have a mlvd-de12.conf in your Downloads folder and two options:

1. Import to Network Manager (connects automatically; reconnects on reboot)
2. Run manually via wg-quick

To import to Network Manager, do:

$ nmcli connection import type wireguard file mlvd-de12.conf

That’s it! To verify you’re connected, you can do one of two (many) things:

1. Run ip address and look for mlvd-de12.
   • verify that an IP has been assigned: ex. inet 10.**.**.**/32
   • check whether your public IP has changed: curl https://my-ip.pantherx.org
2. Check Mullvad’s own “Connection Check” here (https://mullvad.net/en/check/)
3. Run nmcli and ensure that: mlvd-de12: connected to mlvd-de12

To remove this connection, simply run:

$ nmcli connection delete mlvd-se8
Connection 'mlvd-se8' (acf9afff-d380-4d86-99b9-529a8b5c76ef) successfully deleted.

OpenVPN

OpenVPN via GUI (Mullvad)

Generate a OpenVPN configuration in your Mullvad account (https://mullvad.net/en/account/#/openvpn-config/):

1. Select “Android/Chrome OS”
2. Select Country and City
3. Download file

Add it to Network Manager

Open Menu > Settings > Advanced networking and look for the “+” at the bottom of the screen, to add a new connection

Select “Import a saved VPN configuration”

The username is your Mullvad account number, the password is m.

Connect automatically

After you add the connection, you may want to connect to it automatically:

1. Close the OpenVPN config
2. Select the network you wish to associate with the VPN, from the overview
3. Select “Automatically connect to VPN” and the VPN (for ex. mullvad_se_all) and save

Connect manually

Look for Network Manager in the task bar, left click on the icon, and look for “VPN Connections”

OpenVPN via GUI (iVPN)

Generate a new config here: https://www.ivpn.net/openvpn-config and download and extract it (right click: extract here).

Add it to Network Manager

Open Menu > Settings > Advanced networking and look for the “+” at the bottom of the screen, to add a new connection.

Select “Import a saved VPN configuration” and look for the .ovpn file in the folder extracted previously.

The username is your accont ID (‘ivpnXXXXXXXX’ or ‘i-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX’) and any password.

See also

• WireGuard in NetworkManager