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How to connect to OpenVPN via shell:

1. Open terminal (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Install OpenVPN client by entering `sudo apt-get install openvpn` (if you are requested a password, enter the
password which you have used when creating your account)
3. Navigate to OpenVPN configuration directory with command `cd /etc/openvpn`
4. Download OpenVPN configuration files with command `sudo wget https://nordvpn.com/files/config.zip`
4.1. In case you will get `ERROR: The certificate of `nordvpn.com’ is not trusted.`, please install `ca-certificates`
package with command `apt-get install ca-certificates`
5. If you do not have `unzip` package installed, download it by typing in `sudo apt-get install unzip`
6. Extract `config.zip` with command `sudo unzip config.zip`
7. Remove files which will be no longer used: `sudo rm config.zip`
8. To see the list of all available servers, simply enter `ls -al` command and it will print full configuration file list.
9. Choose a server which you would like to connect to
10. Start OpenVPN with a chosen configuration by entering `sudo openvpn [file name]` (for example: `sudo openvpn
vpn_at_nordvpn_tcp.ovpn`)
11. OpenVPN will ask you for credentials, so simply enter those in with your NordVPN account credentials.
12. You have successfully connected to VPN. To disconnect from the OpenVPN connection simply open terminal and
type ‘Ctrl + C‘ command.

How to connect to OpenVPN via Network Manager:

1. Open “Terminal”, Applications->Accessories->Terminal
2. Install network-manager-openvpn by typing in Terminal:
“sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn”
Press Enter (Enter password if it needed)
3. You will be prompted: “Do you want to continue? Y/n” Type “Y” and hit Enter
4. Once installation is complete, restart Network Manager by typing:
“sudo restart network-manager”
Press Enter
5. Network-manager is now running. Now download OpenVPN configuration files package from: .ovpn file package and
CA & tls-auth certificate file package: CA and TLS certificates and extract them.
6. Open “Network Connections”, go to: System->Preferences->Network Connections and Click “Import”
7. You will be prompted dialog: Navigate to extracted folder from step “5″ and select one file (with extension “.ovpn”)
from the list. Click “Open”
8. In the case “User name:” type your NordVPN User Name, and password in case “Password:”. The authentication type
– password.
9. Insert the CA certificate according to which server you are trying to connect.
10. Click on advanced. Then go to the TLS authentication tab. This time insert the TLS-auth.key file for the
corresponding server and set the key direction to ’1′.
11. Save the settings and try to connect.
How to Connect
Click on the “Network Manager” icon (top right menu bar)
Expand “VPN Connections”
Choose your added server.
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Click on the “Network Manager” icon (top right menu bar)

Expand “VPN Connections”
Choose your added double-XX-XX.nordvpn.com server.
How to Disconnect
Click on the “Network Manager” icon (top right menu bar)
Expand “VPN Connections”
Click “Disconnect VPN…”

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