Setting up EduVPN from the commandline

I often use linux systems which have no GUI. I hope you do the same, it's enlightening.

However solutions for users nowadays tend to expect you are able to use a GUI. This is also the case for EduVPN.

Here's how you setup EduVPN from the command line:

First you need to download a manual VPN configuration file. Usually an .ovpn file. Once this is acquired...

Using NetworkManager

nmcli connection import type openvpn file /path/to/the/manualconfigfile.ovpn

Using OVPN directly

openvpn --config /path/to/the/manualconfigfile.ovpn

That's it!