Graphical Tool to Manage VPN Connections?

[Neo_78]

Is there a graphical tool in FatDog that integrates with the network manager in order to visually create and mange VPN connections?

Appreciate your feedback!

[pp4mnklinux]

Hi @Neo_78 : I'm not completely sure about this, but when I used it I never can find this resource (it is possible it appears in last versions, someone can tell you)

What you can do is try third party software, as OpenVPN GUI, NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome, or Pritunl.

I don't know if there is any pet to do this, but in case not, you can search for them at the PPM.

Hope it helps.

Have a nice day.

[jamesbond]

We have gpptp to manage PPTP VPN connection.
But we don't have GUI for other VPNs.

OpenVPN is actually quite easy to use, and it's rather straightforward to write a GUI for it ... but I usually just launched it from terminal like this "openvpn /path/to/configfile.ovpn" and just close the terminal when I'm done, so the motivation to write a GUI is rather low

[Neo_78]

Most Linux distributions now ship with a GUI to manage VPNs, which is very useful if you have to quickly switch between different connections for work.

Where can the mentioned gpptp be found?

Do we have a guide to manually setup an OpenVPN connection and manually connect from the terminal in FatDog?

[smokey01]

Most Linux distributions now ship with a GUI to manage VPNs, which is very useful if you have to quickly switch between different connections for work.

Where can the mentioned gpptp be found?

Do we have a guide to manually setup an OpenVPN connection and manually connect from the terminal in FatDog?

This might get you started.
http://smokey01.com/newsletters/2018/Ap ... l2018.html

[stemsee]

S.N.ApP manages openvpn connections. It lists the ovpn tcp and udp server configs, double clicking one lets you connect. But you need to have your credentials in /root/.config/openshark text file. In an .ovpn config you would need to put in the config path. I think I added this code to update all configs to read openshark. This function also updates the server configs if you remove /etc/openvpn.

[Neo_78]

Not sure if this is possible, but are there any browser extensions to entirely setup and manage a VPN connection in Chrome?

So basically the VPN would not be setup on the operative system but only in Chrome, which would use the VPN. All other system traffic would remain outside the VPN.

[jamesbond]

Most Linux distributions now ship with a GUI to manage VPNs, which is very useful if you have to quickly switch between different connections for work.

Yeah but Fatdog is not "other Linuxes" Here we roll up our sleeves and write the scripts to do that ourselves. There are many, many GUI builders tools in Fatdog, with different difficulty level. Just pick up one that suits you.

Where can the mentioned gpptp be found?

Did you try the Fatdog package manager?

Do we have a guide to manually setup an OpenVPN connection and manually connect from the terminal in FatDog?

I already said above, let me repeat that again:
1. Open a terminal.
2. Inside the terminal type openvpn /path/to/configfile.ovpn
3. When you're done, just type Ctrl-C to terminate the session.

Now please don't ask me where you can find the configfile.ovpn file or how you can write one. This file comes from whoever runs the OpenVPN server (=the VPN service provider). There are many free OpenVPN service providers, some are more trustworthy than others. You just need to search for it.

Not sure if this is possible, but are there any browser extensions to entirely setup and manage a VPN connection in Chrome?

So basically the VPN would not be setup on the operative system but only in Chrome, which would use the VPN. All other system traffic would remain outside the VPN.

I'm sure it's possible and there are, but with all due respect, you should ask this in those browser forums, not here ...