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pmotion

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Registered: 2024-05-22

Posts: 3

Issues configuring ProtonVPN [SOLVED]

I recently worked through the following article: ProtonVPN and will try to outline the steps I took below:

Through the walkthrough, I opted to install the following package: openvpn-update-systemd-resolved | and append the appropriate files instead of using the custom script.

In addition to the above I also leveraged this article from protonvpn docs: protonvpn docs

I was able to get the vpn working by simply calling the .opvn file with the openvpn command from within the Downloads folder but not by running openvpn-cli. Since I was able to call the file from the downloads folder, I thought it may be a permissions issue with the files located in /etc/openvpn/* so I updated those permissions and was still unable to run openvpn correctly.

Somewhere along the way I enabled NetworkManager and since have shutdown the service. Is it possible that enabling this service caused issues with an existing network service?

Here are my problems and it seems unique but I cannot pinpoint what the issue is:

1. openvpn-cli nor wireguard work after configuration
   - openvpn works if I just call a config file
2. When working with terraform and aws provider, unless I am connected to a vpn it fails / times out (this is the strange part from my perspective.)

Thank you for any help or suggestions

Last edited by pmotion (2024-06-25 17:11:53)

impossibleveins23

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From: Israel

Registered: 2022-06-18

Posts: 171

Re: Issues configuring ProtonVPN [SOLVED]

You can either use NetworkManager to control the tools that enable Wireguard or OpenVPN or use the tools directly (openvpn, wg-quick...).
These are 2 different technologies with different tool and different configuration.

* Can you rephrase your post reflecting what exactly does not work?
* Attach the logs (+journal) of the tools that are not working.

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* Good formatted problem description will cause good and quick solution
* Please don't forget to mark as [SOLVED].

pmotion

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Registered: 2024-05-22

Posts: 3

Re: Issues configuring ProtonVPN [SOLVED]

It seems that I was having issues with DNS. As I installed NetworkManager, systemd-resolved, it created network issues with the /etc/resolv.conf file.

NetworkManager was overwriting the file as I was connecting and disconnecting from VPN.

I have systemd-resolved and systemd-networkd running properly now and NetworkManager disabled. Edited the file /etc/resolv.conf to the following:

nameserver 1.1.1.1

instead of:

nameserver ::1