ProtonVPN on UT24.04-1.2

nogoogle

Was anyone successful in establishing a ProtonVPN connection on Noble?

I tried manual setup via GUI but it was not clear to me how the parameters in the openvpn file map to the fields in the VPN settings, went through documentation and forum posts with no clear solution.

Next, I tried the nmcli import method as described here: (https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10154/vpn-import-openvpn-and-wireguard-configurations-using-networkmanager-nmcli?_=1772844580125&loggedin=true)

The connection is listed, I entered username and password via settings GUI but when activating it, the connection timed out.

I would be very grateful if someone who has a working ProtonVPN setup could share how this was achieved.

Thanks

kugiigi

You can try Wireguard. It doesn't have GUI yet in UT but the commands are simple.

Download the Wireguard config file from your Proton account. Rename it to wg0.conf.
Then run

nmcli conn import type wireguard file wg0.conf

To connect:

nmcli conn up wg0

To disconnect:

nmcli conn down wg0

projectmoon

@kugiigi https://next.open-store.io/app/wireguard.sysadmin/ ?

kugiigi

@projectmoon I believe that doesn't use the same wireguard that's in the system. I've never tried myself since the built in one works fine. I don't use it often

projectmoon

@kugiigi said:

@projectmoon I believe that doesn't use the same wireguard that's in the system. I've never tried myself since the built in one works fine. I don't use it often

Doesn't use NetworkManager's WireGuard, no. But it does work. Tested it this morning with 2 ProtonVPN profiles.

nogoogle

@kugiigi said:

You can try Wireguard. It doesn't have GUI yet in UT but the commands are simple.

Download the Wireguard config file from your Proton account. Rename it to wg0.conf.
Then run
nmcli conn import type wireguard file wg0.conf
To connect:
nmcli conn up wg0
To disconnect:
nmcli conn down wg0

Thank you this worked. Interestingly the forum webapp does not conncect on wg. Is here another way to toggle wg connections on and off than using the terminal? They are not listed as VPN connections.