#Zenmate accounts install
#Zenmate accounts manual
#Zenmate accounts archive

TIP: You may be required to enter your Linux account password – please do so and although there may be no visual queues that you’re typing something, you can indeed enter the password and confirm with Enter.ĭirectly on your desktop, create a new folder and for ease of use, let's name it: ZenMate (while the name is not relevant) and extract the contents of the *.zip archive(mentioned earlier) into the folder which we named ZenMate.

#Zenmate accounts install

Sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn

Installing and/or updating the packages for OpenVPN and Network Manager respectively, is done via Terminal and a set of command based parameters: Installing OpenVPN and Network Manager are the next steps that need to be handled in order to manage a sucessful configuration. It will be a good idea to occupy a new slot in your ZenMate account that will correspond to the additional configuration. TIP: Needing a new configuration for a different country, will mean that the existing set-up will be overwritten and it this will or may cause the existing configuration in your Linux distribution to malfunction. Openvpn.ovpn - This is your OpenVPN configuration file

#Zenmate accounts archive

TIP: opening a text editor of your choosing and saving the Username and Password is a good idea!Ĭonfirm the choices by pressing: Download Configurationĭownload configuration will start a new download trough your browser with a *.zip archive which will contain the following 4 items:Ĭa.crt - This is the certificate of the certification authorityĬlient.crt - This is the user certification fileĬlient.key - This is your private key file Server Group: TCP or UDP (what choice you may go for is up to your needs) Country: This will be the country where the IP will be from when connecting to the VPN via Linux Protocol: Choosing OpenVPN is the first step

The below guidelines will provide a wider perspective all of which exemplified with a screenshot: The Account Dashboard will need your input for selecting the preferred choices - where the purpose of this tutorial is aiming, OpenVPN needs to be selected.

#Zenmate accounts manual

*This will occupy a slot in your ZenMate account with the credetials that will need to be used in the manual configuration within the Linux set-up. Press on 'My Devices' > choose the Linux logo > Create Login Credentials This link will take you directly to the Login page to your Account Dashboard. Log in the ZenMate Account Dashboard with the account information that was delivered to you via e-mail after the purchase is completed. While Linux belongs to an open source platform, please know that what is reflected in this tutorial, may not reflect in newer releases with the Linux distribution or packages that may be released after this tutorial. *Disclaimer: While the process is documented as extensive as possible, some technical understanding is needed. Ubuntu 18.04 and the same steps may apply for older or newer Ubuntu releases. Ubuntu 13.1 is needed, whereas in this tutorial, the demonstration is for