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For anyone interested in how to setup AirVPN in Linux with NetworkManager on the command line.
 

Create connection

  • Get WireGuard Config File from AirVPN website:
    https://airvpn.org/generator
  • Name Config File to wg0.conf
  • Import Config File:
    sudo nmcli connection import type wireguard file wg0.conf
  • View connections:
    nmcli connection show
  • Rename connection:
    nmcli connection modify wg0 connection.id "MyConnection"


Manage connection

  • Start VPN Connection:
    nmcli connection up "MyConnection"
  • Stop VPN Connection:
    nmcli connection down "MyConnection"
  • Check IP visit https://ipleak.net/
  • Check VPN connection:
    nmcli connection show --active | grep "MyConnection"
 

Interesting commands

  • Check IP interface:
    ip a show wg0
  • nmcli manual page:
    man nmcli
 

Notes

  • tested on ArchLinux 6.0.9-arch1-1
  • i tried OpenVPN with NetworkManager first, IPv4 worked but IPv6 didn't, apparently due to a missing feature in networkmanager-openvpn



Have a nice day :bye:

 

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Can confirm it working – if imported using the command line, that is. If you use the GUI to import that, it won't work.


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is this doable on pi OS? i'm totally  novice with this stuff. not sure when to input these commands. i have the airVPN wireguard conf file. i don't understand how/when to use the nmcli commands. i'm only doing this because the eddie GUI client just freezes upon launch no matter what i do (even on a fresh install of pi os)

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8 hours ago, salvialight said:

is this doable on pi OS? i'm totally  novice with this stuff. not sure when to input these commands. i have the airVPN wireguard conf file. i don't understand how/when to use the nmcli commands. i'm only doing this because the eddie GUI client just freezes upon launch no matter what i do (even on a fresh install of pi os)


Hello!

In this case you had better go directly with wg-quick and not nmclihttps://airvpn.org/linux/wireguard/terminal/

Kind regards
 

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