What is the AirVPN suite, and why would I need it?

[chikuwasuka 0]

Apologies for this very basic question.

I signed up today and seeing that in addition to Eddie there was also a dedicated Linux CLI I decided to give it a try. I struggled for a couple hours, getting nowhere. I'm no expert, but I normally can figure out CLI software; I had bluetit enabled but couldn't get internet when connected.

And then I went back to the acquaintance who recommended AirVPN and their reaction was along the lines of "what in the world is that program? I just generate the Wireguard config and start the service and that's it". Which... worked. But that just makes me wonder why someone would be using bluetit and goldcrest, and if it's worth me struggling more with it. My best guess is that it lets you change settings without going into the website and generating a new config, but—would a regular home user need to change VPN settings regularly anyway?

Thank you for reading.

[Staff 10190]

@arcanapluvia

Hello!

The AirVPN Suite offers complete integration with the AirVPN infrastructure, a client/daemon architecture, connections via OpenVPN3-AirVPN and WireGuard, Network Lock compatible with any currently available Linux firewall, per app traffic splitting, synchronous and asynchronous modes, and several other features that you don't have with the native OpenVPN and WireGuard clients. As far as we can evaluate from the feedback the most required features are the infrastructure integration, the Network Lock and the traffic splitting on an application basis, all available in a very light daemon with minimal RAM footprint.

Please note that only the Suite 2.0.0 offers all of the above, and it is currently at Release Candidate stage:
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/66706-linux-airvpn-suite-200-preview-available/

Apart from the regular user, for the developer Bluetit exposes a D-Bus interface which can be used by client applications in order to control the daemon (thorough developer's manual included). So it is also instrumental to develop clients or have a deep look at how the infrastructure works.
 

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I struggled for a couple hours, getting nowhere. I'm no expert, but I normally can figure out CLI software

Normally you should be up and running in a couple of minutes. If you still experience issues with 2.0.0 version after you have read the user's manual please do not hesitate to open a ticket. Remember to declare your distribution name and version and if possible include a Bluetit log (for example if you are in a systemd based system you can extract it through journalctl).

Kind regards