VPN ASSISTANCE PLEASE

    Rasberry pi 5, libreelec 12.2.1, kodi 21.3 omega, openvpn.
    Anybody have a successful experiance installing a VPN? I gave up trying to install Nord, looking for one that works!
    Thanks for your assistance.

    OpenVPN works fine but lots of people (mostly folks that fell for the 'privacy' BS marketing of VPN services and have no real-world need for VPN in the first place) don't make the effort to learn basic commands and instead search for add-ons that allegedly make it easy (but under-the-hood mostly complicate it).

    In short:

    • Save/store/place your OpenVPN conf file (and if not embedded in the conf, the cert files) in /storage/.config
    • Create a systemd service for OpenVPN in /storage/.config/system.d/ that executes OpenVPN with an explicit path to the OpenVPN conf file in /storage/.config - You can use the wireguard example file to crib 95% of the required content.
    • Enable and then Start the systemd service and you should have a working and persistent OpenVPN connection

    This works for any OpenVPN service.

    /shrug

    Quote from chewitt

    OpenVPN works fine but lots of people (mostly folks that fell for the 'privacy' BS marketing of VPN services and have no real-world need for VPN in the first place) don't make the effort to learn basic commands and instead search for add-ons that allegedly make it easy (but under-the-hood mostly complicate it).

    In short:

    • Save/store/place your OpenVPN conf file (and if not embedded in the conf, the cert files) in /storage/.config
    • Create a systemd service for OpenVPN in /storage/.config/system.d/ that executes OpenVPN with an explicit path to the OpenVPN conf file in /storage/.config - You can use the wireguard example file to crib 95% of the required content.
    • Enable and then Start the systemd service and you should have a working and persistent OpenVPN connection

    This works for any OpenVPN service.

    /shrug

    People search for add-ons because there is no simple copy-paste step-by-step guide which includes all the steps and commands, and does not assume one knows or finds out bits of information in other places ^^

    I know circumventing geo-blocked content is not officially supported by libreelec, but seriously, a simple copy-paste step-by-step guide including all the steps would help a lot of people, both for wireguard and openvpn. :heart: