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Re: VPN support (OpenVPN only)

 

Thanks Pete,

I think Chinese Users will love this feature   :P

BR,
Joey

2016-01-07 2:12 GMT+08:00 Pete Woods <pete.woods@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi folks,
>
> As some of you may already know. Support for OpenVPN was landed into
> rc-proposed on 24/12/2015. Unfortunately this doesn't include the official
> UI that is part of ubuntu-system-settings.
>
> So here I'm including a prototype UI in a click that will let you try it
> out:
>
> http://people.canonical.com/~pete/com.ubuntu.developer.pete-woods.vpn-editor_0.2.0_all.click
>
> In order for this to work you will need to be on at least:
>
>    - r202 for Arale rc-proposed
>    - r213 for Krillin rc-proposed
>    - (for other rc-proposed channels, make sure the image was built after
>    the 24th)
>
> To set up your connection, the first step is to copy whatever certificates
> you need onto the phone, via the standard Ubuntu file explorer. I created a
> "vpn" folder inside "Documents", but you can place them anywhere.
>
> Then you need to install the click app:
>
>    - Enable developer mode in Settings->About
>    - adb push com.ubuntu.developer.pete-woods.vpn-editor_0.2.0_all.click
>    /tmp
>    - adb shell "pkcon install-local --allow-untrusted
>    /tmp/com.ubuntu.developer.pete-woods.vpn-editor_0.2.0_all.click"
>
> Then you're ready to fire up the "VPN editor" app itself (refresh the apps
> scope) and create a new connection. Pick your authentication type, then
> fill locate the various certificates you need. If you are configuring the
> Canonical VPN, please note there are a number of advanced settings you need
> to duplicate from the settings on your desktop machine. I have tried as
> best as I can to make this UI behave the same as it does on the desktop, so
> hopefully it works well for you.
>
> I'm planning to add PPTP to the mix in the near future, so keep tuned for
> that.
>
> Cheers, Pete
>
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