[HOWTO] Using NordVPN on Porteus

[eggbladder]

NordVPN's linux client uses systemd, which is not in slackware or porteus. In order to use NordVPN on Porteus, follow these steps.
1 - Login to the NordVPN website.
2 - in your Home menu, which youll be sent to once you log in, click on "View Details" in the right side of the box labeled "NordVPN".
3 - Scroll down to "Manual Setup", and click the "Set up NordVPN manually" button.
4 - Verify the code sent to your email.
5 - You should see a username and password option show up. Keep this tab open; youll need it later.
6 - Download a .ovpn file. you can download one from their list (will take a while to load), or you can download one from here, which picks the best server for you.
7 - Open the terminal, and run

Code: Select all

sudo openvpn path/to/your/ovpn/file.ovpn 

8 - paste in the username from step 5
9 - paste in the password from step 5
there you go! The terminal may seem to hang on something like "initiation sequence complete". This is how you know the VPN is working. dont close the terminal until you want to quit using the VPN.

There is an official guide here, but this guide will do just fine.

[Kulle]

Hi eggbladder,
unfortunately, NordVPN is chargeable.
There is no limited free version.
This magazine article might also be interesting:
https://www.chip.de/news/Ueberraschend- ... 01326.html
But unfortunately this article is in German.
if necessary, use the Google translator or Yandex translator.

[eggbladder]

I am aware of NordVPN costing money. This is for people, like me, who already own NordVPN.