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- Installation Instructions for OpenVPN GUI for Windows
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- You can either get my installation package for OpenVPN 2.0.X where I've
- bundled the gui in the installation package, or you can use the original
- installation package from OpenVPN, and then manually install OpenVPN GUI.
-
-
- Installation using the bundled OpenVPN package with OpenVPN GUI included
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- * Download openvpn-2.0.X-gui-1.0.X-install.exe from
- http://openvpn.se
-
- * If you have a previous version of OpenVPN GUI installed, shut it down.
- Make sure it's closed by ALL logged on users.
-
- * Run the install program. During the installation you can choose if the GUI
- should be started automatically at system startup. The default is yes.
-
- * Create a xxxx.ovpn config-file with your favorite texteditor and save it in:
- C:\Program files\OpenVPN\config\. You should NOT use the "log" or "log-append"
- options as OpenVPN GUI redirect the normal output to a log file itself.
- There is a sample config files in the "sample-config" folder. Please
- refer to the OpenVPN project homepage for more information regarding
- creating the configuration file. http://openvpn.net/
-
-
- Manual installation of OpenVPN GUI
- ----------------------------------
-
- * Download and install OpenVPN from http://openvpn.net/
-
- * Download openvpn-gui-1.0.X.exe and save it in OpenVPN's bin folder.
- Default is "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\". You must put it in this folder
- because OpenVPN GUI depends on the OpenSSL DLLs installed in this folder by
- OpenVPN.
-
- * Create a xxxx.ovpn config-file with your favorite texteditor and save it in:
- C:\Program files\OpenVPN\config\. You should NOT use the "log" or "log-append"
- options as OpenVPN GUI redirect the normal output to a log file itself.
- There is a sample config files in the "sample-config" folder. Please
- refer to the OpenVPN project homepage for more information regarding
- creating the configuration file. http://openvpn.net/
-
- * Put a short-cut to openvpn-gui-1.0-X.exe in your
- "Start->All Program->StartUp" folder if you want the gui started automatically
- when you logon to Windows.
-
- * Start the GUI by double-clicking the openvpn-gui-1.0.X.exe file.
-
- *** You need to be Administrator the first time you run OpenVPN GUI for it to
- create its registry keys. After that you don't have to be administrator
- just to run the GUI, however OpenVPN requires the user to be
- administrator to run! ***
-
-
- Using OpenVPN GUI
- -----------------
-
- When OpenVPN GUI is started your config folder (C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config)
- will be scanned for .ovpn files, and an icon will be displayed in the taskbar's
- status area.
-
- If you do not have any openvpn connection running, the config dir will be
- re-scanned for new config files every time you open the OpenVPN GUI menu by
- right-clicking the icon.
-
- When you choose to connect to a site OpenVPN GUI will launch openvpn with
- the specified config file. If you use a passphrase protected key you will be
- prompted for the passphrase.
-
- If you want OpenVPN GUI to start a connection automatically when it's started,
- you can use the --connect cmd-line option. You have to include the extention
- for the config file. Example:
-
- openvpn-gui --connect office.ovpn
-
-
- Run OpenVPN GUI as a Non-Admin user
- -----------------------------------
-
- OpenVPN currently does not work as a normal (non-admin) user. OpenVPN GUI
- 2.0 will solve this by using an enhanced version of the OpenVPN service
- to start and stop openvpn processes.
-
- In the mean time, it is possible to use OpenVPN GUI to control the current
- OpenVPN Service to start and stop a connection.
-
- To use OpenVPN GUI to control the OpenVPN service, set the registry value
- "service_only" to '1'. See the section about registry values below.
-
- Limitations with this way:
-
- There is no way for OpenVPN GUI ta hand over a password to the service
- wrapper, so you can't use passphrase protected private keys or
- username/password authentication.
-
- If you have multiple openvpn configurations, all will be started and
- stopped at the same time.
-
- OpenVPN GUI is not able to retrieve any status info about the connections
- from OpenVPN, so it will report connected as soon as the service is
- started regarless of if OpenVPN has really succeded to connect or not.
-
- You cannot see the OpenVPN log in real-time.
-
-
- Run Connect/Disconnect/Preconnect Scripts
- -----------------------------------------
-
- There are three diffrent scripts that OpenVPN GUI can execute to help
- with diffrent tasks like mapping network drives.
-
- Preconnect If a file named "xxx_pre.bat" exist in the config folder
- where xxx is the same as your OpenVPN config file name,
- this will be executed BEFORE the OpenVPN tunnel is established.
-
- Connect If a file named "xxx_up.bat" exist in the config folder
- where xxx is the same as your OpenVPN config file name,
- this will be executed AFTER the OpenVPN tunnel is established.
-
- Disconnect If a file named "xxx_down.bat" exist in the config folder
- where xxx is the same as your OpenVPN config file name,
- this will be executed BEFORE the OpenVPN tunnel is closed.
-
-
- Registry Values affecting the OpenVPN GUI operation
- ---------------------------------------------------
-
- All OpenVPN GUI reg-values are located below the following key:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OpenVPN-GUI\
-
- The follow keys are used to control the OpenVPN GUI
-
- config_dir
- configuration file directory, defaults to "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config"
-
- config_ext
- file extension on configuration files, defaults to "ovpn"
-
- connectscript_timeout
- Time in seconds to wait for the connect script to finish. If set to 0
- the exitcode of the script is not checked.
-
- disconnectscript_timeout
- Time in seconds to wait for the disconnect script to finish. Must be a
- value between 1-99.
-
- preconnectscript_timeout
- Time in seconds to wait for the preconnect script to finish. Must be a
- value between 1-99.
-
- exe_path
- path to openvpn.exe, defaults to "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn.exe"
-
- log_dir
- log file directory, defaults to "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\log"
-
- log_append
- if set to "0", the log file will be truncated every time you start a
- connection. If set to "1", the log will be appended to the log file.
-
- priority
- the windows priority class for each instantiated OpenVPN process,
- can be one of:
-
- * "IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS"
- * "BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS"
- * "NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS" (default)
- * "ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS"
- * "HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS"
-
- allow_edit
- If set to "1", the Edit config menu will be showed.
-
- allow_password
- If set to "1", the Change Password menu will be showed.
-
- allow_proxy
- If set to "1", the Proxy Settings menu will be showed.
-
- allow_service
- If set to "1", the Service control menu will be showed.
-
- silent_connection
- If set to "1", the status window with the OpenVPN log output will
- not be showed while connecting.
-
- service_only
- If set to "1", OpenVPN GUI's normal "Connect" and "Disconnect"
- actions are changed so they start/stop the OpenVPN service instead
- of launching openvpn.exe directly.
-
- show_balloon
- If set to "0" - Never show any connected balloon.
- "1" - Show balloon after initial connection is established.
- "2" - Show balloon even after re-connects.
- log_viewer
- The program used to view your log files, defaults to
- "C:\windows\notepad.exe"
-
- editor
- The program used to edit your config files, defaults to
- "C:\windows\notepad.exe"
-
- passphrase_attempts
- Number of attempts to enter the passphrase to allow.
-
- All these registry options is also available as cmd-line options.
- Use "openvpn-gui --help" for more info about cmd-line options.
-
-
- If you have any problem getting OpenVPN GUI to work you can reach me via
- email at mathias@nilings.se.
-
-
- Building OpenVPN GUI from source
- --------------------------------
-
- * Download and install MinGW and MSYS from http://www.mingw.org/
- I'm using MinGW-3.2.0-rc-3 and MSYS-1.0.10.
-
- * Download and install the binary distribution of OpenSSL from
- http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
-
- * Download and extract the OpenVPN GUI source archive.
-
- * Start a bash shell by running msys.bat.
-
- * Run "make" from the OpenVPN GUI source directory.
-