Nord VPN, can it be used?

Question

I need to know if Nord VPN service can be used in Ubuntu 14.04? I got the subscrption while on WIndows8 but had a hard drive failure and loaded 14.04 onto the new HD. Now I need to see if I can get this service up and running on Ubuntu.

Answer 1

Yes you can, first install this client

sudo apt-get install openvpn

Then change to its dir

cd /etc/openvpn

Download OpenVPN configuration files with command

sudo wget https://nordvpn.com/api/files/zip

In case you will get ERROR: The certificate ofnordvpn.com’ is not trusted., please installca-certificates` package with command

apt-get install ca-certificates

Extract config.zip with command

sudo unzip zip

Remove files which will be no longer used

sudo rm zip

To see the list of all available servers, simply enter ls -al command and it will print full configuration file list.

Choose a server which you would like to connect to.

Start OpenVPN with a chosen configuration by entering

sudo openvpn file name

(for example: sudo openvpn vpn_at_nordvpn_tcp.ovpn).

OpenVPN will ask you for credentials, so simply enter those in with your NordVPN account credentials.

You have successfully connected to VPN. To disconnect from the OpenVPN connection simply open terminal and type Ctrl + C command.

This is adapted from the NordVPN website, this seems the best way to do it but two alternatives are provided there, if you need something different.