Setup OpenVPN for TryHackMe

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Our students use TryHackMe to practice their skills. You can do it at your own pace. The idea is to improve a little everyday.

Following are the instructions to set up VPN for TryHackMe

  1. Login to Kali
  2. Register an account in TryHackMe
  3. Visit https://tryhackme.com/access Click on the green button Download My Configuration File. You should get an “ovpn” file (for example, Happysaur.ovpn). Move it to home dir or some better places than “Downloads”.
  4. Issue the following command
sudo apt-get install -y openvpn network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome
  1. Reboot Kali
  2. Run openvn, assume your ovpn file is “abc.ovpn”
sudo openvpn abc.ovpn
  1. Do not close or interrupt the terminal running openvpn. Open another tab or terminal for other commands.
  2. To test if your VPN works or not, visit https://tryhackme.com/room/zthlinux click on “Join Room”, then in Task 1, click on “Deploy”, then you’ll get an IP address
  3. ssh to the IP address with shiba1/shiba1. If you get in, then your VPN works.