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1. Install and configure the openvpn package for your distribution: 

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   $ sudo apt-get install openvpn

2. Download the Rapid Access Cloud VPN configuration files. VPN access is configured per region:

1. Calgary

2. Edmonton

3. Unzip the file and copy the contents to note the path where it is located. /etc/openvpn .

4. Rename the .ovpn file copied to /etc/openvpn to .conf (e.g. config.ovpn vpn-yyc.conf).

5. Start openvpn: 

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   $ sudo service openvpn start

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7. You can either interactively enter your Rapid Access Cloud account credentials each time or store the credentials in a text file.

   1. To interactively enter Rapid Access Cloud account credentials each time: 

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      sudo openvpn --config /path/to/config.ovpn <enter RAC email> <enter RAC password>   # Put process in background <ctrl-z> # suspend process bg # resume suspended process and sends to background disown -h # process is not killed when terminal is shutdown

   2. To store your credentials in a text file so you don't have to enter it each time. Replace rac-username and rac-password with the username/email and password for your Rapid Access Cloud account.

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      sudo su touch /etc/openvpn/rac-credentials printf '%s\n' 'rac-username' 'rac-password' > /etc/openvpn/rac-credentials sed -i 's/auth-user-pass/auth-user-pass \/etc\/openvpn\/rac-credentials/g' /path/to/config.ovpn   # To start vpn in background nohup openvpn --config /path/to/config.ovpn & # process output will be logged in nohup.out

8. When prompted, enter your Rapid Access Cloud username and password. To check whether the VPN is working, open a terminal and attempt to ping your private IP address. For example, “ping 10.0.0.73”.

9. To disconnect from the VPN: 

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   sudo killall openvpn