This page explains how to use Informatics OpenVPN on iOS.
Installing
- Make sure that you have set your OpenVPN password in the Password Portal. Your username looks like uun/ovpn.
- Download and install OpenVPN Connect from the App Store.
Configuring and Connecting
- Next, download this configuration file or this one or both.
(Why is there more than one configuration file?)
- Once you have done this, the most straightforward way to install them is to email the configuration files to yourself as attachments.
- To import the OpenVPN config file from the email you just sent yourself:
In your email app select the config file attachment, select the share icon top right, then select OpenVPN. This should open the OpenVPN Connect app with the config present.
- Select "add", then input your username (which is of the format [UUN]/ovpn).
- Selecting connect for the first time will present you with a popup ""OpenVPN" Would Like to Add VPN Configurations" - allow this.
- You will then be asked for your OpenVPN password.
- The VPN can now be monitored and turned off/on from within the OpenVPN Connect app.
Battery warning
If you value your battery life, only use OpenVPN when you have to, and turn it off again as soon as you no longer need to use it. While you have it turned on "keepalive" packets will be sent between your device and the endpoint every few seconds, so your device will not be able to go into low-power mode.
See also...
- ⇒ OpenVPN FAQ.