How to set up OpenVPN on Raspberry Pi OS?

The following is required:

A FastVPN account (Don't have one? Sign up here);
Access to your FastVPN Account Panel in order to get your network credentials;
A working installation of Raspberry Pi OS;

1. Update the Raspberry Pi OS.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

2. Install OpenVPN.

sudo apt-get install openvpn unzip

3. Make sure the time zone is correct.

Run the command below and go through the configuration prompt to select the correct time zone:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

4. Elevate your privileges to root.

sudo -i

5. Download configuration file & setup FastVPN.

cd /tmp && wget https://vpn.ncapi.io/groupedServerList.zip && unzip groupedServerList.zip && mkdir -p /etc/openvpn && mv tcp /etc/openvpn && mv udp /etc/openvpn && rm -f groupedServerList.zip

6. Start FastVPN.

Depending on which protocol is preferable for you, you can start FastVPN in two options:

sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/tcp/NCVPN-AE-Dubai-TCP.ovpn --daemon

NOTE: “NCVPN-AE-Dubai-TCP.ovpn” can be changed to any preferred location from groupedServerList.zip.

sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/udp/NCVPN-AE-Dubai-UDP.ovpn --daemon

NOTE: “NCVPN-AE-Dubai-UDP.ovpn” can be changed to any preferred location from groupedServerList.zip.

7. Enter your login credentials.

Enter Auth Username:

- Auth Username is available in the FastVPN Account Panel: username@namecheap.

Enter Auth Password:

- Auth Password is available in the FastVPN Account Panel.

8. Verify that the connection was successful.

Wait for about a minute after running the VPN connection, then run:

curl https://ipinfo.io/ip

Your new public IP will be displayed: