OpenVPN™ portable

• Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer
• About
• Installation
  • Upgrade
• Infos
  • Dependencies
  • Modifications
  • Configuration
• Known issues
• Download

Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer

Portapps is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with OpenVPN™, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.

The official OpenVPN™ website can be found at https://openvpn.net.

The name OpenVPN™ as well as related names, marks, emblems and images are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

About

OpenVPN™ portable app made with Portapps.
A free and open-source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques.

Installation

Download and install the latest portable setup where you want then run openvpn-portable.exe.

If you have already installed OpenVPN™ from the original setup, move the following files :

• %USERPROFILE%\OpenVPN\* to data

Then run openvpn-portable.exe and remove OpenVPN™ from your computer.

Upgrade

For an upgrade, simply download and install the latest portable setup.

Infos

Dependencies

Before using OpenVPN™ portable you have to install the TAP driver. The setup file is located in app\win*\tap-windows.exe.

Modifications

Here is what differs from the original release to ensure portability:

• Following switches are passed to the process.
  • --exe_path <app_path>bin/openvpn.exe: Path to openvpn.exe
  • --config_dir <data_path>/config: Path to configuration files
  • --ext_string ovpn: Configuration files extension
  • --log_dir <data_path>/log: Log path
  • --priority_string NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS: Priority value
  • --append_string 0: Truncate log file on connection
• Registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenVPN is imported and exported (reg folder) at runtime

Configuration

OpenVPN™ portable can be configured through the main YAML configuration file:

app:
  cleanup: true

• cleanup: Cleanup leftover folders and registry key (default false)

Known issues

There is no known issues Please let us know if you found one!

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