Our guide below applies to Ubuntu 22.04-23.04 (and likely newer versions as well, last verified with 23.04). Contact support if you think it needs an update.
Prefer a visual guide? Watch the PenguinVPN 2.0 Ubuntu setup guide video.
1. If you don't yet have a subscription to PenguinVPN 2.0 service you'll need to get a subscription.
2. When placing an order select the OpenVPN protocol from the drop down list under where it says VPN Protocol.
![](/files/penguinvpn2/penguinvpn-select-openvpn-protocol.png)
3. Open the file manager (Files) and right click on the white area to create a folder called PenguinVPN in your home folder.
![](/files/penguinvpn2/penguinvpn-folder.png)
4. Download the PenguinVPN 2.0 configuration, open it in the Archive Manager, and extract the etc folder to newly created PenguinVPN folder.
![](/files/penguinvpn2/extract-etc-folder-to-penguinvpn.png)
5. Once a subscription has been purchased you'll receive an email containing a compressed file that contains the keys to connect to our PenguinVPN 2.0 servers. You'll need to download and extract the file named PenguinVPN-2-OpenVPN-Keys.tar.gz to your new PenguinVPN/etc/openvpn folder.
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The PenguinVPN/etc/openvpn folder should now contain penguin-new-tcp.ovpn, ca.crt, ta.key, user.crt, and user.key files like shown below:
![](/files/penguinvpn2/etc-openvpn-directory.png)
6. Click on the system tray (network/sound/battery icon in the top right) and open Settings.
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7. Under Network click the + icon next to VPN.
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8. Select Import from file... and find the penguin-new-tcp.ovpn file in the PenguinVPN > etc > openvpn folder.
9. Select the penguin-new-tcp.ovpn file and click Open.
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10. Click Add.
11. In the top right corner click the system tray and select the Connect button under the VPN option to connect
![](/files/penguinvpn2/connect.png)
If everything worked then you should see some city/state/country other than your own when you check out what your IP address is. To do that open a web browser and visit http://infosniper.net/ or another similar site to validate your VPN connection is working.
![](/files/penguinvpn2/infosniper.png)