vpngate
This is a client for vpngate.net.
This client fetches the list of available relay servers provided by vpngate.net, and allows you to filter and connect to a server of your liking.
You can check out your current IP address and region at https://ipinfo.io, or run the following:
curl ipinfo.io
Requirements
- OpenVPN <= 2.5 (configurations on vpngate.net do not seem work on OpenVPN 2.6+)
- macOS, Linux, or Windows
Install
You can install vpngate in a few different ways, and differs slightly depending on your OS.
Homebrew
vpngate can be installed with homebrew (ensure that xcode is installed before installing homebrew by running xcode-select --install).
brew install openvpn davegallant/public/vpngate
Windows
On Windows, install OpenVPN 2.5.x from the official website.
You must run in the terminal (command prompt) as Administrator in order to be able to run the relevant OpenVPN commands.
from source
Ensure that go is installed.
CGO_ENABLED=0 go get github.com/davegallant/vpngate
Ensure that the go bin path is discoverable:
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile
Usage
If on macOS, you may need to add openvpn to your PATH (if you installed it with brew):
export PATH=$(brew --prefix openvpn)/sbin:$PATH
List available servers
vpngate list
Connect to a server
Because openvpn creates a network interface, run the connect command with sudo or a user with escalated privileges.
sudo vpngate connect
Reconnect
To continually attempt to reconnect (this can be combined with --random):
sudo vpngate connect --reconnect
Random
If the country doesn't matter, a random server can be selected:
sudo vpngate connect --random
Proxy
In some cases, anonymity is necessary to populate the list of available VPN servers.
A proxy is a way to bypass restrictions and in some cases, internet censorship.
HTTP/HTTPS
Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy to fetch the server list.
sudo vpngate connect --proxy "http://localhost:8080"
SOCKS5
Use the specified SOCKS5 proxy to fetch the server list.
sudo vpngate connect --socks5 "127.0.0.1:1080"
Notes
- I do not maintain any of the servers on vpngate.net (connect to these servers at your own discretion)
- Many of the listed servers claim to have a logging policy of 2 weeks