ProtonVPN, OpenVPN, and KODI

VPN
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Hello,

I’ve been trying to get ProtonVPN setup using libreELEC + KODI + OpenVPN on my rasphberry pi. I downloaded the OpenVPN file off the protonvpn.com portal but I keep getting an error message that says AUTH_FAILED… however, I know the username and password is 100% correct. I pay for the plus subscription so its not an access issue. Does anyone have this setup that could shed some light? I must be doing something wrong …

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finally I got it:

Verify that you’re using correct OpenVPN credentials. Make sure you are using your OpenVPN credentials (and not your Proton credentials). ProtonVPN employs two sets of credentials, your Proton account credentials, used to log in on our homepage protonvpn.com (or to your email if you are a ProtonMail user),
and your OpenVPN credentials, which are used to authenticate with the
VPN servers if you are using a 3rd party OpenVPN application. For
security reasons, you must use your OpenVPN credentials and not your
Proton credentials when logging in via third party VPN applications.

you find your OvenVPN credentials at your Proton Account -

see → OpenVPN‐/IKEv2‐User:

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I had this same issue. Used the correct login (not the email/password one) and had no luck, auth would always fail. Curious to see if someone figure this out.

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There’s a long list of supported VPN providers in the Zomboided VPN manager, but sadly ProtonVPN isn’t one of them.

https://github.com/Zomboided/service.vpn.manager/wiki

This is a bummer.

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I got the same problem - AUTH_FAILED

Did anyone solve the problem?

thx

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I did that too … Then I get the same error. What download file should I be using? The Linux file right? I’ve also tried the android OpenVPN config file.

Edit: I get the same auth_failed not a different error.

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I’ll give it a shot, thanks.

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The only thing I see in the logs is about the certificate. The logs say it expects a TLS certificate. Not sure if that’s part of the problem…

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Hi, i solved the problem by deleting the following two lines from every .ovpn file wich i downloaded from the ProtonVPN Account Download page:

- up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
- down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
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Did you get it working?

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I did! Thanks again :slight_smile:

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Please share how you got it working. Protonvpn doesn’t appear to be supported through the zomboided vpn manager. Thanks in advance!