Requirements · Ubuntu, Debian or Fedora for the app. On any other distribution, use the WireGuard or OpenVPN config files.
Install and connect
- 1Buy a VPN plan with your VPN Club balance.
- 2From the Downloads tab in your dashboard, get the .deb package (Ubuntu, Debian) or the .rpm package (Fedora).
- 3Install it with your package manager. You will need sudo.
- 4In a terminal, run the VPN Club login command and type your VPN Club ID and password.
- 5Print the location list and choose a country or city.
- 6Run the connect command, then check the status output to confirm the tunnel is up.
App or config file
The terminal app takes care of signing in, choosing a server, changing protocol and the kill switch. Add the help flag to any command to see its options.
Prefer not to install anything? Ask in the Support tab and we will send a WireGuard config for wg-quick or an .ovpn file for OpenVPN or NetworkManager. Each file points at a single server, so a different location needs another file.
A good starting setup
On a machine that runs on its own, like a home server fetching updates overnight, turn on the app's kill switch. Traffic outside the tunnel stays blocked until the connection comes back.
If you use config files, do not delete the DNS line that points to VPN Club's resolver. Without it, DNS lookups go to your ISP even with the tunnel up.
If something goes wrong
With systemd-resolved, DNS can stay on the old server after you connect. Install the resolvconf compatibility package, or import the config through NetworkManager, so DNS switches together with the tunnel.
A missing WireGuard kernel module usually means your kernel is behind the version your distribution ships today. Run a system update or install wireguard-tools from your distribution's repository.
