

The demonstration below was obtained at a macOS 10.14.4 machine. The Only Me option creates a folder in the Library folder of the home folder and an All Users Macintosh HD in the Library folder. This guide will help you set up and connect to a StrongVPN OpenVPN server through Tunnelblick software. Tunnelblick creates a Tunnelblick folder in the Application Support folder where the configuration files are copied. Select Only Me (VPN settings only installed on the user account which is currently logged in) or, preferably, All Users (all user accounts have access to the VPN connection). When asking please enter the macOS administrator password.
#Setting up tunnelblick install
Install the profile files by opening them from the Downloads folder. txt from the end of the section and change it to. txt format, you can edit the file names by removing the. If for some reason the files are saved in the. Navigate to your Downloads folder and double-click the Tunnelblick installation file you have just downloaded (it has a. Instructions for downloading files: To save, right-click and select Save File or Save File As (the wording is browser specific). You may repeat these steps to install additional configurations at any time.Download and install the latest version of Tunnelblick from the Įxtract the dmg-file you just downloaded and copy Tunnelblick.app to the Applications folder.ĭownload the configuration profile files from Download Centre or here: If you’re following these instructions during your first time using.
#Setting up tunnelblick password
(If you are not logged in as a computer administrator you will need to enter the name and password of a computer administrator.) A notification of the installation will appear in the notifications area. Click the Tunnelblick icon in your menu bar, then select a Tunnelblick VPN configuration from the dropdown menu. When configurations are installed, they are secured so they cannot be modified without a computer administrator's approval.Įnter your password and click "OK". The name and password of a computer administrator is needed to install configurations because they can contain scripts which run with administrator (root) privileges to manipulate the computer's network configuration. If you have more than one configuration to install, you may select all of them and then drag-and-drop them on the icon to install them all at once.Ī window similar to the following will appear:Ĭlick the button for the type of installation you wish, and a window similar to the following will appear: Note: you can connect to obfuscated servers using TunnelBlick by downloading the configuration files for our.
#Setting up tunnelblick manual
Once you have downloaded one or more configurations, launch Tunnelblick if it is not already running, and then install a configuration by dragging it and dropping it on the Tunnelblick icon in the menu bar. Manual connection setup with Tunnelblick on macOS. If you have a lot of configurations, see Managing a Large Number of Configurations for suggestions.Ĭonfigurations are usually downloaded from your VPN service provider's website, or from your router or other VPN appliance setup page. You can have as many configurations as you want. The configuration could be a single file with a '.conf' or '.ovpn' extension or it could be a "Tunnelblick VPN Configuration", which is a file package with a '.tblk' extension. It contains all of the settings needed to connect to the VPN.


To connect to a VPN, Tunnelblick needs a "configuration" for the VPN. Installing Configurations Downloading Configurations
