How to establish the connection via Plesk VPN Extension?

Question

How to establish the connection via Plesk VPN Extension?

Answer

1. Log into Plesk

2. Navigate to Extensions > My Extensions > Virtual Private Networking > Open and click on Switch On

3. Download Client package for the corresponding platform and upload it to the client device

   Note: Client package For a UNIX Client should be used on OS X

4. Install corresponding OpenVPN client software on the client device: Installing OpenVPN

5. For the OpenVPN clients newer than 2.4.3, remove the mtu-disc yes option from the configuration using file editor, or sed (on UNIX platforms):

   # openvpn --version
   OpenVPN 2.4.6 <...>

   # sed -i '/mtu-disc yes/d' openvpn.conf

   Note: This is required due to the bug 909 in OpenVPN clients.

6. Execute the following command on the client device (or specify configuration file to the client software by other means):

   # cd openvpn-package
   # openvpn --config openvpn.conf