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+====== Set up ''openvpn'' connection to lab network in ubuntu ======
+  * Generate ''<name>.ovpn'' file (''<name>'' stands for something meaningful you can decide) from the IPFire web interface and copy it to the computer you want to access the VPN network with.
+  * Copy the file and the ''<host>.p12'' file to ''/etc/openvpn'' and rename it to ''<name>.conf''
+  * Edit file ''<name>.conf''
+    * make sure that the ''remote'' line looks like
+     remote emp-lab-gw2 1194
+    * and change the line
+      pkcs12 <host>.p12
+to
+      pkcs12 /etc/openvpn/<host>.p12
+  * run ''sudo systemctl daemon-reload''
+  * the ovpn service can be controlled with
+    sudo service openvpn@<name> [start|stop|status]