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]