Introduction
Needed Files
- Mac OS X Mountain Lion and earlier: Tunnelblick stable release
- Mac OS X Mavericks: Tunnelblick beta release
- FinchVPN OpenVPN Config
Installation
Start by downloading Tunnelblick for your version of Mac OS X.
- Mac OS X Lion and earlier: Tunnelblick stable release
- Mac OS X Mountain Lion: Tunnelblick beta release
Configuration
Step 1.
Download FinchVPN OpenVPN Config to your Downloads folder.
Now open Tunnelblick that you just downloaded and new window will come out.
Step 2. Click Open when asked to
Step 3. While installing Tunnelblick, you need to enter your admin user's credentials from time to time. The first time the admin credentials are needed to change the ownership and permissions of the Tunnelblick executables. Enter your admin credentials and click OK.
Step 4. Click Launch.
Step 5. First run configuration dialogs are displayed. Click I have configuration files.
Step 6. Click OpenVPN configuration(s) to use the previously downloaded configuration file.
Step 7. New window will shown up explaining the details, after you have read it, press Done
Step 8. A Finder window should have popped up. Copy the downloaded configuration file from your Downloads folder into here. Only copy a single config file that you need to us to the folder. DO NOT copy more than one
Step 9.
Next, rename the "Empty Tunnelblick VPN Configuration" folder on the desktop to "anyname.tblk"
(The part "anyname" may vary.) You must specify the suffix .tblk" after any name.
When you try to rename it, the following message will be displayed. Click the "Add" button.
Step 10. Double-click the .tblk folder, and the following screen will appear. Click "Only Me"
Step 11. Tunnelblick will install the config and after installation a pop up will be displayed.
Step 12. Click VPN Details
Step 13. Select latest OpenVPN version
Connect
Step 14. Click the Tunnelblick icon on the menu bar of Mac OS X,and click "Connect FinchVPN" (The "FinchVPN" part varies) The VPN connection will be initiated.
Step 15.
Enter your username and password (API Key) For convenience, check Save in Keychain. Click OK.
Please _DO NOT_ enter the password you use to login FinchVPN website, unless you enable password login in your FinchVPN account setting
Step 16. After few seconds, the VPN connecting status screen will appear as following.
Extra
Step 17.
If you have problems connecting you can check the log details. At any time during the connection you can choose "Details" to see this.
This is the log process, our techs may ask to see this. Remember we can help you remotely as well.
Step 18. If you regenerate or wanted to clear your API key/Password and enter new API Key/Password, you can click that.