These are valid for Arch Linux distribution but may work with any other distribution:
- networkmanager-sstp - NetworkManager VPN plugin for SSTP
- sstp-client - SSTP VPN implementation that allows remote access to Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
- network-manager-applet - Applet frontend for managing network connections
You can use the nm-applet GUI to create a VPN connection and load the certificate for the connection to use. Similarily, you can use the CLI to do what nm-applet does behind the backend:
Create a nm connection file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/NAME_OF_CONNECTION.nmconnection with the following values
[connection]
id=NAMEofCONNECTION
uuid=[HEXADECIMAL Characters and '-'; eg. 2815492f-7e56-435e-b2e9-246bd7cdc664]
type=vpn
autoconnect=false [OPTIONAL, YOU CAN SET IT TO true]
permissions=
timestamp= [The time, in seconds since the Unix Epoch, that the connection was last _successfully_ fully activated. NM will manage and update this]
[vpn]
ca-cert=/etc/PATHtoCERT
domain=DOMAINNAME
gateway=GATEWAYIPorDNSname
password-flags=2 [Go here for each flag description: https://people.freedesktop.org/~lkundrak/nm-docs/nm-settings.html#secrets-flags]
proxy-password-flags=0
refuse-chap=yes
refuse-eap=yes
refuse-pap=yes
tls-ext=yes
user=YOURUSERNAME
service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sstp
[ipv4]
dns-search=
method=auto
[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
dns-search=
ip6-privacy=0
method=auto
Save and sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
Use nm-applet GUI to connect to connection or you can use the following NetworkManager cli commands:
list all NM connections: nmcli con
start connection (wifi, vpn, etc): nmcli con up id ConnectionName
down connection: nmcli con down id ConnectionName