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DNS and VPN on Macos

Install brew, it will install xcode-shell

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Install basic packages, in terminal

brew install htop bmon mtr wget openvpn

add some instructions to .zshrc

igor@igormac ~ % cat .zshrc 
alias ls='ls -G'
alias la='ls -lah'
alias pa='ps aux | grep'

bindkey "^[[A" history-search-backward
bindkey "^[[B" history-search-forward

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

the last export is important!

Now let's fix DNS resolve issue on MacOS

~ % cd /usr/local/etc/openvpn
openvpn % wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewgdotcom/openvpn-mac-dns/master/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
openvpn % chmod 755 update-resolv-conf

back home

cd ~

and fix the file my-verysecure.ovpn, delete the following lines

up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

and place fixed one

up /usr/local/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /usr/local/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

now connect to VPN

~ % sudo openvpn .ssh/my-verysecure.ovpn 
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