Informatics OpenVPN upgrade
If you use the Informatics OpenVPN, you must download a new config file and set up a new username. Otherwise, you can stop reading.
As part of the ongoing Ubuntu upgrade, we’re migrating the OpenVPN endpoints to new servers. This is also a major version upgrade and some config changes to improve security (e.g. turning off compression). This will also hopefully silence some warnings that you have been seeing with some clients.
We aim to have the old servers turned off in two weeks time (14th August 2025), so please take action now to migrate to the new service.
As part of this move, we are also requiring the use of a separate identity which is only used for OpenVPN. This reduces the exposure of your “main” DICE password, and brings us into line with other services like the IS VPN which already require a separate identity. You will need to visit our password portal to set up a new password. It cannot be the same as your DICE password.
https://pp.inf.ed.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ppform-ovpn.cgi
The new config files are here:
https://computing.help.inf.ed.ac.uk/openvpn
Choose your OS and download the appropriate config file.
ACTION: Register an /ovpn identity and set a password. Download the new config file (and apply it to your client).
