using-nordvpn-on-arch.md (1015B)
1 --- 2 title: "Using NordVPN on ArchLinux" 3 date: 2020-12-03T13:43:00 4 lastmod: 2021-01-20T16:40:00 5 tags: ["Linux", "Networks", "Snippets", "Software"] 6 --- 7 8 I found myself with access to a NordVPN account a while back, and while VPN's have many, **many** downsides and the advertising of them is even worse, there is still a place for them. 9 10 The CLI client is available in the AUR, so it can be installed via: 11 ``` 12 yay -S nordvpn-bin 13 ``` 14 15 Once installed, you'll want to add your username to the nordvpn group using: 16 ``` 17 sudo gpasswd -a $(whoami) nordvpn 18 ``` 19 20 Logout and log back in for the above to take effect. You can manually start the daemon as root: 21 ``` 22 sudo nordvpnd 23 ``` 24 25 With the daemon started, you can login to your account, list available coutries to connect to and connect via: 26 ``` 27 nordvpn account 28 nordvpn countries 29 nordvpn connect Iceland 30 ``` 31 32 Once you've finished your nefarious activities, you can disconnect logically using: 33 ``` 34 nordvpn disconnect 35 ``` 36 37 **Edit 2021-01-20:** Addded group membership command