Librem Tunnel

Activate service

  1. Visit your Librem One profile.

  2. Click the Activate button:

    Tunnel activation
  3. The Librem Tunnel service is now activated. It must now be installed and enabled on the device on which to use it.

Retrieve credentials

Username and password

Librem Tunnel uses a username and password that is different from Librem One credentials. To obtain Tunnel credentials:

  1. Navigate to your Librem One login page

  2. In the same browser window, access your Librem Tunnel account

  3. The Librem Tunnel username is the tunnel_user string. The Librem Tunnel password is the tunnel_password string.

Install

Android
  1. Download and install the Librem Tunnel application.

iOS
  1. Download and install the Librem Tunnel application from the App Store.

PureOS desktop
  1. Verify that the pre-requisite package network-manager-openvpn-gnome is installed.

    • Open a terminal window and run the command dpkg -l network-manager-openvpn-gnome. The output will contain the text ii  network-manager-openvpn-gnome if already installed.

    • If it is not installed, run the command sudo apt install -y network-manager-openvpn-gnome to install it.

  2. Retrieve your Librem Tunnel credentials and .ovpn file.

  3. Open SettingsNetwork. Under the VPN category, click the “+” button to add new connection, then select Import from file…:

    import conn
  4. Select the .ovpn file and click the “Open” button. An Add VPN dialog window will appear. Enter the Librem Tunnel credentials (Username and Password) in step 3 and click the “Add” button:

    add new vpn conn

Connect

Android
  1. Start the Librem Tunnel app and tap the rocket icon to create a new profile:

    Librem Tunnel 1
  2. Tap the checkmark icon to add your profile:

    Librem Tunnel 2

    Your profile is created:

    Librem Tunnel 3
  3. Tap the newly added profile to activate it. Android will warn you about adding new VPN connection, approve it:

    Librem Tunnel 4
  4. Enter your login info and tap OK button:

    Librem Tunnel 5
  5. Wait until it is connected:

    Librem Tunnel 6
  6. When Initialization Sequence Completed appears, tap the arrow to return back to the previous screen:

    Librem Tunnel 7

    You are finished!

iOS
  1. Launch the Librem Tunnel aplication.

  2. Import the .ovpn file and add your Librem Tunnel credentials.

PureOS desktop
  1. Click on the right side of the top bar in PureOS

  2. Select the option “VPN Off”

  3. Select “Connect”

    Librem Tunnel Connect

A padlock symbol on the right side of the top bar indicates that Librem Tunnel is connected.

Librem padlock

To verify that Librem Tunnel is connected, open PureBrowser and search for the term “ip”, before you connect Librem Tunnel:

IP before Librem tunnel

Performing the same search after Librem Tunnel is connected:

IP after Librem tunnel

Disconnect

Android
  1. Navigate to the main screen of the Librem Tunnel application.

    Librem Tunnel 7
  2. Tap on a connected profile to re-connect or disconnect from the VPN:

    Librem Tunnel 8

    You can skip showing the log, go to Settings and uncheck option Show log window:

    Librem Tunnel 9
PureOS desktop
  1. Click on the right side of the top bar in PureOS

  2. Select your Librem Tunnel VPN option

  3. Select “Turn Off”

    IP after Librem tunnel

Usage limits

Tier

Device Limit

Traffic Limit

Free

0

0 bytes

Basic

10

Unlimited

Complete

10

Unlimited