Sat Receiver: How to Set Up Enigma2 and VU+ Solo² with CyberGhost via OpenVPN

The digital HDTV satellite receiver 'VU+ Solo²' is based on Linux and can be used with your CyberGhost account with an OpenVPN installation if the following requirements are met: 

• Most recent firmware
• Installed OpenVPN plug-in for the receiver
• Linux operating system (PC)
• A CyberGhost account
  Info: Here's how to create a CyberGhost account online
  Info: How to manage your CyberGhost account
• A CyberGhost subscription
  Info: How to purchase or upgrade a subscription
  Info (only prepaid subscribers): Enter activation key

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that, although the technical process is as thoroughly documented as possible, you need to have at least some technical understanding. There's always a chance for an overseen mistake and/or things being  changed whilst the article may not yet have been updated. 

Step 1

Visit your CyberGhost VPN online account and log in with your CyberGhost Username and Password

1. Click on the "VPN" section from the left-side menu
2. Select "Configure Device"

   

    

   Now create your server configuration, as described below :

   • Protocol : Open VPN
     
   • Country : Since native protocol connections may only be used with exactly one server you now have to choose the country you want to surf from; the server to be used in this country will be chosen by CyberGhost automatically.
   • Server group : Choose the server group and the OpenVPN protocol (UDP or TCP) you want to use

   OpenVPN UDP allows higher speed than the TCP version but can result in broken downloads in some cases. This is the default setting.
   OpenVPN TCP allows more stable connections than the UDP version but is a bit slower. Choose this version, if you have recurrent connection issues such as sudden disconnections.

   Once the desired parameters are chosen, save them with "Save Configuration"

    

   

   To view the OpenVPN credentials that are generated for you on the configuration dashboard, go again to the "VPN" section and press the "View" button associated with your configuration.

   

   After setting up your connection preferences, please take note of the following:

   • Server Group : This is the address of the country (server) you want to be connected with, e.g. '12345-1-ca.cg-dialup.net'. This address changes with every country you have chosen in the step before. The actual single server to be used will be chosen automatically by CyberGhost.
   • Username : A solely for this protocol generated user name. This is NOT your regular CyberGhost account user name, it's used only to authenticate with our servers via Manual Configurations.
   • Password : A solely for protocol usage generated password. This is NOT your regular CyberGhost account password, it's used only to authenticate with our servers via Manual Configurations.
   • Pre-Shared Key

   Once done, please download the configuration file. For that click on "Download Configuration" and download the config file to your computer (it's recommended that you create a special folder for the config, somewhere accessible like your Desktop and Extract/Copy the contents of the .zip file there).

   

Important : please keep your username and password obtained during the configuration process at hand, you will need them later in the setup.

Now, the saved config is a ZIP file, which contains the following single files:

• ca.crt: This is the certificate of the certification authority
  
• client.crt: This is the user certification file 
• client.key: This is your private key file
• openvpn.ovpn: This is your OpenVPN configuration file

Once you unzip all single files to a computer and rename the file 'openvpn.ovpn' to ‘CyberGhost.conf’. 

If you need to change the country to surf from, you must re-configure the location (select a different country) to use in your account management, download the new config file, unzip it and rename the new OpenVPN file to 'CyberGhost.conf'.

Step 2

1. To be able to log in automatically, save your user name and password in a file called ‘pas.key’. For this you need to have access to a Linux computer where you type the following command in a terminal window:

sudo nano pas.key

Type in your credentials (one in each line):

Username
Password

#First line is a generated username and the second line is a generated password.

Save your changes with ‘CTRL+O’ and leave the nano editor via ‘CTRL+X’

2. Next, open the configuration file ‘CyberGhost.conf’ by typing :

sudo nano CyberGhost.conf

Extend the line ‘auth-user-pass’ …

[...]
auth-user-pass
[...]

… with the path to your credentials file:

[...]
auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/pas.key
[...]

3. Connect to your device through the Telnet and enter the following command:

opkg install openvpn

When setup is complete, reboot the device.

4. Connect to your device through the FTP or SSH, and create a new folder named openvpn in /etc/ path. After that, copy both files (‘CyberGhost.conf’ and 'pas.key') along with all certificates and key files from the downloaded ZIP file into the OpenVPN folder ('etc/openvpn') on your VU+.

5. Start the OpenVPN on the Menu >Setup >System >Network >OpenVPN Setup >Press Green To Start OpenVPN.