VPN stands for Virtual Private Network , it is a technology that creates a safe and encrypted connectionover a less secure network, such as Internet.
Basically it connects you to a remote server(another country) by changing your IP Address and it use tunneling protocols to establish a secure connection.
Here we are using Windscribe VPN
Step 1: Create a free account on Windscribe.Visit Windscibe and register yourself.
Step 2: Open your Terminal and add the windscribe signing key to apt using following command.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key FDC247B7
Step 3: Add the repository to your source.list using following command
echo 'deb https://repo.windscribe.com/ubuntu bionic main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/windscribe-repo.list
Step 4: Update your system packages
sudo apt-get update
Step 5: Install windscribe-cli using following command.
sudo apt-get install windscribe-cli
Step 6: Login to windscribe with your credentials used in Step 1 while creating account on Windscribe.
windscribe login
1. To check status of VPN
windscribe status
it will show either you are connected to VPN or not
2. To connect to windscribe
windscribe connect
it will change your IP Address and connects you to a different server
3. To disconnect from windscribe
windscribe disconnect
4. To print VPN services Locations
windscribe locations
5. To connect to a specific Server
windscribe connect
6. To logout from windscribe
windscribe logout
Step 1: Open the terminal and create a file using gedit by the following command
gedit AutomateVPN.py
Python must be installed in your system
Step 2: Copy code from Automate_VPN.py and save it to AutomateVPN.py
Step 3: Close the Terminal , Reopen the terminal and type the following Command
windscribe login
python3 AutomateVPN.py
This will run the program and it will change your IP Address every 15-20 minutes.
To disconnect VPN Close the Terminal , Reopen the terminal and type the following Command
windscribe disconnect
Credit - Geeks for Geeks