I am writing this for the iPhone, but any iOS device should work, and I am using a pre-built settings file for Secure-Tunnel.com, I will show how to make a config file in another article.

In order to install an OpenVPN client on the iPhone, you need to jailbreak it.  I am not going to go into jailbreaking as it is well documented all over the web.

Installing OpenVPN for the iPhone

1. Open Cydia and go to the “Manage” tab, then click on “Sources“
2. Click on “Edit” then “Add“
3. Enter the url : http://cydia.guizmovpn.com and click on “Add source”

   

4. Select “com.guizmo.openvpn“
5. Click on “Install” and “Confirm“
6. After few seconds, you should see a new icon on your springboard called “OpenVPN“, click it to open

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The first thing I noticed when trying to get an OpenVPN Client for Ubuntu is most people keep referring to the Network Manager application.  It took me a while to realize that the network-manager application is does not actually go by that name in the GUI.  Its actually Network Connections in the preferences window.  You can access it from the menubar as well.

Installing Open VPN on Ubuntu 10.04 is a breeze.

1. Make sure you have the latest updates installed
2. Open a terminal window and enter the following command:

   sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
   

3. After it has installed, restart you computer
4. OpenVPN Client is now installed and ready to configure

I actually have not configured an OpenVPN connection from scratch via the GUI, I found it was much easier just to take an openVPN config file and import it.

After you have your connection setup, you can connect and disconnect at will the VPN directly from the Network Manager menu bar icon.