Import .ovpn to Iphone via URL

[ionasOHG]

Hi everybody,
please help me. I want to import an ovpn file to the iphone via url from my local webserver.

I know that it is possible because I found a page where it works: http://www.vpngate.net/en/do_openvpn.as ... 3&hid=6186
After open the offered ovpn file with safare the iphone offers to open the file with openvpn app.

If I try to do this with nginx webserver my iphone always opens the file and shows me the content.
After analysing the code of vpngate.net I recognised that they use a kind of downloading script. That means they don't open the ovpn file directly but the use:

a href="...openvpn_download.aspx?...&vpngate_118.108.96.82_udp_1194.ovpn"

I tried already to create a php file and to manipulate the header() entries but without success.
Please help me!

Thanks and best regards
Christoph

[chayakornc]

example php code

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$file = 'full path/file.ovpn';  //os directory path not web path
header('Content-type: application/ovpn');
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"config.ovpn\"");
readfile($file);

sorry my english.

[ionasOHG]

hi chayakornc,

thanks for your reply. It tried this already but it didn't worked. For a Android Phone I tried it worked but my iPhone always asked me how to open it.

Currently I solved it differently. I added the following line to the /etc/nginx/mime.types:

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application/x-openvpn-profile       ovpn;

If somebody has questions to my solution, please contact me via the phone number of my homepage: http://www.ionas.com.
Best regards
Christoph

[chayakornc]

hi ionasOHG,

I didn't test Android phone.
Thanks for your answer to resolved.

[hansooloo]

hi chayakornc,

thanks for your reply. It tried this already but it didn't worked. For a Android Phone I tried it worked but my iPhone always asked me how to open it.

Currently I solved it differently. I added the following line to the /etc/nginx/mime.types:

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application/x-openvpn-profile       ovpn;

If somebody has questions to my solution, please contact me via the phone number of my homepage: http://www.ionas.com.
Best regards
Christoph

Probably because your nginx is taking care of the HTTP session headers and not paying attention to what comes from PHP.


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