Mullvad VPN

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Mullvad VPN is a no-log, open-source VPN.

Requirements

Notice: this section is currently WIP.

Kernel

Netfilter

"mullvad" netfilter table must be set

Installation

Mullvad is available on the GURU. Please follow those steps to enable the GURU if it is not already enabled.

Emerge

root #emerge --ask net-vpn/mullvadvpn-app

Usage

Enabling the service

Installing Mullvad provides both a daemon and the app (client) itself. In order to use Mullvad, first enable the daemon, and then start the app.

OpenRC

root #rc-update add mullvad-daemon default
root #rc-service mullvad-daemon start

systemd

root #systemctl enable mullvad-daemon
root #systemctl start mullvad-daemon

Starting the client

Run the installed client using the mullvad-vpn command:

user $mullvad-vpn