Setup guide
Pick your device. Two minutes flat, stopwatch in hand.
Download our app
Download VPN Paris for Android — by far the easiest way: no configuration, everything happens in the app.
Android will warn you it is an “unknown” app (it is not on the Play Store yet): allow the install from your browser.
Enter your e-mail
When it opens, enter your e-mail address. Your tunnel is set up automatically — no QR code, no file to import.
Tap the button
Android will ask for permission to establish a VPN: accept. The button turns green: you are protected, with a French IP address.
Prefer the official WireGuard app?
You can: install it from the Play Store, tap + then “Scan from QR code”, and scan the code shown on your access page.
Install WireGuard
Download the official app from wireguard.com/install, then install it normally.
Import your profile
Download your configuration file from your access page. In WireGuard, click “Import tunnel(s) from file” and pick the downloaded file.
Connect
Click “Activate”. Windows will ask for permission to install the tunnel: accept. The icon turns green — you are protected.
⚠️ Another VPN already running?
Turn it off before connecting VPN Paris: two simultaneous VPNs fight over the network and neither works properly.
Install WireGuard
Open the App Store, search for WireGuard (developer: WireGuard Development Team) and install it. It is free.
Import your profile
Download your configuration file from your access page. In WireGuard, use “Import tunnel(s) from file” and pick the file.
Connect
Click “Activate”. macOS will ask for permission to add a VPN configuration: accept with your password or Touch ID.
Install the VPN Paris client
On Debian, Ubuntu, Mint or MX Linux, our official client takes care of everything (WireGuard and DNS included):
wget https://vpnparis.com/vpnparis.deb sudo apt install ./vpnparis.deb
Different distribution (Fedora, Arch…)? Skip to step 4, the manual method.
Create your access
A single command, with your e-mail address — no credit card:
# 3-day free trial sudo vpnparis signup you@email.com # or, if you already have an account sudo vpnparis login you@email.com
Everyday use
# turn the VPN on sudo vpnparis up # tunnel state, remaining trial and public IP sudo vpnparis status # turn the VPN off sudo vpnparis down # start it at every boot sudo systemctl enable wg-quick@vpnparis
Once connected, your public address starts with 217.182.: your traffic leaves encrypted through our server in France.
Other distributions: manual method
Install WireGuard, then grab your configuration file from your personal access page:
# Fedora sudo dnf install wireguard-tools # Arch, Manjaro sudo pacman -S wireguard-tools openresolv # then install your profile and connect sudo mkdir -p /etc/wireguard sudo cp ~/Downloads/vpnparis.conf /etc/wireguard/ sudo chmod 600 /etc/wireguard/vpnparis.conf sudo wg-quick up vpnparis
Want a button in your system tray? Import the profile into the network manager:
sudo nmcli connection import type wireguard file /etc/wireguard/vpnparis.conf
VPN Paris then shows up in the network menu: one click to turn it on, one click to turn it off.
⚠️ Another VPN already installed?
Two VPNs cannot run at the same time: the second one takes over the network and the DNS servers, which makes it look like “nothing works any more”.
If you use Tailscale, ZeroTier, OpenVPN or any other VPN, stop it before connecting:
sudo systemctl stop tailscaled # example with Tailscale
The VPN connects but no website opens?
It is DNS. Install openresolv (see step 1), then restart the tunnel. Then check that /etc/resolv.conf does contain nameserver 1.1.1.1.
✓ Check that you are protected
Once connected, open api.ipify.org: the address shown must start with 217.182. — that is our server in Gravelines, France. If it does, all your traffic is encrypted.