How to import or export VPN connections in Windows

Tanvir Hasan

Using a VPN program to surf the Internet has become very common nowadays. It is something that we can use both on computers and on mobile devices. The range of possibilities is very wide. We have both free and paid software, in addition to having different features that can be used to improve connectivity. In this article, we are going to talk about what we can do to export or import a VPN connection in Windows 10.

Steps to import or export VPN connections in Windows 10

Windows 10 is currently the most used operating system. Therefore, when we explain some feature related to networks or some VPN configuration, it can come in handy for many users. This time we are going to talk about what to do to export or import a VPN connection. You just have to follow a series of steps to achieve it. The first thing we need to do is go to the Connections folder . We can get there by clicking on any folder or opening Windows Explorer and pasting the following into the path: %AppData%MicrosoftNetworkConnections It will automatically open the Connections folder, where we can have some more folders. The one we are interested in is the one called Pbk . It is the one that we have to copy to export the VPN connection to any other place. We will find a window like the one we see in the image above. In this case, we simply have to click the right mouse button on the Pbk folder and then paste it where we are interested. For example, we can insert a USB stick or hard drive and export the VPN connection there. We simply have to connect that device that we have used to export the VPN to the other computer from which we are going to import the VPN connection. How do we import a VPN in Windows? The process is practically the same as what we have described above. Once again we have to go to the %AppData%MicrosoftNetworkConnections path, but this time from the computer that we want to import the connection. Once this is done, we will see that a folder appears as we saw it before. What we do this time is put that flash drive or hard drive where we previously copied the Pbk folder and paste it into the path of the second computer. In this way, following the steps that we have mentioned, we can export or import a VPN connection in Windows 10. It is a quick and simple process.

Set names and passwords manually

Keep in mind that what we have done is export and import VPN connections. This way they will be available in the configuration. Now, keep in mind that this does not include the usernames and passwords that we have in the connections. For it to work correctly we will have to configure both the users and the passwords manually. We have to follow a series of steps if we want to change the username or password. The first thing we have to do is go to Start, enter Settings, go to Network and Internet, access VPN from the menu on the left, and click Add a VPN connection. We will have to fill in the corresponding data and click Save. In short, by following the steps that we have mentioned we can export or import VPN connections in Windows 10. We do not need to install any additional program, we simply have to use the operating system's own configuration and copy the corresponding folder. In a short time, we will have exported or imported the connections between different computers.

Why use a VPN

Using a VPN is something that users on the Internet are increasingly taking into account. It is something that we can use on our devices to connect to the network and avoid problems, in addition to avoiding certain restrictions that we may have.

Improve privacy on the web

Without a doubt, one of the reasons why we can use a VPN is to improve privacy on the network. Today our data can be stolen through many different methods, but one of the most common is when browsing a public Wi-Fi network. What we are going to achieve with this type of program is to encrypt the connection. Our data will travel in a kind of tunnel, without others being able to read it. In this way we will have significantly improved our privacy.

Being able to access restricted services

We can also bypass geoblocks . For example, this is very common when trying to watch a series or movie. We may come across that in that country in which we are traveling it is not possible to visualize it. There is a restriction and therefore a solution would have to be found. That's where VPN services come into play. They are very interesting since we can choose to connect to a server that is in another country. In this way, we can use a program and access a website or any service that may be blocked or geographically restricted.

Hide real location

Another very important issue is that of hiding the real location . Through the IP address, they could know more or less where we are. However, by using a VPN this is hidden. We will be sailing from a totally different direction than the real one. It is one more way to also improve privacy and not have problems on the Internet.

Being able to buy cheaper

Yes, we can also use a VPN to find certain offers or get a cheaper price when buying a product. On many occasions, we can find ourselves with the possibility of contracting a subscription from a third country or acquiring cheaper flight tickets. A VPN will allow us to change the location from which we connect. Therefore we can appear as if we were in another nation. It is one more alternative that we can find to save money thanks to this type of service. Therefore, the use of a VPN is very interesting. We have a large number of options on the web and we must always choose the product that best suits what we are looking for. Yes, privacy and security must always be taken into account. We should not choose any option without making sure that our data will be adequately protected.

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Aapanel is one of the best easy to use and free web hosting control panel nowdays. These tutorial we will guide How to install aapanel on ubuntu or centos. Aapanel offers by Chinese developers of BT.CN.

Aapanel is very user friendly and it offers GUI for most of the essential linux servers. Aapanel is open source web hosting panel. It offers many great features for free like editor, uploader, file manager, backups, multi php, php ini editor, database management, multiple websites, free ssl and so on. It have a great feature like NGINX preconfigured firewall.

Following these tutorial you can install aapanel on ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 and debin. Also we added commands for centos installation. Let's see what's prerequisites you need:

· Minimum disk space 20GB

· Fresh Installed Ubuntu or Centos Server

· Minimum Ram 1GB

· Minimum 1vcpu

· Ssh access of the server

Let's start the installation. At first login to the ssh using putty or any other ssh client. Installing is pretty much easy. First, you have to switch to root if you are not root user currently.

# sudo su -

Now you have to update OS

# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y;

Download and install the aaPanel installation script on your ununtu or debin.

# wget -O install.sh http://www.aapanel.com/script/install-ubuntu_6.0_en.sh && sudo bash install.sh

For Centos run these commands

# yum install -y wget && wget -O install.sh http://www.aapanel.com/script/install_6.0_en.sh && bash install.sh

Here is the list of answers installation script going to ask you:

> Do you want to install aaPanel to the /www directory now? (y/n): y

> Do you need to enable the panel SSl ? (yes/n): n

After the installation completes, a random administrator username and password will be displayed in your console. You have to note them.

Firewall reloaded
===================================
Congratulations! Installed successfully!
===================================
aaPanel Internet Address: http://example.com:7800/5b52b2f3
aaPanel Internal Address: http://example.com:7800/5b52b2f3
username: ***************
password: ***************
Warning:
If you cannot access the panel,
release the following port (7800|888|80|443|20|21) in the security group
===================================
Time consumed: 3 Minute!

Now open your browser and browse the url of aapanel internet address. It should look like

http://example.com:7800/5b52b2f3

Now enter you username and password and hit login. You should now able to enter the control panel. Then you will be asked to install Lnmp or Lamp. LNMP is always recommanded. Also make sure to hit on complied if you want to use the server for production websites.

It should take time to be fully installed. Then you are done, Now you can enjoy your fastest
control panel to host your websites. You can see how can you add your website to cloudflare to add to aapanel.

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This article we will guide how to add a domain on cloudflare for free. Cloudflare offers a wide range of services for free. Many developers and company owners use cloudflare to protect their websites from attackers and hackers. It also makes your website fast.

In cloudflare you can enjoy most of the services for free. For some other services you have to upgrade your account to pro plan.

At first go to dash.cloudflare.com and create a new account. Now login to your cloudflare account. You will notice here a button namely "add a site". Click on here and input your domain name. For example your domain name is mydomain.com.

Now a new interface will be opened. Scroll down and select "Not sure where to start? Get started for free.Free $0". Click continue and it should scan your exciting dns records.

Click continue again and you will be asked to change your dns of your domain. Now login to your domain portal. Locate nameserver option. You can see here your old name servers name. Replace them with clouflare dns. It may take some time to propagate the new dns input.

When your dns is changed you should receive a notification from cloudflare that mydomain.com is now added to cloudflare. Now you can click on "done,nameserver" check and it should take to to fetch some editional features. Configure them all and your domain is ready to get cloudflare services for free. You will be now eligible to access security and caching feafures from cloudflare.

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Migrating a website is not easy nowdays. This tutorial will guide you How to migrate a large wordPress site manually. If your website is large then it should be more complicated issue. Usually we change hosting because of slow performance, malware attack, old php, not enough resources. We can migrate a website both automatically and manually also. This tutorial we will guide how can you migrate your website manually without losing a single file or image whether it's large or small.

If your website is large then you can not migrate it automatically using a plugin. Manually migration causes downtime of your website. Downtime will effect your users because they will see server not reachable message. We will do the migration without a single downtime. Let's start the process.

First we will recommend you to add your domain to cloudflare. See how to add a domain in cloudflare. Now you can see the dns tab of your domain in cloudflare. Your domain is pointed to your server IP. Example 176.22.152.89. Please note the ip of new server or hosting.

Then open your web host manager (example: Cpanel, Plesk, Cyberpanel). Locate your website(suppose your site name is mydomain.com) and open the file manager of your website. You have to go your website's directory. In cpanel it's located inside Public_HTML. Now you will see here are some folders like wp-admin, wp-contents and some files also.

migrate wordpress website

Select all here and archive(compress) them. You can use tar.gz archive extension. That will create a new compressed file. Download the archived file. Now go back to webhost manager again. If it's cpanel you will see here is option namely phpmyadmin. In phpmyadmin your database for the website mydomain.com is located. Now open the phpmyadmin. Go to the databases.

You will see the database name related to your website mydomain.com. For example the database name is mydomain_database. Now click on mydomain_database, then scroll down and select check all option. You are going to download that database. Now click on With Selected and choose export option.

wordpress website migration

Another interface will be opened. Select "Custom - display all possible options". Now scroll down and select the compression type as gzipped. Scroll down and click on go. You databse will be downloaded now.

Now final step, whatever we have downloaded we will upload them to new hosting. So open the new hosting manager. Add your domain on hosting panel. Go to the file manager and locate your domain. Go to your domain directory. You will find here some files from before. You can delete them or keep them. Now upload the first downloaded file tar.gzip. Extact it on same folder. Open the wp-config file after extraction. Note down database name, user name, password.

Go back to webhost manager. Go to databases and create a new database. Use the same name you noted from wp-config file. Create a new user, use the name and password you noted from wp-config file. Connect the database and user. Now import the database you downloaded previously.

big wordpress website migration

Alternative: you can create new database, new user and password. then edit the wp-config file in file manager and replace the old database name, username, password with new one.

You're all done. Again go to your cloudflare. Find your domain and go to dns manager for your domain. Now edit the dns which are pointed to old server ip, replace them with new server ip. Visit your website. You should able to visit your website now and your site is at new hosting. If here is any error you can change it back to old hosting ip again.

If you didn’t use cloudflare just change the dns for your domain to new hosting provider.

Steps to import or export VPN connections in Windows 10

Set names and passwords manually

Why use a VPN

Improve privacy on the web

Being able to access restricted services

Hide real location

Being able to buy cheaper

# wget -O install.sh http://www.aapanel.com/script/install-ubuntu_6.0_en.sh && sudo bash install.sh

# yum install -y wget && wget -O install.sh http://www.aapanel.com/script/install_6.0_en.sh && bash install.sh

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