OpenVPN Client: Login Process with Authy

Creation date: 2/16/2022 12:04 PM    Updated: 9/30/2025 1:32 PM   authy openvpn
Here are the steps needed to use OpenVPN with Authy as the 2-Factor authenticating tool.

1 - Open the Authy app on your phone or other portable device so you can see the six-digit code that changes every 30 seconds.

- Start the OpenVPN app on your laptop. It looks like this except for the username:


If no server is configured, click the '+' to create a new profile. The Server is vpn.eckerd.edu and the port is 443.


3 - Click on the oval "switch" and enter your password:


4 - Enter the six-digit authenticator code shown in your Authy app. If the countdown time is short, wait until it cycles to the next code.


5 - Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, you should see this after a few moments:


6 - Now check your access to stuff. 

7 - When you are done, click on the green oval and then you will see this, and click Confirm: