• In order to create a manual VPN configuration, you will need to obtain a VPN username and password from the PureDome console page.
• The option to access VPN Agent credentials is now located in the profile section of the PureDome console. Members of the team, including administrators, can now easily see, copy, and generate their own passwords for setting up the VPN manually.
• To access, simply log into the PureDome console at: app.puredome.com, click on Profile in the upper right corner, scroll down, and there you’ll find the VPN Username (purevpn0sxxx) along with a button to generate a new VPN Password under VPN Agent.
• Once you have your account details for manual configuration, you can follow the steps given below to manually configure the VPN on your Android device.

• Tap Settings. 

• Tap Connections.

• Tap More connection settings.

• Tap VPN.

• Tap three vertical dots (⋮)

• Tap Add VPN profile.

• A pop up window will appear.

• Enter the following details:
  • Name: Enter a name to identify the connection; for example, you can use the service name like PureDome manual connection.
  • Server address: 
    • For shared IP VPN users: You can see the list of manual server addresses from this link.  

• For dedicated IP/ gateway users: Please contact the administrator of your PureDome account who can log into the console at: app.puredome.com and provide you with the server name for your dedicated IP/ gateway account.

• Type: Use the VPN type drop-down menu and select the protocol required to connect to the particular VPN server. For this tutorial, we used PPTP. Supported protocols are:
  • L2TP/IPsec with pre-shared key
    • For L2TP/IPsec, use L2TP secret: 12345678
  • Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
    • For PPTP, uncheck PPP encryption (MPPE)  
  • IPSec Xauth PSK
    • For IPSec Xauth PSK, use IPsec pre-shared key: 12345678
• Username: Instructions to fetch the username and password for manual connection provided above.
• Password: Instructions to fetch the username and password for manual connection provided above.
• After entering your details, tap Save button. You will see your newly created manual VPN profile. 

• Tap the manual VPN profile in order to get connected. 

• The status of the manual VPN profile will change to Connected indicating the start of your secure and anonymous browsing experience. 

• On google play store, use the search bar to search for OpenVPN. You may find several different apps for OpenVPN connection. But for this tutorial, we used OpenVPN Connect. Tap Install. 

• Once the application is installed, tap Open to launch the app. 

• As soon as you open the OpenVPN app, you will be presented with a screen that looks like the one in the picture below. 

• Go to this page and download the OpenVPN configuration files for Android, and then switch to the FILE tab. 

• You can find the downloaded configuration files in your phone's download folder. To upload an OpenVPN file, tap BROWSE. 

• Select the OpenVPN file you want to upload into the OpenVPN app and tap OK.

• Enter your PureDome credentials, mark check ☑️ Connect after import and tap ADD. 

• When connecting for the first time, you will be prompted to set up your VPN and approve connection requests by OpenVPN Connect. Tap ALLOW.

• When the OpenVPN Connect app successfully connects to a VPN server, you will see the connection status on your screen indicating the start of your secure and anonymous browsing experience. 

Once you have the server name, open any OpenVPN file via text editor such as notepad and replace the server address in the file with the server address for your dedicated IP/ gateway account. Save the file and upload it into OpenVPN GUI to make a connection.