| title | Configure P2S VPN clients - certificate authentication - macOS OpenVPN client |
|---|---|
| titleSuffix | Azure Virtual WAN |
| description | Learn how to configure the VPN client for Virtual WAN P2S configurations that use certificate authentication. This article applies to macOS OpenVPN client. |
| author | cherylmc |
| ms.service | azure-virtual-wan |
| ms.topic | how-to |
| ms.date | 01/30/2025 |
| ms.author | cherylmc |
This article helps you connect to your Azure virtual network (VNet) using Virtual WAN User VPN point-to-site (P2S) and Certificate authentication on macOS using an OpenVPN client.
[!INCLUDE Prerequisites- macOS]
For certificate authentication, a client certificate must be installed on each client computer. The client certificate you want to use must be exported with the private key, and must contain all certificates in the certification path.
For information about working with certificates, see Generate and export certificates.
The following example uses TunnelBlick.
[!INCLUDE OpenVPN macOS]
Follow up with any additional server or connection settings. See Tutorial: Create a P2S User VPN connection using Azure Virtual WAN.