Importing Pritunl VPN profile at pritunl-client on Linux CLI

Pritunl Pritunl VPN
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The instructions provided here are lacking information about activating a Pritunl VPN profile from a file, bypassing the URI method.
In many secure environments, only the UDP port for direct client-server VPN communication is open, without access to the WebUI. In such cases, importing the profile via a file is the only reliable way to establish a connection.

You can add profile by file using:
pritunl-client add example_profile.tar

*Please note: The client does not support direct .ovpn file activation; the profile must be in the .tar format exported from the Pritunl server.

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The add command supports either a tar file or profile URI link.

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Exactly, that is my point. While the command supports it, this information is missing from the official documentation page I linked above. It only mentions the URI method, which can be misleading for users in restricted network environments.
Please consider updating the docs to include the tar file usage for better clarity.

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The documentation has been updated to included this command.

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