2021-12-29
Recently, I searched to find where Private Internet Access stores account credentials and settings locally as part of maintaining a set of autoinstall/cloud-init files for provisioning my laptop. I wasn't able to find any information through a cursory web search, so I set out to find the settings myself. Included below are the files I found.
Contains information about account including credentials, plan duration, and any dedicated IPs that might belong to the account.
{
"active":true,
"canceled":false,
"daysRemaining":123,
"dedicatedIps":[],
"expirationTime":1640494017000,
"expireAlert":false,
"expired":false,
"loggedIn":true,
"needsPayment":false,
"openvpnPassword":"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
"openvpnUsername":"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
"password":"",
"plan":"24m",
"portForwardPayload":"",
"portForwardSignature":"",
"recurring":true,
"renewURL":"https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/",
"renewable":false,
"token":"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
"username":"p1234567"
}
Contains VPN locations/latencies, feature flags, cipher settings, and translations
{
"appMessage": {
"hasLink": false,
"id": 0,
"linkTranslations": {},
"messageTranslations": {},
"settingsAction": {},
"uriAction": "",
"viewAction": ""
},
"betaChannelOsRequired": "",
"betaChannelVersion": "",
"betaChannelVersionUri": "",
"cachedModernRegionsList": {
"groups": {
"ikev2": [{"name": "ikev2", "ports": [500, 4500]}],
"meta": [{"name": "meta", "ports": [443, 8080]}],
"ovpntcp": [{"name": "openvpn_tcp", "ports": [80, 443, 853, 8443]}],
"ovpnudp": [{"name": "openvpn_udp", "ports": [8080, 853, 123, 53]}],
"proxysocks": [{"name": "socks", "ports": [1080]}],
"proxyss": [{"name": "shadowsocks", "ports": [443]}],
"wg": [{"name": "wireguard", "ports": [1337]}]
},
"regions": [
{
"auto_region": true,
"country": "EX",
"dns": "example.privacy.network",
"geo": false,
"id": "example",
"name": "Example",
"offline": false,
"port_forward": true,
"servers": {
"ikev2": [
{"cn": "example000", "ip": "127.0.0.1"},
{"cn": "example123", "ip": "127.0.0.2"},
{"cn": "example321", "ip": "127.0.0.3"}
],
"meta": [
{"cn": "example000", "ip": "127.0.0.1"},
{"cn": "example123", "ip": "127.0.0.2"},
{"cn": "example321", "ip": "127.0.0.3"}
],
"ovpntcp": [
{"cn": "example000", "ip": "127.0.0.1", "van": false},
{"cn": "example123", "ip": "127.0.0.2", "van": false},
{"cn": "example321", "ip": "127.0.0.3", "van": false}
],
"ovpnudp": [
{"cn": "example000", "ip": "127.0.0.1", "van": false},
{"cn": "example123", "ip": "127.0.0.2", "van": false},
{"cn": "example321", "ip": "127.0.0.3", "van": false}
],
"wg": [
{"cn": "example000", "ip": "127.0.0.1"},
{"cn": "example123", "ip": "127.0.0.2"},
{"cn": "example321", "ip": "127.0.0.3"}
]
}
}
]
},
"cachedModernShadowsocksList": [
{
"cipher": "aes-128-gcm",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"key": "shadowsocks",
"port": 443,
"region": "ex"
}
],
"flags": [
"email_login",
"ratings_1",
"dedicated_ip",
"check_renew_dip",
"trustpilot_feedback",
"limit_one_dip",
"service_quality_events"
],
"gaChannelOsRequired": "",
"gaChannelVersion": "3.1.2+06767",
"gaChannelVersionUri": "https://privateinternetaccess-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/pia_desktop/builds/pia-linux-3.1.2-06767.run",
"modernLatencies": {
"ex": 123
},
"modernRegionMeta": {
"country_groups": {
"ex": "Example"
},
"gps": {
"ex": ["1.234567", "7.654321"]
},
"translations": {
"Example": {
"ex": "Example",
"..": "E.x.a.m.p.l.e."
}
}
},
"qualityAggId": "",
"qualityAggIdRotateTime": 0,
"qualityEventsQueued": [],
"qualityEventsSent": []
}
Contains daemon settings (VPN type, IP exclusions, etc.)
{
"allowLAN": true,
"automaticTransport": true,
"automationEnabled": false,
"automationRules": [],
"betaUpdateChannel": "beta",
"blockIPv6": true,
"bypassSubnets": [
{
"mode": "exclude",
"subnet": "127.0.0.1/32"
}
],
"cipher": "AES-128-GCM",
"connectOnLaunch": false,
"defaultRoute": true,
"desktopNotifications": true,
"enableMACE": false,
"favoriteLocations": [],
"includeGeoOnly": true,
"killswitch": "auto",
"largeLogFiles": false,
"lastDismissedAppMessageId": 0,
"lastUsedVersion": "3.1.2+06767",
"localPort": 0,
"location": "example",
"macStubDnsMethod": "NX",
"manualServer": {
"cn": "",
"correspondingRegionId": "",
"ip": "",
"openvpnNcpSupport": false,
"openvpnTcpPorts": [],
"openvpnUdpPorts": [],
"serviceGroups": []
},
"method": "wireguard",
"mtu": 0,
"offerBetaUpdates": false,
"overrideDNS": "pia",
"persistDaemon": false,
"portForward": false,
"primaryModules": [
"region",
"ip"
],
"protocol": "udp",
"proxyCustom": {
"host": "",
"password": "",
"port": 0,
"username": ""
},
"proxyEnabled": false,
"proxyShadowsocksLocation": "auto",
"proxyType": "shadowsocks",
"ratingEnabled": true,
"recentLocations": [],
"remotePortTCP": 0,
"remotePortUDP": 0,
"routedPacketsOnVPN": true,
"secondaryModules": [
"quickconnect",
"performance",
"usage",
"settings",
"account"
],
"sendServiceQualityEvents": false,
"sessionCount": 7,
"showAppMessages": true,
"splitTunnelDNS": true,
"splitTunnelEnabled": true,
"splitTunnelRules": [],
"themeName": "dark",
"updateChannel": "release",
"windowsIpMethod": "dhcp",
"wireguardPingTimeout": 60,
"wireguardUseKernel": true
}
Contains application settings (notifications, theme, recently used locations, etc.)
{
"connectOnLaunch":false,
"dashboardFrame":"window",
"desktopNotifications":true,
"disableHardwareGraphics":false,
"favoriteLocations":["example"],
"iconSet":"light",
"language":"en-US",
"lastUsedVersion":"3.2.0+06767",
"migrateDaemonSettings":false,
"primaryModules":["region","ip"],
"ratingRequestDisabled":false,
"recentLocations":["example"],
"regionSortKey":"latency",
"secondaryModules":["quickconnect","performance","usage","settings","account"],
"shadowsocksCollapsedCountries":[],
"snoozeDuration":300,
"themeName":"dark",
"vpnCollapsedCountries":["ex"]}