piactl Command Examples

The command-line tool for Private Internet Access, a commercial VPN provider. More information: https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/kb/articles/pia-desktop-command-line-interface-part-1.

• Log in to Private Internet Access:

piactl login {{path/to/login_file}}

• Connect to Private Internet Access:

piactl connect

• Disconnect from Private Internet Access:

piactl disconnect

• Enable or disable the Private Internet Access daemon in the background:

piactl background {{enable|disable}}

• List all available VPN regions:

piactl get regions

• Display the current VPN region:

piactl get region

• Set your VPN region:

piactl set region {{region}}

• Log out of Private Internet Access:

piactl logout