A method including storing, by a virtual private network (VPN) server, an initial operating system in a memory associated with the VPN server; transmitting, by the VPN server while executing the initial operating system, a request to obtain a VPN operating system to enable the VPN server to provide VPN services; receiving, by the VPN server based at least in part on transmitting the request, the VPN operating system; storing, by the VPN server, the VPN operating system in the memory associated with the VPN server; and executing, by the VPN server, the VPN operating system to provide the VPN services based at least in part on storing the VPN operating system is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.