In System Settings, open the Network panel and click the + button to create a new interface. On Ubuntu, select VPN from the list of interface types and click Create. Select the Cisco AnyConnect Compatible VPN connection type (and, on Ubuntu, click Create). Cisco AnyConnect Client for OS X/Windows/Linux (Version 3.1.05160) This time, OCServ 0.80 on Ubuntu 14.04. And still doesn’t work for OS X. I was using password based authentication, but clients on iOS can not remember my password. So now add some configurations based on “Open Connect Server Configuration (Working for iOS)“.
These instructions are for installing and using the Cisco AnyConnect client on Linux and have been tested with:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Other versions of Linux are known to support the Cisco AnyConnect client but have not been fully tested by ComTech. OpenVPN may also work as an alternative to the Cisco AnyConnect client but is not a supported configuration.
Installation
- Download the installation file.
- Uninstall any previous versions of the AnyConnect client, using the uninstall script by running:
sudo /opt/cisco/vpn/bin/vpn_uninstall.sh - Untar the gzip’d tar file, which creates a directory that begins with:
anyconnect - cd into the anyconnect directory.
- cd into the vpn directory.
- Install the VPN with the command:
sudo ./vpn_install.sh
Using the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client
To Connect with the NC State VPN with Duo
To Disconnect
- Click on the Cisco AnyConnect icon.
- In the Connection tab:
Click on Disconnect.
OpenConnect SSL VPN software was created to allow remote users and employees to securely connect to a Cisco, Juniper or Palo Alto SSL VPN gateway running in an enterprise environment from Linux systems..
OpenConnect is not officially supported by these network vendors (Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Pulse Secure, or Palo Alto Networks), However, if you’re using a Linux machine with no official or limited support, you should look at OpenConnect SSL VPN client instead to help you connect to your company’s VPN gateway…
Employees can use OpenConnect SSL VPN client to connect, and if authentication is approved, the connected users or employees are grant access to internal resources..
To learn how to install the official Cisco’s AnyConnect SSL VPN client, read this post..
This post shows you how to install OpenConnct SSL VPN client on Ubuntu 18.04 or 16.04 and connect to popular VPN server gateway…
When you’re ready to install OpenConnect, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Install OpenConnect
OpenConnect SSL VPN client is included with Ubuntu repositories by default… No additional software and configurations needed to get the package..
Simply use the commands below to install OpenConnect on Ubuntu machines..
Step 2: Connect to SSL VPN Servers
Once OpenConnect package has been successfully installed on Ubuntu, you should be ready to connect to SSL VPN servers, which can Cisco’s AnyConnect SSL VPN and Juniper Pulse Connect Secure…
Simply run the commands below to establish VPN connection to your VPN server gateway… In this example, our VPN gateway is vpn.example.com
Connect To VPN Server With Cisco AnyConnect From Linux ...
sudo openconnect -u user --passwd-on-stdin vpn.example.com
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Replace vpn.example.com with the gateway of your SSL VPN gateway server name or IP… Press enter to initiate the connection… if the server is up, you should be prompted for a password to authenticate….
After a successful connection and authentication, you should see similar message as below:
Ubuntu Install Cisco Anyconnect Client
That’s it! You’re not connected and can use internal resources from your Linux machine…
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configure OpenConnect to access Cisco and other VPN providers gateway…
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