-- MikeGore - 2016-11-01

OpenConnect

• OpenConnect is an SSL VPN client initially created to support Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN. * It has since been ported to support the Juniper SSL VPN which is now known as Pulse Connect Secure.
  • OpenConnect is released under the GNU Lesser Public License, version 2.1.
• OpenConnect Site and Download lInks Open Source client

OpenConnect command line options documenation

• Online Manual

OpenConnect Installation - Linux Ubuntu / Debian / Raspberry PI

• apt-get install openconnect network-manager-openconnect-gnome

OpenConnect command line usage example for UofW

• openconnect -u userid -b cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca
  • This will prompt for the watiam password for the given userid
• openconnect -b cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca
  • This will prompt for both userid and password

OpenConnect shell script to connect to UofW via the command line

• uw script download link: command line tool for starting and stopping openconnect to the University of Waterloo
  • Save file as uw
  • As root copy file to /usr/local/bin/uw
  • Change permissions: chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/uw
• Examples:
  • uw start - start the VPN connection
    • prompts for userid and password from WATIAM
  • uw status - verify status of VPN connection
    • process is running: nnnnn - where nnnnn is the PID of the running openconnect process
  • uw stop - stop VPN connection - shutdown openconnect process

OpenConnect GUI interface and source code

• Source code on github: https://github.com/openconnect/openconnect-gui
• note not working correctly under Ubuntu 14.04LTS - no prompt for userid