Audience: Faculty, staff, students
Introduction
Learn how to set up the virtual private network (VPN) with Ivanti Secure Access Client for Linux.
Download the VPN client software for Linux
Supported platforms
This topic provides the supported platforms that were tested with the current release of the Pulse Secure Desktop Clients for Linux.
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS
- Fedora 31, 32
- Debian 10, 11
Installing Pulse Secure Client for Linux
The Pulse Secure client for Linux supports CLI-based installation.
The nss3-tools and net-tools are dependency packages required to successfully install the Pulse Client. Use the following commands to install these dependency tools manually.
Fedora: yum install <dependency tool name>
Ubuntu and Debian: apt-get install < dependency tool name >
The installation command
Debian – based installation
dpkg -i <package name>
RPM – based installation
rpm -ivh <package name>
The uninstallation command
Debian – based installation
dpkg -r <package name>
RPM – based installation
rpm -e <package name>
The upgrade from old Pulse client (< 9.1Rx) to new Pulse client is not supported.
Alternate VPN client support using openconnect
Using openconnect with MFA:
Using CLI command, connecting to the staff realm:
openconnect --protocol=nc --printcookie vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/staff --user=enterYourUsername
Using CLI command, connecting to the student realm:
openconnect --protocol=nc --printcookie vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/student --user=enterYourUsername
Using CLI command, connecting to the vendor realm:
openconnect --protocol=nc --printcookie vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/vendor --user=enterYourUsername
Prompt example:
Do you want to proceed?
POST https://vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/dana-na/auth/url_2/welcome.cgi
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.1 302 Moved
GET https://vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/dana-na/auth/url_2/welcome.cgi?
frmLogin
password:
password#2: type: push, phone or sms
POST https://vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/dana-na/auth/url_2/login.cgi
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.1 302 Moved
GET https://vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/dana/home/starter0.cgi?check=yes
DSID=1833ac742d7b3ccb0140a637446d873e; DSFirst=1628180392; DSLast=1628180395
Set up UDP failed; using SSL instead
Connected as 10.176.4.103, using SSL, with ESP disabled
To disconnect, you can type CTRL + C.
The first password is your account password, the second password is your action type of: push, phone or sms. You already have to be enrolled into MFA before you start using the actions below. You can enroll your device by going through the webportal first. Just go to: vpn.cc.umanitoba.ca/staff
| Action type | Action description |
|---|---|
| push | Perform Duo Push authentication. You can use Duo Push if you've installed and activated Duo Mobile on your device. |
| phone | Perform phone callback authentication. |
| sms | Send a batch of SMS passcodes. Your authentication attempt will be denied. You can then authenticate with one of the newly-delivered passcodes. |
| A numeric passcode | Log in using a passcode, either generated with Duo Mobile, send via SMS, generated by your hardware token, or provided by an administrator. Examples: "123456" or "2345678". |
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