This article covers how to students, faculty, and staff can install the Pulse Secure VPN client on various version versions of Linux.
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| Issues With Linux Client | There have been reports of recent issues with the VPN client on Linux. Please check Check the file "/etc/hotsts" and and remove any reference to the names "vpn.uconn.edu" or "sslvpn.uconn.edu". Please contact Contact the Technology Support Center if you still experience issues after correcting those entries. |
Installing the Pulse Secure client on Linux:
Download the package installer to the Linux client
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. Visit the Pulse Secure Client page
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in the UConn Software Catalog to choose your download.
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Run the installer using the
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For Debian-based Linux installation (such as Ubuntu):
sudo dpkg -i <package name>
For RPM-based Linux installation (such as CentOS):
sudo rpm -ivh <package name>
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commands below. For example, if the Pulse Linux client is saved in /$HOME/downloads on Ubuntu, then the command would be:
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Sudo dpkg -i /$HOME/downloads/Pulse-linux-9.1r2.0-x64.deb
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For Debian-based Linux installation (such as Ubuntu): sudo dpkg -i <package name>
For RPM-based Linux installation (such as CentOS): sudo rpm -ivh <package name>
The script will prompt the user to install any missing dependent packages if they are not already installed.
For example:
Please execute below commands to install missing dependent packages manually
apt-get install lib32z1
apt-get install libc6-i386
apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0:i386
apt-get install libproxy1:i386
apt-get install libproxy1-plugin-gsettings:i386
apt-get install libproxy1-plugin-webkit:i386
apt-get install libdconf1:i386
apt-get install dconf-gsettings-backend:i386
OR
You can install the missing dependency packages by running the below script
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libnss3-tools is a pre-requisite and will need to be installed before you can install the Pulse Secure Client. You will be prompted to install it if it is missing.
Launching the Pulse Secure
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The GUI client can be launched from the list of Installed Applications.
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Client
Launching Pulse Secure Client from Installed Applications List
Locate Pulse Secure in the list of installed applications.
Create a new connection to
“vpn.uconn.edu
”.
Click
"Connect"Connect next to
new entryNew Entry.
Enter your UConn NetID and password to
Authenticate
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authenticate.
Launching Pulse Secure Client via CLI
Open a new terminal window.
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Enter the root shell:
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~$ sudo –i
[sudo] password for username: password
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Use the
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command below to launch the VPN client, substituting NetIDwith your UConn NetID in lowercase:
root@:~#/
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opt/
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pulsesecure/
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bin/
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pulselauncher -
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U vpn.uconn.edu -u NetID–r
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*Note: This command is case sensitive and will only work as entered here.
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UConn -l UConn-Users
You will be prompted for a VPN Password. Enter your NetID password. It will not be displayed or saved.
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After the VPN tunnel is created successfully, the terminal window will remain blank and must remain open. If the terminal window is closed, this will close the VPN connection.
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You can check the status of the connection by opening a new terminal window and using the following method
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:~$ ifconfig
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tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:
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67.
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221.
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68.
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214 P-t-P:
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67.
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221.
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67.78 Mask:255.255.
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255.
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555
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP
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MULTICAST MTU:1400 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:560 (560.0 B) TX bytes:299 (299.0 B)
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End your VPN session by closing the original terminal window or using crtl+c to end the process.
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