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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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1. Download the package installer to the Linux client.

   Visit the Pulse Secure Client page in the UConn Software Catalog to choose your download. 

2. Run the installer using the commands below. For example, if the Pulse Linux client is saved in /$HOME/downloads on Ubuntu, then the command would be: Sudo dpkg -i /$HOME/downloads/Pulse-linux-9.1r2.0-x64.deb. 

   1. For Debian-based Linux installation (such as Ubuntu): sudo dpkg -i <package name>

   2. For RPM-based Linux installation (such as CentOS): sudo rpm -ivh <package name>

3. The script will prompt the user to install any missing dependent packages if they are not already installed.

   1. For example, you may get a message similar to the one below:
      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
   2. Alternatively, you may get a message similar to the one below:
      You can install the missing dependency packages by running the below script:
      sudo /usr/local/pulse/PulseClient_x86_64.sh install_dependency_packages

      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 Client 

Launching Pulse Secure Client from Installed Applications List

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1. Locate Pulse Secure in the list of installed applications.

2. Create a new connection to vpn.uconn.edu.

3. Click

   Connect, 

   Connect next to New Entry.

4. Enter your UConn NetID and password to authenticate. 

Launching Pulse Secure Client via CLI

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via CLI

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1. Open a new terminal window.

2. Enter the root shell:
   ~$ sudo –i
   [sudo] password for username: password

3. Use the command below to launch the VPN client, substituting NetIDwith your UConn NetID in lowercase: 
   root@:~#/

   usr

   opt/

   local

   pulsesecure/

   pulse

   bin/

   pulsesvc

   pulselauncher -

   h

   U vpn.uconn.edu -u NetID–r UConn

   
   NoteThis command is case sensitive and will only work as entered here.

   -l UConn-Users

4. You will be prompted for a VPN Password. Enter your NetID password. It will not be displayed or saved.

5. 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.

6. You can check the status of the connection by opening a new terminal window and using the following method:
   :~$ ifconfig
   tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
   inet addr:

   137

   67.

   99

   221.

   170

   68.

   78 

   214  P-t-P:

   137

   67.

   99

   221.

   170

   67.78  Mask:255.255.

   254

   255.

   0

   555
   UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP 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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1. End your VPN session by closing the original terminal window or using crtl+c to end the process.

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