Installing the Pulse Secure client on Linux:
- Download the package installer to the Linux client:
Please visit the Pulse Secure Client page on the software site to choose your download.
- Then run the installer using the following command:
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>
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-9.0r2.1-x64.rpm
- 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
/usr/local/pulse/PulseClient_x86_64.sh install_dependency_packages
Launching the Pulse Secure client
The GUI client can be launched from the list of Installed Applications.
- Locate "Pulse Secure" in list of applications
- Create a new connection to “vpn.uconn.edu”
- Click "Connect" next to new entry
- Enter UConn NetID and password to Authenticate
To launch the client via CLI, the following steps can be used:
- Open a new terminal window
- Enter the root shell
~$ sudo –i
[sudo] password for username: password
- Use the following command to launch the VPN client, substituting NetID with your UConn NetID in lowercase:
root@:~#/usr/local/pulse/pulsesvc -h vpn.uconn.edu -u NetID -U https://vpn.uconn.edu –r UConn
*Note: This command is case sensitive and will only work as entered here.
- You will be prompted for a VPN Password. Enter your NetID password. It will not be displayed or saved.
- 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.
- 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:137.99.170.78 P-t-P:137.99.170.78 Mask:255.255.254.0
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)
- You can end your VPN session by closing the original terminal window or using crtl+c to end the process.
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