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How To Configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu

1. The document provides steps to configure an SSL VPN client in Ubuntu 14.04 using OpenVPN to connect to a Cyberoam VPN. 2. It involves downloading a client configuration file from the Cyberoam portal, extracting it, and running OpenVPN with the client configuration file to connect. 3. Key steps are installing OpenVPN, downloading the client bundle from Cyberoam, extracting the OpenVPN configuration files, and running OpenVPN with the client configuration file while providing credentials to connect to the Cyberoam VPN.

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How To Configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu

1. The document provides steps to configure an SSL VPN client in Ubuntu 14.04 using OpenVPN to connect to a Cyberoam VPN. 2. It involves downloading a client configuration file from the Cyberoam portal, extracting it, and running OpenVPN with the client configuration file to connect. 3. Key steps are installing OpenVPN, downloading the client bundle from Cyberoam, extracting the OpenVPN configuration files, and running OpenVPN with the client configuration file while providing credentials to connect to the Cyberoam VPN.

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How To – Configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu

How To – Configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu

Applicable Version: 10.04.0 Build 214 onwards

Scenario
Configure the SSL VPN Client (OpenVPN) on Ubuntu 14.04.

Prerequisite
OpenVPN should be installed.

You can install OpenVPN by executing the following command:


# sudo apt-get install openvpn

Configuration
Follow the below mentioned steps to configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu.

Step 1: Configure SSL VPN on Cyberoam


Refer to the article How To - Configure SSL VPN in Cyberoam for details.

Step 2: Download and Install SSL VPN Client at User's End

 Login to Cyberoam SSL VPN Portal by browsing to https://<WAN IP address of Cyberoam:port>


and logging in.

Note:

Use default port: 8443 unless customized. Access is available only to those users who have been
assigned an SSL VPN policy.
How To – Configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu

 User is directed to the Main Page. Click Download SSL VPN Client Configuration - MAC
Tunnelblick to download the Client configuration for OpenVPN.

A compressed file named clientbundle.tgz is downloaded.

Go to the downloaded directory and extract the clientbundle.tgz using the following command.

#tar -xvf clientbundle.tgz


How To – Configure SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu

A file name Passphrase.txt and folder named CRSSLconfig.tblk are extracted. The folder contains the
following files:

- client.ovpn
- UserPrivateKey.key
- UserCertificate.pem
- RootCertificate.pem

Step 3: Connect to Cyberoam


Go to the CRSSLconfig.tblk directory and execute the following command as a ROOT user.

# openvpn --config client.ovpn

The Username and Password prompt appears. Enter the password to connect.

Document Version: 2.0 – 25 February, 2015

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