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AnyConnect Support for Linux

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0 supports the following versions of Linux operating system:

- Red Hat 6 (64-bit)

Cisco Vpn Anyconnect Linux

- Ubuntu 12.x (64-bit)

***The AnyConnect GUI is not supported on all Linux distributions. When the GUI is supported, it's appearance is the same as the AnyConnect version 2.5 GUI.

Linux Requirements

• x86 instruction set.
• 64-bit processor.
• 32 MB RAM.
• 20 MB hard disk space.
• Superuser privileges are required for installation.
• libstdc++ users must have libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4) or higher, but below version 4.
• Java 5 (1.5) or later. The only version that works for web installation is Sun Java. You must install Sun Java and configure your browser to use that instead of the default package.
• zlib - to support SSL deflate compression
• xterm - only required if you're doing initial deployment of AnyConnect via Weblaunch from ASA clientless portal.
• gtk 2.0.0. .
• gdk 2.0.0.
• libpango 1.0.
• iptables 1.2.7a or later.
• tun module supplied with kernel 2.4.21 or 2.6.

AnyConnect Installation Instructions for Linux

1. Go to https://ramsvpn.vcu.edu and login using your VCU eID and password, and preferred DUO two factor authentication method.
   
2. Click the AnyConnect VPN link to download the installer file.
   
3. Save the AnyConnect installer package to your local computer.
   
4. Find the file downloaded named vpnsetup.sh.
   

5. To run the shell executable file named vpnsetup.sh: Open a terminal window and change directories to the directory where vpnsetup.sh is saved, and then type:

   sudo sh vpnsetup.sh

6. Open AnyConnect. Enter ramsvpn.vcu.edu in the connection bar. Enter your eID and password. Second Password depends on your preferred 2nd factor authentication option (see Authentication Options). Click “Connect”.
   
7. Click “Accept”.
   

ATTENTION:

There are known issues with the Cisco AnyConnect client on various Linux distros. For this reason, we suggest using OpenConnect for Linux. OpenConnect is free and open source SSL VPN client software initially created to support Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN.

Cisco AnyConnect VPN software allows remote users and employees to securely connect to a Cisco VPN gateway running in an enterprise environment..

Employees use Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client to establish connectivity to a Cisco SSL VPN server, and if authentication is approved, the connected users or employees are grant access to internal resources..

This is a widely used and popular VPN server within enterprises and if you’re a Linux user who need help installing and using AnyConnect, this brief tutorial is going to show you how…

It shows you how to download and install AnyConnect using Ubuntu 18.04 or 16.04 desktop computers…

When you’re ready to install AnyConnect, follow the steps below:

This first thing you need to be aware of is not everyone can download Cisco AnyConnect VPN client… The software is available to customers with active AnyConnect Apex, Plus or VPN Only term/contracts..

You system / network administrator(s) may have to get login to Cisco’s portal and download the software for you… or provide you login to get in to the portal..

AnyConnect download location is at the link below:

Step 1: Install Prerequisites

Some packages will need to be install prior to install AnyConnect… Do that, run the commands below:

Step 2: Install AnyConnect VPN Client

After installing the packages above, go and download AnyConnect file from it’s Download location…

Once you have downloaded the AnyConnect VPN tarball, you can double-click to extract the folder downloaded folder or use the commands below to extract… The current file should be named: anyconnect-linux64-4.7.03052-predeploy-k9.tar.gz.

By default the file will be downloaded in your home folder ( /home/user/Downloads ), but typically the last used directory of the browser is where automatic downloads are placed…

Run the commands below to extract the downloaded file if you’re unable to double-click to extract….

tar xvf anyconnect-linux64-4.7.03052-predeploy-k9.tar.gz

After extracting, open the newly-extracted folder to find the VPN folder… Change into the VPN folder…

cd vpn

Right-click the vpn_install.sh file.

and select Run.

Use the GUI App to install the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client at the root level.

If you can’t install it via the GUI app, then run the commands below to install…

sudo ./vpn_install.sh

That will install Cisco AnyConnect VPN client for you…

Installing DART

To install Dart, follow the steps below:

First, open the dart. folder inside the newly-extract anyconnect folder…

Right-click the dart_install.sh file.

Then select Run.

Use the GUI App to install the Cisco AnyConnect Diagnostic and Reporting Tool.

Cisco Vpn Anyconnect Linux

If the GUI installation doesn’t work, run the commands below to install it..

sudo .⁄dart_install.sh

That should install AnyConnect for you including DART… After that, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client should be ready to use..

Now all you have to do is launch it and connect to the VPN gateway…

That’s!

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