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Configuring VPN software in Linux

For:  students    employees

This user guide will help you to configure the VPN software on your Linux device.

You can then establish a VPN connection in Linux.

Requirement

Set up multi-factor authentication and authentication app on smartphone or YubiKey

1. Logging into VPN page

Open the VPN page of the University of Vienna in the browser.

Enter your u:account access data and the one-time password:

With an authentication app on smartphone:

  1. Open the authentication app.
  2. On the VPN website, enter the currently valid code in the field One-time password, which is displayed in the app in the ZID Universität Wien or ZID account.
  3. Before the code expires, press Logon.

With YubiKey:

  1. Position the cursor in the One-time password field.
  2. Plug the YubiKey into a USB port on your device and then press the button on the YubiKey. The one-time password is entered in the text field.
  3. The Logon button is activated automatically.

2. Downloading VPN software

Click the button BIG-IP Edge Client Linux to download the VPN software.

Hinweis

If you want to download the Linux client under Windows or macOS instead use this download link.

3. Installing VPN software

Open the Terminal.

  1. Go to the Download directory, by entering the following command and then (as well as at the end of all commands mentioned in these user guides) press Enter:

    cd Downloads

    If the directory has a different name, replace Downloads with the appropriate name or path.
     
  2. Unpack the installation data

    tar -xvf BIGIPLinuxClient.tgz
     
  3. Change to the directory BIGIPLinuxClient:

    cd BIGIPLinuxClient
     
  4. For Debian based systems (e.g. Ubuntu, Mint) install the required package via dpkg:

    sudo dpkg -i linux_f5cli.x86_64.deb

    or for ARM architectures (e.g. Raspberry PI):  sudo dpkg -i linux_f5cli.armhf.deb

    For RPM based systems (e.g. Fedora, CentOS, Redhat) install the required package via rpm:

    sudo rpm –i linux_f5cli.x86_64.rpm
     
  5. Type in the local password of your device and press Enter. The software will be installed.

    If you neither use a Debian nor a RPM based system, you may try the installation with the old installer insted by typing in the following command:
    sudo ./old-version/Install.sh
    and answer all questions with yes.