Openfortivpn GNU/Linux

Script to access VPN via openfortivpn on GNU/Linux

Ubuntu and derivatives

# Installl 'openfortivpn'
sudo apt install openfortivpn

Setup openfortivpn(example).

1. Create a folder called openfortivpn in the ~/Development folder.

2. Add the start-fortclientvpn.sh and openfortivpn-config files to the openfortivpn folder.

3. Enter your user and password in the openfortivpn-config file. Example:

username = user
password = passwd

4. Create an alias to start running it via terminal with the vpn-linux command.

4.1. Go to the .zshrc file (if you use ZSH as your terminal) or the .bashrc file (if you use Bash as your terminal).

ZSH

nano ~/.zshrc

Bash

nano ~/.bashrc

4.2. After accessing the file, create an alias by adding the line below to the end of the file

alias vpn-linux="sh ~/Development/openfortivpn/start-fortclientvpn.sh"

Then run the command below to apply change:

ZSH

source ~/.zshrc

Bash

source ~/.bashrc

5. Now just run the `vpn-linux` command in the terminal and the connection will start.

6. In some cases, it is necessary to remove the following lines:

set-dns = 1
pppd-use-peerdns = 1