Installing the SSL-VPN Client software FortiClient VPN(Linux)

For Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2), use the CUI openfortivpn.

Install the SSL-VPN client software openfortivpn.

Example 1: Installing on centOS

1. Install openfortivpn on the user's computer ('Client machine' in the figure below) by selecting the link 'RPMs' -> 'x86_64' at the URL below. https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1821936(latest version as of 10.Dec.2021)

• For the latest version of openfortivpn, see the following link. https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn#installing

$ sudo yum -y install
https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/openfortivpn/1.17.0/3.el7/x86_64/op
enfortivpn-1.17.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm

2. Ensure that it has been installed.

$ sudo openfortivpn --version
1.17.0

Example 2: Installing on Ubuntu

1. Execute the following command to install openfortivpn.

$ sudo apt-get install -y openfortivpn

2. Ensure that it has been installed.

$ sudo openfortivpn --version
1.6.0