Forticlient VPN Only on Linux

[rafaelbrsjtt]

Hi, recently i started an application on linux that i need to use a database on another network, so, i have to use a VPN to connect in this database.

When i run the command 'fortclient vpn view' i got the following message:

Client Certificate: None
Authentication: Disabled
Single Sign On (SSO) for VPN Tunnel: Disabled
Auto Connect: Disabled
Always Up: Disabled
Save Password: Disabled

How do i enable the option Always Up and Auto Connect?

the command 'forticlient vpn edit' don't give me this options.

Sorry for my bad english

[ozkanaltas · Accepted solution]

Hello @rafaelbrsjtt ,

You can enable with this command always-up feature. But you can't activate the auto-connect feature on Linux. Because the Linux client can't save your password. 

/opt/forticlient/fortivpn connect <my_vpn_name> --user=<username> --password --save-password --always-up

Also if you want to get more information about Linux client commands, you can review this document.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.2.4/administration-guide/41299/forticlient-linux-cl...

And I found one more thing. Someone wrote a script about automating ssl-vpn connection on Linux. I haven't try before but maybe it works for you.

https://gist.github.com/mgeeky/8afc0e32b8b97fd6f96fce6098615a93