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openconnect — A VPN client, for Cisco AnyConnect VPNs and others. More information: <https://www.infradead.org/ope

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Problem

How to use the openconnect command: A VPN client, for Cisco AnyConnect VPNs and others. More information: <https://www.infradead.org/openconnect/manual.html>.

Solution

openconnect — A VPN client, for Cisco AnyConnect VPNs and others. More information: <https://www.infradead.org/openconnect/manual.html>.

Connect to a server:

openconnect {{vpn.example.org}}

Connect to a server, forking into the background:

openconnect --background {{vpn.example.org}}

Terminate the connection that is running in the background:

killall -SIGINT openconnect

Connect to a server, reading options from a configuration file:

openconnect --config={{path/to/file}} {{vpn.example.org}}

Connect to a server and authenticate with a specific SSL client certificate:

openconnect --certificate={{path/to/file}} {{vpn.example.org}}

Code Snippets

Connect to a server

openconnect {{vpn.example.org}}

Connect to a server, forking into the background

openconnect --background {{vpn.example.org}}

Terminate the connection that is running in the background

killall -SIGINT openconnect

Connect to a server, reading options from a configuration file

openconnect --config={{path/to/file}} {{vpn.example.org}}

Connect to a server and authenticate with a specific SSL client certificate

openconnect --certificate={{path/to/file}} {{vpn.example.org}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/openconnect

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