anyconnect-vpn-helper

Simple Cisco AnyConnect VPN CLI tool.

Setup

Step one: Get the VPN bash script from the github repo (curl command below)

curl -o ./vpn https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amoskyler/anyconnect-vpn-helper/master/bin/vpn && chmod 700 ./vpn && mv ./vpn /usr/local/bin

This will do three things:

1. Download the vpn CLI script from the github repository and store it in a file at your current directory named vpn
2. Give the vpn script read, write, and execute permissions for only the current user
3. and move the file vpn to the path usr/local/bin

Step two: Substitute in your own VPN credentials

1. subl /usr/local/bin/vpn
2. Now modify the following values to your VPN credentials - __VPN_ADDRESS // URL to vpn - __CLIENT // path to the Cisco AnyConnect vpn binary - __GROUP // VPN group (0 for two factor) - __USERNAME - __PASSWORD - __SECOND_PASSWORD // DUO method (e.g. PUSH)

Step three: If you're using bash change the first line to read #!/bin/bash (or to whatever shell you're using)

Usage

vpn connect

• Type vpn connect to start the connection process...Complete the process by completing the two factor step

vpn disconnect

• Type vpn disconnect to disconnect from the vpn
• This is sometimes necessary if the VPN has disconnected automatically

vpn status

• Type vpn status to check if the vpn is currently connected

-v (verbose)

• type -v as the second command argument to enable verbose output (e.g. vpn connect -v)
• notice: This will output your vpn authentication information.

Known Issues

• Disconnects unexpectedly due to 'inactivity'
• The VPN will not connect (but will also not throw an obvious error due to output suppression) if another vpn client is open
• Verbose flag only support -v but not alternate forms (i.e. --verbose, -verbose)