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| How do I install FortiClient VPN on Ubuntu? |
In this blog post, we are going to install FortiClient VPN Client on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The Free FortiClient VPN Application allows you to create a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection using SSL VPN “Tunnel Mode” or IPSec connections between your device or machine and FortiGate Firewall. Your connections are fully encrypted and all the traffic will be sent over the secure tunnel.
This FortiClient VPN client can be installed on Ubuntu Operating System as well using the DEB binary or directly from the Fortinet Ubuntu repos. It can be installed on all major Operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux/Ubuntu Operating systems.
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To install FortiClient VPN Client on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or other Ubuntu releases using the DEB binary file, move to FortiClient downloads page and download the DEB binary installer file.
Supported Features
Let’s do download the .deb file from the Fortinet official website.
Step1. Click here to download .deb file
Step2. Go to download folder and double click on forticlient_vpn file.
It will automatically install on your system.
Prerequisites
Need sudo / root privileges
Installing FortiClient VPN on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
wget -O - https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/6.4/ubuntu/DEB-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -
deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/ubuntu/ /bionic multiverse
Step3. Then update package list.
sudo apt update
Step4. Install FortiClient VPN
sudo apt install forticlient
Now launch FortiClient VPN from show Application.
Installing on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Step1. First add GPG key repo.
wget -O - https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/ubuntu/DEB-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -
Step2. Now go to /etc/apt/sources.list and Add the following line at the last line and save and exit.
wget -O - https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/ubuntu/DEB-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -
deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/ubuntu/ /bionic multiverse
Step3. Now update the package List.
sudo apt update
sudo apt update
Step4. Install FortiClient VPN.
sudo apt install forticlient
Step4. Install FortiClient VPN.
sudo apt install forticlient
Installing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
For Ubuntu 16.04 we have different repos which can not be installed on Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. So, lets start with adding repo.
Step1. First add GPG key repo.
wget -O - https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/ubuntu/DEB-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -
Step2. Now move to /etc/apt/sources.list and Add the following line at the buttom. And save and exit.
deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
Step3. Now update the package List.
sudo apt update
Step4. Install FortiClient VPN
sudo apt install forticlient
There is no IPSec support on Ubuntu.