How to connect to the UCF VPN using Linux


To connect to VPN from a Linux workstation, follow these steps:

  1. sudo openconnect --user= yourNID secure.vpn.ucf.edu
    1. Where yourNID is your NID (aa000000)
  2. You will be prompted to choose as the workgroup. Choose 'UCF Employees" or "UCF Student' as appropriate.
  3. You will then be prompted to enter your password.
  4. If all is done right you should be greeted with the terms of use.
  5. You are now connected to the UCF network, no further action is required.

Thank you to Hack@UCF for assistance in developing this KB article.