How To Install openfortivpn on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on CentOS 8.
What is openfortivpn
openfortivpn is a client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services. It spawns a pppd process and operates the communication between the gateway and this process. It is compatible with Fortinet VPNs.
We can use yum or dnf to install openfortivpn on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openfortivpn.
Install openfortivpn on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install openfortivpn using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openfortivpn
Install openfortivpn on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install openfortivpn using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openfortivpn
How To Uninstall openfortivpn on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the openfortivpn package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openfortivpn
openfortivpn Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/openfortivpn
/etc/openfortivpn/config
/usr/bin/openfortivpn
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/417990045e3d67b6d511f883ef031b50ffc7d8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/doc/openfortivpn
/usr/share/doc/openfortivpn/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn/LICENSE.OpenSSL
/usr/share/man/man1/openfortivpn.1.gz
/usr/share/openfortivpn
/usr/share/openfortivpn/config.template
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
