Install Pulse Secure on Linux

Install on RHEL/Rocky Linux

  1. sudo yum update -y

  2. For RHEL 7: sudo wget -O /tmp/PulseSecureRHEL7.rpm https://www.uwyo.edu/infotech/services/software/pulsesecure/ps-pulse-linux-rhel7-22.2r1.0-b1295.rpm

  3. For RHEL 8: sudo wget -O /tmp/PulseSecureRHEL8.rpm https://www.uwyo.edu/infotech/services/software/pulsesecure/ps-pulse-linux-22.2r1.0-b1295-64bit-installer.rpm

  4. sudo yum -y install /tmp/PulseSecureRHEL/ps-pulse-linux-9.0r3.0-b923-centos-rhel-64-bit-installer.rpm

Note: if you see an error like this: “Incompatible installer, Kindly contact your admin…”, you are probably trying to install the wrong version for your OS.

Install on a Debian based OS:

(such as Ubuntu)

  1. sudo apt upgrade

  2. wget https://www.uwyo.edu/infotech/services/software/pulsesecure/ps-pulse-linux-22.2r1.0-b1295-64bit-installer.deb

  3. sudo dpkg -i ps-pulse-linux-22.2r1.0-b1295-64bit-installer.deb

  4. sudo apt update

Configuration:

Use the search function for your Linux OS (it varies from OS to OS) to look for “Pulse”. Click on the PulseUI (or similar)

The client should have a “Wyosecure” connection pre-configured (as above). If it does not, or if you need to re-configure the connection:

  1. Click the “+”

  2. In the Name field, enter “Wyosecure”

  3. In the URL field, enter “https://wyosecure.uwyo.edu”

  4. Click Save

Connect:

  1. To make a connection, click Connect

  2. Enter your UWyo username and password

  3. A new screen will come up asking for a Secondary Password. Type “push” and click Connect. This will induce a DuoMobile challenge on your mobile device

  4. After you accept the challenge, the line beneath Wyosecure should say “Connected”

Uninstall:

Debian:

  1. sudo dpkg -r pulsesecure

  2. sudo dpkg -P pulsesecure

  3. Reboot

RHEL:

  1. sudo rpm -e pulsesecure