Friday, August 1, 2025

Steps to Connect to VPN and RDP from ubuntu device to windows



Step 1) Setup Forticlient

wget -O - https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/forticlient/7.4/ubuntu22/DEB-GPG-KEY | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/fortinet.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/fortinet.gpg] https://repo.fortinet.com/repo/forticlient/7.4/ubuntu22/ stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fortinet.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install forticlient
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Step 2) From the Applications, click open "Forticlient"

"Edit VPN Connection" dialog box opens up

VPN : SSL-VPN, fill up the details Connection Name, Description, Remote Gateway, port No: and Save
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Step 3)  1. Install RDP Client on Ubuntu
Recommended tool: Remmina (GUI RDP client)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install remmina -y

2.Open terminal and run remmina

In Remmina:

    Click + to create a new connection.

    Set:

        Protocol: RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol

        Server: IP address or hostname of the remote Windows machine

        Username: Your Windows user

        Password: Your Windows password

    Click Connect.



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