Install TUNI VPN

The TUNI intra documentation is here https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=2638 but its kind of a mess and therefore below easy to follow information.

Self-maintained Linux Box (tested Ubuntu 18.04)

eduVPN application is not available for Linux and thefore you must use openvpn. Generic instructions are available here https://eduvpn.tuni.fi/vpn-user-portal/documentation for various OS, but, for example, Ubuntu is described below.

Install OpenVPN:

~$ sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome

Generate your own at https://eduvpn.tuni.fi/vpn-user-portal/configurations (give name, e.g., "joni-laptop", and store somewhere).

Start openvpn:

~$ sudo openvpn <PATH_TO_MY_GEN_CONFIG>.ovpn

And that's it - your internet connection goes over VPN and you have access to university computers!!

Note: You need to update the VPN configuration files every now and then (the expriry date by default is in the filename, e.g., "Downloads/eduvpn.tuni.fi_internet_20201102_joni-laptop.ovpn#)

Update on the Linux desktop client of eduVPN:

There is a Linux desktop client and Python API for eduVPN and here is the link to that: https://python-eduvpn-client.readthedocs.io/en/master/introduction.html#installation

I tested it on Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 and it works fine. The steps are simple and listed below (taken from the above documentation link).

$ sudo -s
$ apt install apt-transport-https curl
$ curl -L https://repo.eduvpn.org/debian/eduvpn.key | apt-key add -
$ echo "deb https://repo.eduvpn.org/debian/ stretch main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eduvpn.list
$ apt update
$ apt install eduvpn-client

Open the eduvpn-client from the terminal (or app launcher) and add the university name from the drop-down menu. They may ask you to sign-in with the TUNI username. Then select the university name and toggle the connected button. If it does not work then you are on your own.