Azure VPN Gateway
An Azure service that enables the connection of on-premises networks to Azure through site-to-site virtual private networks.
AzureVPN Client on Linux (P2S with AAD)
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Peter van den Broek
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My company provides access to protected resources through the AzureVPN with AAD. I'm using Linux and it seems this is not supported on Linux.
Any options to make this work?
What I tried:
- OpenVPN client on Linux, but apparently this is not supported: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/point-to-site-about#azure-active-directory-authentication
- Connection on Windows and share VPN through mobile hotspot
I have a Windows desktop where I can connect to the VPN, but would want to use that connection on my Linux laptop too. Is it possible to share this connection from desktop to my laptop? If I do now with the sharing options described here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1034157/how-to-share-vpn-connection-in-windows, I don't have any internet connection anymore on my laptop.
Other options I didn't try yet:
- Install the Windows client application through Wine or another Linux app. Will this work?
- Install the Mac client application somehow as this is also unix based
Anybody else figured this out?
Thanks for the help!
Azure VPN Gateway
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Joe Carlyle 661 Reputation points MVP2023-07-03T09:25:34.3966667+00:00 While one of those choices may work, my concern would be that regardless you would still be running the client on an unsupported OS. Meaning if you had critical issues, there would be no support offered in your scenario. Just a flag! Best of luck getting it working.
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GitaraniSharma-MSFT 50,176 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator2023-07-03T15:16:23.71+00:00 Hello @Peter van den Broek ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & hope you are doing well.
I understand that you would like to access Azure resources through Azure VPN with Azure AD authentication on a Linux client and you would like to know if there is any way to make it work.
Azure AD requires the use of the Azure VPN Client. As of today, the client is only available for Windows 10 & Mac OS. So, Linux is not supported currently. Clients for other platforms are on the roadmap but we don't have an ETA as of now.
Even if you try to tweak your existing setup and somehow manage to connect to the Linux via a workaround, this connection will not be officially supported. Also, any tweaks or workarounds are not recommended by Microsoft Azure. As @Joe Carlyle mentioned, in case you face any critical issues, there would be no support offered in your scenario.
Regards,
Gita
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Peter van den Broek 10 Reputation points
2023-08-17T09:17:49.05+00:00 Thanks for you response, can I track the roadmap somewhere to have a notification when this is delivered?
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GitaraniSharma-MSFT 50,176 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
2023-08-21T06:15:01.0833333+00:00 Hello @Peter van den Broek ,
The roadmap information is not available publicly apart from the feedback forum where you can see updates from the PG team from time to time as below:
https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/526d4f33-f925-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f06a4
Apart from this, you can keep checking Azure updates page to find the latest information on any new feature releases.
Regards,
Gita
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