Remote Access – AOS IT Support

AOS provides two remote methods of connecting to the AOS network: a Virtual Private Network (VPN) + MFA (DUO) and an SSH Gateway.

You can use the UCLA Proxy Server. If you only need to connect to the UCLA network to access library resources (academic journal subscriptions).

UCLA Virtual Private Network (VPN)

UCLA VPN on Mac or UCLA VPN on Windows

AOS Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Download the Cisco Secure Client for your operating system. See bottom of page for Open Source client.
Contact AOS IT and follow our guide to enroll into our AOS DUO instance
Connect to sol.atmos.ucla.edu with your AOS ID and password
Enter “1” in the textbox so a Push notification is sent to your phone
Approve the Duo push notification on your phone
Click “Accept” to establish the VPN connection on your computer
Done!

SSH Gateway

You may connect to our SSH gateway to access the AOS network if all you need to use can be run from a terminal. SSH to mercury.atmos.ucla.edu with your AOS ID, then connect to a subsequent server(s) as needed. SSH Gateway connections will also require Duo Authentication.

Open Source VPN Client

OpenConnect is a cross-platform multi-protocol SSL VPN client which supports a number of VPN protocols.

Installation

##Ubuntu
sudo apt install openconnect

##RHEL/Fedora 
sudo dnf install epel-release
sudo dnf install openconnect

#MacOS (requires Homebrew installation: https://brew.sh/)
brew install openconnect

Once the client is installed, the connection is made from a Terminal window that must remain open. Accept the certificate when prompted and authenticate like usual.

sudo openconnect -u username --server sol.atmos.ucla.edu