Setting up the SSL VPN

Tip: To make sure that a user gets full VPN connectivity within a Windows environment, add the user to the network configuration operator group.

Prerequisite

• Set the default local certificate, see our help topic, Managing global VPN network settings.

Procedure

On the NETWORK menu, under the VPN submenu, click SSL road warriors.

• To turn the SSL VPN on or off for a user group:
  1. Under the Select group section, from the Select group list, select the group that you want to turn the SSL VPN on or off for, and then click Select. The Smoothwall displays SSL VPN group settings.
  2. Under the SSL VPN group settings section, to turn the road warrior on or off, select or clear the Enable option and click Save.
  3. Repeat the previous steps for any other groups that you want to stop using SSL VPN.
• To upload a script:
  1. Under the Select group section, from the Select group list, either leave as the default "Global" to apply the script to all groups or select the group that you want to deploy the script and click Select.
  2. Under the Custom client scripts section, for the type of script that you want to upload click Choose File, select the file and click Upload <script type> script.
  3. Repeat the steps to upload other script types.
• To remove a script:
  1. Under the Select group section, from the Select group list, either leave as the default "Global" to apply the script to all groups or select the group that you want to deploy the script and click Select.
  2. Under the Custom client scripts section, click Remove <script type> script.
  3. Repeat the steps to remove other script types.
• To generate an archive containing the software with the VPN settings and custom scripts:
  1. Under the Custom client scripts section, click Generate client archives and save the file.
  2. Distribute the file to users who want to use the SSL VPN.

Follow-up tasks

• Use the User Portal to distribute the archive to users.
• Install the Smoothwall VPN client.