AWSVPNClient Fixes on ubuntu 24.04

awsvpnclient-ubuntu-24.04.md

Steps

Download

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.0g-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.13_amd64.deb

Edit files and add Env vars

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/awsvpnclient.service

Put the Enviroment line

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/awsvpnclient/Service/ACVC.GTK.Service
Restart=always
RestartSec=1s
User=root
Environment=DOTNET_SYSTEM_GLOBALIZATION_INVARIANT=1

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Create a simbolic link

➜ cd /opt/awsvpnclient 

/opt/awsvpnclient  …
➜ sudo ln -s AWS\ VPN\ Client awsvpnclient  

Edit the menu

find / -name 'awsvpnclient.desktop' 2>&1 | grep -v 'Permissão negada'

/home/thiagozs/.local/share/applications/awsvpnclient.desktop
/usr/share/applications/awsvpnclient.desktop

Put this content here.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=AWS VPN Client
Comment=AWS VPN Client
Exec=/opt/awsvpnclient/awsvpnclient %U
Path=/opt/awsvpnclient
Icon=acvc-64
Terminal=false
Categories=Network;VPN;
Keywords=vpn;aws;

It would be nice to provide an update to this guide to undo what we did here, for those that don't know how to do it, now that there is official support for it.

This is what I did:

# check if libssl1.1 has any dependencies
sudo apt-cache rdepends libssl1.1
sudo apt-get remove --purge libssl1.1
sudo apt update
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt-get remove --purge awsvpnclient
ls -l /opt/awsvpnclient
sudo rm -rf /opt/awsvpnclient/awsvpnclient
sudo rm -rf /opt/awsvpnclient/ConnectionInfoFiles
sudo systemctl status awsvpnclient

Then follow the instructions on AWS to install AWS VPN 4.1+

Using Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

Hi @mrbeiertz , just saw your comment and then realized that 4.1 is out now! Thanks a lot!

I followed your instruction to uninstall the old version then installed the new version from here.

Thought this time installation, starting and connection was without any hassle, but I was still unable to access the private resource. Then I looked into the logs and found this error

/opt/awsvpnclient/Service/Resources/openvpn/configure-dns: line 24: systemd-resolve: command not found

I have to create a symbolic link named systemd-resolve that points to resolvectl.

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/resolvectl /usr/bin/systemd-resolve

These additional steps got the vpn client working on ubuntu machine.

The AWS VPN Client is now officially available for Ubuntu 24.04. If you are still experiencing issues, you can follow the official troubleshooting process.

I had an issue with the DNS, and just by adding one line of instruction in the OpenVPN configuration file, I was able to connect to the private resource.