How to Setup VPN in IBM

In September IBM disabled the WECM client to access remotely to the IBM network. Fortunately, the TAP offers a very comfortable solution for Ubuntu users. You need to do the following steps:

1. Get authorisation for the TAP program on this page.
2. Install openconnect:

   sudo apt-get install openconnect

3. Install vpnc and configure it

   sudo apt-get install vpnc
   sudo -E vpnc

   where you'll set the following values (maybe the values are updated on the instruction page for linux):

   IPSec gateway: rcxasa.watson.ibm.com
   IPSec ID: *Enter*
   IPSec Secret: *Enter*
   Xauth username: *LEAP username*
   Xauth password: *LEAP password*
   

4. Now you can run the ibmopenconnect.sh script with:

   ./ibmopenconnect.sh start
   

   Note that if you don't have the script, you can ask me and I'll provide it to you ;-)

Thanks for the script to Mario Lucic and the author of the script Harley Stenzel.