This article covers how students, faculty, and staff install the Pulse Secure VPN client on Mac OS X 10.13 and higher.
Mac OS Updates
MacOS Catalina 10.15 is not officially qualified yet by Pulse Secure and it has been identified that the host checker components are not working correctly on Catalina. Only way to allow the Catalina is by temp. Disabling the host checker restrictions for them i.e. Installing Pulse Secure on Mac OS 10.13 or 10.14. Download the Pulse Secure Desktop client for Mac OS X. Click on the file to extract the installer. Double click on the pkg file to initiate the install process. Once the installer begins, click Continue. Click Install to begin the installation.
Installing Pulse Secure on Mac OS 10.13 or 10.14. Download the Pulse Secure Desktop client for Mac OS X. Click on the file to extract the installer. Double click on the pkg file to initiate the install process. Once the installer begins, click Continue. Click Install to begin the installation. Pulse Secure is a VPN app for Apple iOS and Android devices. Use Pulse Secure to log into the UC Davis network using either wifi or your telecommunication provider’s services. Pulse Secure is free. You may have network charges from your telecommunication provider, depending on your service plan.
Pulse Secure is constantly working to keep their client functioning with the latest Mac operating system. A new client will be released when needed to support any OS updates.
Mac OS 10.15 - Catalina
Mac users who upgrade to Catalina (macOS 10.15) may need to uninstall the Pulse Secure client and reinstall it if they find the application no longer functions after the upgrade.
Installing Pulse Secure on Mac OS 10.13 or 10.14
- Download the Pulse Secure Desktop client for Mac OS X.
- Click on the file to extract the installer.
- Double click on the pkg file to initiate the install process.
- Once the installer begins, click Continue.
- Click Install to begin the installation.
- During the installation process you should expect to see several pop-up messages informing you of security steps that need to be taken to complete the install.
- Click OK on the first two messages.
- Click 'Open Security Preferences' in the third message to open up the 'Security & Privacy' settings window.
- Click OK on the first two messages.
- Once the Security & Privacy window has opened, look for the following message: System software from developer 'Pulse Secure LLC' was blocked from loading.
- Next to the message, click Allow to enable the extension.
- If you do not receive the above mentioned pop-up messages, you will need to manually permit the Pulse Secure Client the required access.If you wait longer than 30 minutes to complete this process, you will need to uninstall and reinstall the client and then follow this process again.
- To manually permit access to the client,
- Click the Apple menu at the top left of your desktop.
- Click System Preferences.
- Click Security & Privacy.
- Click the lock to make changes.
- Click the General tab.
- Under Allow apps downloaded from, select App Store and identified developers
- Look for the following message: System software from developer 'Pulse Secure LLC' was blocked from loading.
- Next to the message, click Allow to enable the extension.
- To manually permit access to the client,
- Close the Security & Privacy window. The kernel extension will have been authorized and full functionality of the Pulse Desktop client should be available.
Installing Pulse Secure on Mac OS 10.15 or higher
- Download the Pulse Secure Desktop client for Mac OS.
- Click on the file to extract the installer.
- Double click on the pkg file to initiate the install process.
- Review the following warning, select 'OK'
- Navigate to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General
- Find the warning ' 'PulseSecure.pkg' was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.' Select 'Open Anyway'
- Review the following warning, select 'Open'.
- Run through the installation process.
Configuring the Pulse Secure VPN Client after installation is complete
- Open the Pulse Secure client, which should be shown at the top right corner of the screen.
- Create a new connection using the + in the bottom left corner.
- Enter the following info:
- Connection name of your choosing
- The server URL, vpn.uconn.edu
- Click Add.
- Close the client.
- To start the VPN session, go back to the Pulse Secure client in the top right corner of the screen.
- Select the connection you created.
- Select Connect.
- When prompted for a username and password, enter your NetID and NetID password.
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- Download Pulse Secure installer from the link below:
PulseSecure.dmg - Install Pulse Secure.
- Enter your macOS Username and Password:
At the end of the installation, click Close. - Put the Pulse Secure on the Dock:
- Click on Pulse Secure and then click on the plus sign:
- Fill the connection data, Name – Technion, Server URL — https://vpn.technion.ac.il/
- Then click on Add button.
- Now you have your connection ready:
- Click on Connect.
- Enter your full credentials in form username@<domain> as described below. In the password field, enter your PIN code and a code from your authentication app. The two codes should be together without any space; and click Connect.
- Staff users – [email protected]
- Students — [email protected]
- ASAT users — [email protected]