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Connect using the AWS provided client - AWS Client VPN
Version 6.0 and laterEarlier versions

Connect using the AWS provided client

Before you begin, ensure that your Client VPN administrator has created a Client VPN endpoint and provided you with the Client VPN endpoint configuration file. If you want to connect to multiple profiles simultaneously, you'll need a configuration file for each profile.

Before you begin, ensure that you've read the requirements for your platform (Requirements, Requirements, or Requirements for connecting to Client VPN with an AWS provided client for Linux). The AWS provided client is also referred to as the AWS VPN Client in the following steps.

Version 6.0 and later

Add a connection profile

To add one or more connection profiles, use a configuration file provided by your Client VPN administrator for each profile.

  1. Open the AWS VPN Client app.

  2. If no profiles exist, choose the Add profile button shown in the main window. Otherwise, choose the Other actions button, choose Profiles, and then choose Add.

  3. For Profile name, enter a name for the profile.

  4. For VPN configuration file, choose Choose file, browse to and then select the configuration file, and choose Add profile.

  5. To create multiple connections, repeat the previous steps for each configuration file you want to add.

Connect to a profile

  1. Open the AWS VPN Client app.

  2. Choose a profile from the Select profile dropdown, and then choose Connect.

  3. If the Client VPN endpoint uses credential-based authentication, enter a user name and password when prompted. If it uses SAML-based federated authentication (single sign-on), complete authentication in the browser window that opens.

  4. After you connect, the profile appears in the connected profiles list with a status of Connected.

Note

You can connect to multiple profiles concurrently.

Note

If any profile you connect to conflicts with a currently open session, you won't be able to make the connection. Either choose a new connection or disconnect from the session causing the conflict.

Disconnect

To disconnect from a profile, choose the Disconnect button next to the connected profile. On Windows and macOS, you can also choose the AWS VPN Client icon in the system tray (or menu bar on macOS) and choose Disconnect. If you have multiple open connections, you must disconnect each connection individually.

View connection statistics

To view statistics for a connection, choose the Other actions button, and then choose Statistics.

Earlier versions

Add a connection profile

To add one or more connection profiles, use a configuration file provided by your Client VPN administrator for each profile.

  1. Open the AWS VPN Client app.

  2. Choose File, Manage Profiles.

  3. Choose Add Profile.

  4. For Display Name, enter a name for the profile.

  5. For VPN Configuration File, browse to and then select the configuration file, and choose Add Profile.

  6. To create multiple connections, repeat the previous steps for each configuration file you want to add. You can have up to five open connections.

Connect to a profile

  1. Open the AWS VPN Client app.

  2. In the AWS VPN Client window, choose the profile that you want to connect to, and then choose Connect.

  3. If the Client VPN endpoint uses credential-based authentication, enter a user name and password when prompted. If it uses SAML-based federated authentication (single sign-on), complete authentication in the browser window that opens.

Note

You can connect to multiple profiles concurrently, up to five open connections. Repeat the connect step for each profile you want to initiate.

Note

If any profile you connect to conflicts with a currently open session, you won't be able to make the connection. Either choose a new connection or disconnect from the session causing the conflict.

Disconnect

To disconnect, choose a connection in the AWS VPN Client window, and then choose Disconnect. On Windows and macOS, you can also choose the client icon in the system tray (or menu bar on macOS) and choose Disconnect. If you have multiple open connections, you must close each connection individually.

View connection statistics

To view statistics for a connection, choose Connection in the AWS VPN Client window, choose Show Details, and then choose the connection you want to see details about.