Cisco Anyconnect VPN Client Setup on MacOS

This tutorial explains how to install Cisco Anyconnect VPN and configure the correct VPN profiles on your Mac PC.

1. Download, unzip and install the Cisco AnyConnect VPN app for Mac.  There will be a .dmg mac installer file to install on your MAC.

https://downloads.webvault.com.au/cisco/vpnclient/anyconnect-macos-current.zip

2. After install download the XML VPN profiles using the following link:

https://downloads.webvault.com.au/cisco/profiles/AnyConnectProfiles.zip

3. Extract the .xml profile files from the AnyConnectProfiles.zip and place them in the installation folder of your Cisco Anyconnect VPN installation:

4. Also now Add (or edit if not existing) the following XML setting in the AnyConnectLocalPolicy.xml located in the /opt/cisco/anyconnect/ folder.  The BypassDownloader setting must be set to true as shown.

<BypassDownloader>true</BypassDownloader>

5. Your Anyconnect VPN installation should now be complete.  Load the Cisco Anyconnect VPN software dialog from your menu.  You can connect to the following servers depending on your organisations VPN setup:

PERTH IPSEC VPNCLOUD
PERTH WEBSSL VPN

If you do not see these list of servers to choose from your profiles may not be installed properly.  Please contact your IT support or cloud provider for assistance.