Cisco VPN

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Using Cisco AnyConnect you get access to general DTU services, and if your primary affiliation (guest or employee) at DTU is with DTU Compute, you get access to the DTU Compute network as well.

Tip

You may also use OpenVPN. This is also needed if your primary affiliation is not DTU Compute, but you need to access DTU Compute resources.

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Note

The use of Cisco VPN requires Multifactor Authentication (MFA) (see here)

Setup

Go to https://net.ait.dtu.dk/vpn/ and log on with your DTU credentials
Download the version for your OS and install
Connect to the server vpn.dtu.dk using your DTU credentials

You can use either the official Cisco AnyConnect client for Linux or the compatible OpenConnect. This guide will use the latter. For Debian-based distros (Ubuntu), you can install OpenConnect with:

sudo apt install network-manager-openconnect-gnome

Some distributions like Fedora have OpenConnect installed by default.

This will also install the GUI configuration under Settings -> Network -> VPN

Important settings here are:
VPN Protocol	Cisco AnyConnect or OpenConnect
Gateway	vpn.dtu.dk
User Agent	AnyConnect

OpenConnect can also be started from the commandline:

sudo openconnect --useragent=AnyConnect vpn.dtu.dk

Go to Appstore on your device and download the following app: “Cisco AnyConnect”
Now open the “Cisco AnyConnect” app. If a window appears asking for permission to enable the software, click “OK”.
Go to the left side of the screen and select “Add VPN connection…”.
In the window that appears, select “Server Address” and type: “vpn.dtu.dk”, then click “Save” in the top right corner.
Back in the main window, go to the top left corner and move the switch at “AnyConnect VPN” from “OFF” to “ON”.
In the window that appears, set the following values:

Username: Your DTU username
Password: Your DTU password

Now click “Connect” and exit the app.

Last updated on 7. November, 2026

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