A cli for launching/stopping Global Protect (and stopping it from auto-launching on restart)

README.md

1. Create a folder to hold your custom bash commands

$ mkdir ~/.bin

2. Download the vpn file above to that directory

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/bhstahl/a90d747683ea0598c673e42d7f5a8900/raw/75cf1751c315795619399ef0e6b53a0297af3040/vpn --output ~/.bin/vpn

3. Make it executable by adding this to your .bash_profile

export PATH="$PATH:~/.bin"

4. Run the setup command to make sure global protect doesnt launch each time you use your computer

$ vpn setup

5. Then start/stop it on your own time

$ vpn start
# Launching global protect

$ vpn stop
# Quitting global protect

vpn

#!/bin/bash


function setup() {
    sudo mv /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpsd.plist /Library/Application\ Support/PaloAltoNetworks/GlobalProtect/
    sudo mv /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps.plist /Library/Application\ Support/PaloAltoNetworks/GlobalProtect/
    sudo mv /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa.plist /Library/Application\ Support/PaloAltoNetworks/GlobalProtect/
}

function up() {
  launchctl load /Library/Application\ Support/PaloAltoNetworks/GlobalProtect/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps.plist
  launchctl load /Library/Application\ Support/PaloAltoNetworks/GlobalProtect/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa.plist
}

function down() {
  launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps
  launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa
}

case $1 in

up)
echo "Launching global protect"
up
  ;;
down)
echo "Quitting global protect"
down
  ;;
setup)
echo "Disabling global protect from startup items"
setup
  ;;
*)
  echo "'$1' is not a valid verb.  The only valid verbs are 'up' and 'down'."
  exit 1
  ;;
esac