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Getting the same libicuuc.so problem as below. Is there a workaround to this ?

The package has an old icu dependency:

/opt/f5/vpn/f5vpn: error while loading shared libraries: libicuuc.so.71: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

symlinking libicuuc.so.71 to libicuuc.so.72 also doesn't work due to Qt dependency. Is there any solution to this or the package needs to updated?

@vcaselli I don't know anything about f5epi, and this isn't a support page for anything except for the AUR packaging of f5vpn. You should go to https://community.f5.com/t5/technical-forum/bd-p/TechnicalForum to ask questions.

Following the instructions of the readme at https://github.com/zrhoffman/f5vpn-arch I realized that I can't even get to the login page because the error popup with f5-epi error pops up before that!

So maybe the problem is that I don't have f5epi package installed, but:

1) I don't remember having dealt with it before in the several months I used F5 in the past; can it be introduced by the customer's host?

2) How are f5vpn and f5epi related?

3) Unfortunately the f5epi arch package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/f5epi#comment-867902 doesn't work

hints?

Thank you very much

do you see something suggesting some different approach? should I provide some parameter named 'resourcename' in the command line?

Try running the script from the readme of https://github.com/zrhoffman/f5vpn-arch in your browser console on the VPN site to get a URL to provide f5vpn with. That will have resourcename (and the other required parameters).

Really thank you for all hints! Anyway still not working: tried 1) putting quotes and 2) rebuilt with vpn.f5.com replaced and 3) got log

2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  =====================================
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  Location: /opt/f5/vpn/f5vpn
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  Version: 7221.2022.0411.1
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  Locale: C
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  Qt version: 5.15.4
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  =====================================
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 0,,,,  
2022-05-31,21:46:14:088, 76010,76010,, 48,,,, current log level = 63
2022-05-31,21:46:14:089, 76010,76010,, 48, /Helpers.h, 117, void f5::qt::setupLogs(const string&, const string&), QT - OpenSSL supported: true. Lib in use: OpenSSL 1.1.1o  3 May 2022. Build: OpenSSL 1.1.1o  3 May 2022
2022-05-31,21:46:14:089, 76010,76010,, 48, /Helpers.h, 118, void f5::qt::setupLogs(const string&, const string&), F5 - OpenSSL build version: OpenSSL 1.0.2zd  15 Mar 2022
2022-05-31,21:46:14:101, 76010,76010,, 1, /InputParamsBase.h, 203, , EXCEPTION - resourcename parameter is missing
2022-05-31,21:46:14:102, 76010,76010,, 1, /SessionManager.cpp, 209, , EXCEPTION caught: Failed to parse URL
2022-05-31,21:46:14:102, 76010,76010,, 1, /SessionManager.cpp, 211, boost::optional<QString> f5::qt::SessionManager::StartNASession(const QUrl&), Failed to parse URL
2022-05-31,21:46:14:102, 76010,76010,, 48, /SessionManager.cpp, 302, void f5::qt::SessionManager::CheckSessions(), No live sessions, quitting application....

do you see something suggesting some different approach? should I provide some parameter named 'resourcename' in the command line?

I also tried to capture the url, change the protocol and give the command explicitly

There are no quotes in the commands you posted. It's important that the URL is quoted, because it contains &s.

One question: since the error I wrote in my first comment

You did not post an error message in your first comment, you posted only the connection URL. If you are looking for an application log, that is stored in ~/.F5Networks/vpn.log.

is there a chance that on the server side they put a constraint on using 7183,2020,108,205 client version?

If you want to try using the exact version that your own BIG-IP APM server uses, replace vpn.f5.com with your server hostname in PKGBUILD and rebuild the package.

Thank you @zrhoffman, but the protocol f5-vpn or f5-epi is not under my control. I suppose it is built by the customer's host. I also tried to capture the url, change the protocol and give the command explicitly

f5vpn f5-vpn://<URL>

but nothing happens. Instead if I give

xdg-open f5-vpn://<URL>

something happens: the F5 icons bounces as if starting, but then stops and nothing happens, no errors.

One question: since the error I wrote in my first comment, is there a chance that on the server side they put a constraint on using 7183,2020,108,205 client version?

@vcaselli It's worth nothing that the URL scheme you gave is f5-epi://, but the package only supports f5-vpn://.

If I change f5-vpn:// to f5-epi:// in my own URL, it segfaults:

QObject::connect: Cannot connect (nullptr)::Failure(QString) to f5::qt::AutoUpdater::InstallFailed(QString)
QObject::connect: Cannot connect (nullptr)::Success() to f5::qt::AutoUpdater::InstallSuccess()
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

So it needs to be f5-vpn://, not f5-epi://.

@vcaselli I just tested the package and it works for me. Since you have a support question, maybe someone at https://community.f5.com/t5/technical-forum/bd-p/TechnicalForum can help.