(Mostly) Automated VPN login/logout

[geofftaylor]

This is my most-used and coolest Bunch. At work, I have to connect to multiple VPNs during the day. Our VPN client is Viscosity, which fortunately has a capable AppleScript dictionary. Using Bunch and AppleScript, I was able to mostly automate VPN login and logout.

It starts with this snippet called viscosity-login.snippet:

# Open Remote Desktop.
Microsoft Remote Desktop

# The only way to reliably make this do what I want is to break it up into 3 blocks of AppleScript.

# Connect to the VPN (passed as the connect_to variable by the calling bunch).
* tell application "Viscosity" to connect "${connect_to}"

# Set the Username field to my username, then set focus to the Password field.
* ```
tell application "System Events"
    tell its application process "Viscosity"
        set value of text field 1 of window 1 to "<my username>"
	set focused of text field 2 of window 1 to true
    end tell
end tell
```

# Wait 2 seconds, then activate Viscosity so that it has focus.
* tell application "Viscosity" to activate ~2

# Disconnect on close.
!* tell application "Viscosity" to disconnect "${connect_to}"

For each VPN, I have a Bunch called "Connect to <VPN name>". The Bunch calls viscosity-login.snippet and passes the connection name as the connect_to variable.

---
Title: Connect to <VPN name>
---

<viscosity-login.snippet
- connect_to = <VPN name>

I use separate Bunches instead of a multiple choice dialog so that I can assign a hot key to each one in Keyboard Maestro. I have a macro for each VPN that just runs an AppleScript one-liner: tell application "Bunch Beta" to toggle bunch "Connect to <VPN name>"

When I need to log in, all I have have to do is run the appropriate Bunch via a hot key and then enter my password and MFA code. To log out, I just close the Bunch via the same hot key.

[ttscoff]

I love this!

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On Aug 6, 2022, 1:32 PM -0500, Geoff Taylor ***@***.***>, wrote: This is my most-used and coolest Bunch. At work, I have to connect to multiple VPNs during the day. Our VPN client is Viscosity, which fortunately has a capable AppleScript dictionary. Using Bunch and AppleScript, I was able to mostly automate VPN login and logout. It starts with this snippet called viscosity-login.snippet: # Open Remote Desktop. Microsoft Remote Desktop # The only way to reliably make this do what I want is to break it up into 3 blocks of AppleScript. # Connect to the VPN (passed as the connect_to variable by the calling bunch). * tell application "Viscosity" to connect "${connect_to}" # Set the Username field to my username, then set focus to the Password field. * ``` tell application "System Events" tell its application process "Viscosity" set value of text field 1 of window 1 to "<my username>" set focused of text field 2 of window 1 to true end tell end tell ``` # Wait 2 seconds, then activate Viscosity so that it has focus. * tell application "Viscosity" to activate ~2 # Disconnect on close. !* tell application "Viscosity" to disconnect "${connect_to}" For each VPN, I have a bunch called "Connect to <VPN name>". The bunch calls viscosity-login.snippet and passes the connection name as the connect_to variable. --- Title: Connect to <VPN name> --- <viscosity-login.snippet - connect_to = <VPN name> I use separate bunches instead of a multiple choice dialog so that I can assign a hot key to each one in Keyboard Maestro. I have a macro for each VPN that just runs an AppleScript one-liner: tell application "Bunch Beta" to toggle bunch "Connect to <VPN name>" When I need to log in, all I have have to do is run the appropriate bunch via a hot key and then enter my password and MFA code. To log out, I just close the bunch via the same hot key. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>