GlobalProtectGUI is simple tray app to connect, disconnect and monitor globalprotect VPN connection.

Required before starting script:

pip3 install pgi
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gir1.2-appindicator3
sudo apt install xterm

Clone this repo and run python3 globalprotect-gui.py and tray icon will appear.

To run this on start you can setup ~/.config/autostart/*.desktop (the XDG Autostart specification), or through ~/.xprofile (a regular shell script), e.g. sudo vi ~/.config/autostart/globalprotect-gui.desktop with content:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=GlobalProtectGUI
Type=Application
Exec=python3 [PATH_TO_REPO]/globalprotect-gui.py