How to start up GPD for Palo Alto Network in Headless Ubuntu Server?

Della

12/5/23, 10:01 AM

Trying to install and work with GlobalProtect from Palo Alto Networks on an Amazon Ec2 . headless machine (runs Ubuntu 22.04). I just installed Globalprotect alright, but it is not working. From some reading, I came to believe the GPD service is not starting up. This is what I get when I query the status of GPD service.

$ sudo systemctl status gpd
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● gpd.service - GlobalProtect VPN client daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-12-05 17:48:51 +08; 341ms ago
    Process: 1446 ExecStartPre=/opt/paloaltonetworks/globalprotect/pre_exec_gps.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 1448 ExecStart=/opt/paloaltonetworks/globalprotect/PanGPS (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
   Main PID: 1448 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
        CPU: 3ms

The exact same installer is working fine in my local laptop (which also runs Ubuntu 22.04), and without any GUI interaction. I install and connect to globalprotect just from my terminal. But this is failing for the headless Ec2 instance. Any help, particularly on how to get PanGPA and PanGPS (some kind of daemon that gpd depends on) running?

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