What is Twingate?
Twingate is being pilot tested by a small group of users in Technology Services, and permanent implementation depends on further analysis and available funding. Permanent systems or processes should not be built around this product.
Twingate is a game changing product that makes it possible for enterprises to replace old VPN technologies completely while providing seamless User Experience and better protection against security threats. In short, Twingate will allow you to access company resources from anywhere just as if you were in an office in a secure way.
The Twingate Client
The Twingate Client is what you will use to authenticate and gain access to internal company resources.
The Client should already be installed on your Linux computer (as per company policy).
(Note: If not present on your device, head over here to download the right client for your own device. For Twingate to work as expected, please ensure you’re running an OS that is currently supported by the provider.)
A good way to make sure it is installed is to run the twingate status command in a terminal session:
Starting the Twingate Client
You can start the Twingate Client by opening a terminal window and using the command twingate start:
Depending on whether the Client was already configured, you may see an interactive dialogue helping you set up the Client itself:
Once your Twingate Client knows what Network Name to connect to, you can use the twingate start or twingate desktop-start command. It will ask you to authenticate either by opening a browser session or displaying a URL in the console itself:
If the link appears in the Console, copy the link and open it in your browser: Go ahead and authenticate with your credentials.
Great! You should now be connected to Twingate and have access to internal company resources.
A good way to double check is to run the twingate status command, it should return ‘online’:
Disconnecting the Twingate Client
If you want to disconnect the Twingate Client for some reason, simply run the twingate stop command:
NOTE: To verify your connection status, follow the instructions in Twingate - Checking Connection Status
If you run into any issue while connecting your Client Twingate, please contact: helpdesk@tamu.edu