Previously, if you managed headless Linux servers or relied on automated scripts, you faced a challenge to establish a GlobalProtect® connection with SAML authentication requiring a graphical user interface (GUI). This limitation prevented you from deploying the GlobalProtect app in server-only environments and made it difficult to integrate secure remote access into your automated workflows.

To solve this, you can now use the command-line interface (CLI) to connect to GlobalProtect when using SAML authentication with the default browser. You can now securely initiate, manage, and terminate GlobalProtect app sessions directly from the command line, removing the dependency on a desktop environment.

This functionality is available starting with the GlobalProtect app for Linux version 6.2.1 and is supported on distributions including Fedora, Ubuntu, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This gives you greater deployment flexibility and ensures resilient, secure access across your automated systems.