Catalina and Big Sur, 1.0.3, VPN configuration works but is not visible

[RedCSol]

So I'm seeing an issue with new machines where one can successfully install macosvpn (at least the files appear where they are supposed to and the command appears to work). I install a configuration and it never appears in Network control panel, but it will appear (only in the menu bar dropdown, not in the Network pane) if I start a new VPN interface and check the box for "Show VPN status in menu bar." Sometimes rerunning the creation script several times will work, sometimes nothing except the menu bar item workaround.

install:

#!/bin/bash
sudo sh -c "curl -L https://github.com/halo/macosvpn/releases/download/1.0.3/macosvpn > /usr/local/bin/macosvpn"
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/macosvpn
echo "macosvpn command line installed"
exit 0\

and I configure with this:

/usr/local/bin/macosvpn create --force --cisco CLIENT_VPN --endpoint [ip address] --username "[your full name]" --password "[your VPN password]" --sharedsecret [sharedsecret]

am I doing it wrong?

[RedCSol]

Apparently something changed in 10.15.7 and Big Sur, the above behavior is seen if one tries to use macosvpn on the default "automatic" network location. Per tip by Brains on MacAdmins slack, creating a new network location and then running above command works as expected.

[halo]

This is very peculiar.

I'm sorry for not having responded to your issue earlier.

Funny enough, I sometimes have issues where I see VPN services in the Network Preferences but not in the VPN dropdown in the menu bar.

Honestly, I think the whole Apple VPN-related network stack is very dusty and thus I'd expect things to be whacky sometimes.

I'll leave this issue open as a reminder to add a caveat to the README of macosvpn.

Thank you for getting back with more information!