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OpenVPN

- Open Source VPN solution

OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and more. OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other VPN technologies that is well-targeted for the SME and enterprise markets.

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Deploy Openvpn on Amazon EC2

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Stable version: 14.2 (changelog)

This appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core, and on top of that:

  • OpenVPN configurations:
    • Initialization hooks to configure common OpenVPN deployments such as server, gateway and client profiles.
    • All profiles support SSL/TLS certificates for authentication and key exchange.
    • Server and gateway deployments include a convenience script to add clients, generating all required keys and certificates, as well as a unified ovpn profile for clients to easily connect to the VPN.
    • Expiring obfuscated HTTPS urls can be created for clients to download their profiles (especially useful with mobile devices using a QR code scanner).
    • The server profile supports a private subnet configuration, enabling clients to reach servers behind the OpenVPN server.
    • The gateway profile configures connecting clients to tunnel all their traffic through the VPN.
    • When adding clients in a server or gateway deployment, an optional parameter can be given to enable computers on a subnet behind the client to connect to the VPN.
    • For added security, OpenVPN is configured to drops privilages, run in a chroot jail dedicated to CRL, and uses tls-auth for HMAC signature verification protecting againsts DoS attacks, port flooding, port scanning and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the SSL/TLS implementation.

See the Usage documentation for further details, including Amazon VPC notes and cloudformation template.

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Usage details & Logging in for Administration

No default passwords: For security reasons there are no default passwords. All passwords are set at system initialization time.

Ignore SSL browser warning: browsers don't like self-signed SSL certificates, but this is the only kind that can be generated automatically without paying a commercial Certificate Authority.

Web - point your browser at either:

  1. http://12.34.56.789/ - not encrypted so no browser warning
  2. https://12.34.56.789/ - encrypted with self-signed SSL certificate

Username for OS system administration:

Login as root except on AWS marketplace which uses username admin.

  1. Point your browser to:
  2. Login with SSH client: 
    ssh root@12.34.56.789

    Special case for AWS marketplace:

    ssh admin@12.34.56.789

* Replace 12.34.56.789 with a valid IP or hostname.