Using Remote Access VPN

Remote Access VPN connection to VPC or Guest Network to access Instances and applications. This section considers you have enabled Remote access VPN, refer to: Remote Access VPN.

When connected to a VPC via VPN, the client have access to all Network Tiers.

Following information is required to confiture VPN client:

  • Public IP: source NAT with VPN enabled.

  • IPsec pre-shared key: Provide at the VPN activation.

  • Username VPN account username.

  • Password VPN account password.

Mac OSX

Mac OSX provide native IPsec VPN client.

  1. Into System Preferences -> Network

  2. Click “+” button and add a VPN:

    • Interface: VPN

    • VPN Type: L2TP over IPSec

    • Service Name: (ex: test-vpc1)

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  3. Configure L2TP over IPsec

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  4. Inside Authentication Settings…

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  5. Connect into VPN

    1. Click Apply to apply Network configuration changes.

    2. Click Connect to initiate VPN connection.

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Microsoft Windows 8

Following instruction have been perform using Windows 8.1 using Native VPN client.

  1. Create network VPN connection

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  2. Configure VPN settings

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  3. Initiate VPN connection

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS does not provide native IPsec VPN client via Network Manager.

  1. Install the following packages to enable L2TP over IPsec VPN support:

    ` add-apt-repository universe apt update apt install network-manager-l2tp-gnome network-manager-l2tp strongswan xl2tpd `

  2. Restart Network Manager service to load the new plugins:

    ` systemctl restart NetworkManager `

  3. Navigate to Settings -> Network

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  4. Click “+” button and add a select Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP):

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  5. Provide the VPN connection information:

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  1. Click on IpSec Settings and configure the following:

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  2. Click on PPP Settings and select use MPPE encryption:

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  3. Connect into VPN

    1. Enable the cloudstack vpn connection.

    2. verify the connection by checking the ip address assigned on the ppp0 interface

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