Overview
High-performance VPN server on Linux with user management control web panel. It is designed to provide users with secure internet access via an encrypted VPN tunnel. It works with end-user devices running Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS, as well as routers, and supports standard VPN protocols such as PPTP, L2TP without IPSec, and L2TP-IPSec-PSK. This VPN server ensures a stable VPN connection at the highest possible speed. It is recommended to determine the optimal number of VPN users based on the server capacity and real server load. The performance of this VPN server is quite high, making it suitable for use even on low-power machines, which can help reduce costs. It features a user-friendly web-based control panel for managing user entries via the web interface. The VPN traffic is tracked for each user, and connection speed can be individually configured for each VPN user.
Areas of use:
- It can be used to provide secure internet access for computers, mobile devices, and routers.
- This VPN server can be used to provide internet access in countries where internet restrictions are imposed by authorities.
- Suitable for both individuals and companies offering VPN services.
Key features of the current version of the PPTP/L2TP/L2TP-IPSec-PSK VPN Server:
- Easy to use, this VPN server is fully operational immediately after launching without requiring any server setup.
- In addition to PPTP/L2TP-IPSec-PSK, it supports L2TP without IPSec, which is widely used as a standard VPN protocol in routers.
- Provides very high speed VPN channels.
- High server efficiency allows for its usage on low-performance machines, potentially reducing costs.
- User management web panel enables adding, deleting, or editing user records. It also provides information on who is currently online. If necessary, VPN access can be denied or bandwidth can be restricted for any user.
- Remote user management via MySQL (port 3306) is supported.
Highlights
- Easy to use, this VPN server is fully operational immediately after launching without requiring any server setup. There is no limitation on the maximum number of VPN users.
- VPN Server supports standard protocols: PPTP, L2TP without IPSec and L2TP-IPSec-PSK.
- The high server efficiency of this VPN server enables its usage even on low-performance machines, potentially reducing costs.
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Typical total price
$0.073/hour
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.nano | $0.063 | $0.006 | $0.069 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.063 | $0.012 | $0.075 |
t2.small | $0.063 | $0.023 | $0.086 |
t2.medium | $0.063 | $0.046 | $0.109 |
t2.large | $0.063 | $0.093 | $0.156 |
t2.xlarge | $0.063 | $0.186 | $0.249 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.063 | $0.371 | $0.434 |
t3.nano | $0.063 | $0.005 | $0.068 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier Recommended | $0.063 | $0.01 | $0.073 |
t3.small | $0.063 | $0.021 | $0.084 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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You may terminate the instance at anytime to stop incurring charges.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
- Launch the server. This server does not require the powerful computing resources; you can choose a simple instance type. Linux username: admin
- Attach the elastic ip to the instance.
After launching, the VPN server becomes immediately fully operational with no additional setup required.
This server supports VPN connections:
- PPTP (login, password)
- L2TP without IPSec (login, password)
- L2TP/IPSec-PSK (login, password, PSK).
When the server is first started, a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) is generated. This key should be specified in the settings on client devices for L2TP/IPSec-PSK connections. This PSK key is the same for all users. You can find PSK with help of SSH on a Linux welcome screen or you can find it in the file "/etc/ipsec.secrets". You can change it, if needed.
User management Web Panel:
- https://[Public IP address]
- use "administrator" as username and your instance ID as password.
Initially, the database of VPN users contains 1 user named "testuser" with randomly generated password.
When accessing the Control Panel using the HTTPS protocol, your web browser may display a warning about potential risks due to the use of IP address in the URL. In this case, you should proceed and accept the risks, as our goal is to encrypt traffic, and there is no reason to worry about using IP address in a web browser.
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As an additional option, this server supports direct user management through MySQL (port 3306, username: remote, password is your instance ID, database: radius, table: radcheck - list of users, table: radusergroup - access status for users). The database is readable and writable via 3306 port.
Please note that in order to establish L2TP/IPSec-PSK connection from a client on Windows, you may need to make changes to the Windows registry, otherwise Windows error code 809 or 789 may appear. To fix it:
- in section "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent" please create DWORD (32 bit) parameter "AssumeUDPEncapsulationContextOnSendRule" and set value 2 for it.
- in section "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\Parameters" set parameter "ProhibitIPSec" to 0.
- restart Windows.
For Windows computers, we recommend our utility to easily create a VPN connection in one click:
As an additional server management tool, you can use phpMyAdmin:
- https://[Public IP address]/phpmyadmin/
- use "administrator" as username and your instance ID as password.
- By default, access to phpMyAdmin is denied in file "/usr/share/phpmyadmin/.htaccess"
Please note:
Despite the fact that this server supports VPN connection via the L2TP without IPSec, it should be noted that such VPN tunnel can not be considered as secure. Therefore, we recommend using L2TP-IPSec-PSK or PPTP on client devices instead of L2TP without IPSec, if possible.
It should be noted that the simultaneous connections to the VPN server of several Windows client devices that located behind a single NAT router may not work with L2TP-IPSec-PSK. In this case, we recommend to use PPTP connection for each Windows device. There are no such problems for Android, iOS or Linux client devices.
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Simple and easy to use
The main advantage is ease of use. The initial setup was mostly not required. The database already contains a test user, so you can start testing right away. The VPN server was tested with TP-Link Router WR841N in L2TP mode. The speed is not bad, no breaks in communication have been detected yet. The server allows using concurrent connections, so I also connected PC (Windows 7) and 2 Android smartphones with the same credentials to the server for testing. At the moment no problems were found, but it is not entirely clear how long it holds the VPN connection for the Android device if you are offline. The disadvantages include the not quite familiar user control panel, which will have to be studied further. Also, if you build a complex network configuration, then probably you may need to change the config files (I don't have such a task). So, generally satisfied.