OpenVPN Access Server
OpenVPN Inc. | 2.0.8Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 14.04 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Good and simple VPN solution
OpenVPN was very easy to setup. There are not many options to adjust, but it comes with everything that is necessary to run a simple VPN setup at AWS. Installation time was 1-2 hours including client-side work.
We are using the clients for MacOSX and Linux and they worked like a charm. No problems so far. Documentation and software UI are quirky (hence only 4 stars), but hey: it works!
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So far so good
Some bumps an bruises during the actual build. The instructions provided by openvpn were great BUT saying the passphrase was optional was wrong. I built the instance 5 times and generated the ppk at least that many before I finally tried setting a passphrase, which worked.
The config was simple and I was able to get the developer access quickly to our site. Those 4 stars could go to 5 with some time.
Easy to use VPN appliance with some ugly documentation
I'm running the OpenVPN access server as a micro instance, just as a home VPN and simple HTTP/TCP-IP proxy.
I found it fairly straightforward to get up and running, once I ironed out a couple of things which weren't highlighted well in the quickstart guide.
I didn't realise at first that the default user was set to 'openvpn' and so I got stuck with SSH-ing in, but soon worked it out. After that, configuration was simple if you followed each step of the guide.
My use case is fairly simple and this worked well for me.
This is great
This OpenVPN AMI is simple to set up and hassle free.
The market place listing should really link to the specific quickstart though: http://docs.openvpn.net/how-to-tutorialsguides/virtual-platforms/amazon-ec2-appliance-ami-quick-start-guide/
Inclusion of processing "user data" is a great touch.
Does what it says on the tin
This was really easy to deploy and setup. I was going to setup OpenVPN on a Ubuntu deployment but this was slightly easier.
No complaints