Hey Neal, I just have to take the time to say I took your AWS SysOps course on Udemy and passed my exam yesterday. Man your courses are the best out there! When I prepare for an exam I take a lot of courses, I study a lot and try not to take any shortcuts, so I know what is out there. I know what is good and what is outdated. I took your Udemy course for AWS Developer also same result, passed the first time. Thank you so much, I absolutely recognise the time and effort you put into your courses and it has helped me a lot in my career. I am taking AWS Solution Architect now (for the Associate trifecta) and expect the same result, thanks to you. I couldn't leave a review on the Udemy course itself so I'm glad I found your TH-cam channel. Thank you.
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Hi, at 15:20 on the DNS Server section, is it a must to include? And for the IP you inputted, was it just an IP of a DNS Server you manually setup in your environment?
I wish there were a more in-depth explanation for each option at each step. Like why should we input the DNS Server 1 IP address, why you choose UDP, ect.
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Thank you very much, works perfectly!!! The only problem: in your example, you showed that you allow all inbound traffic (which will allow anyone from the internet to access the server). Any another solution to allow inbound traffic ONLY from the VPN client (and not "any" communication)?
Adding the client cert and key this way into the ovpn file no longer works. One has to copy the certificate and paste them in between these two: Contents of client certificate (.crt) file, which is client1.domain.tld.crt under the same direcroty when the server and client certificates are located Contents of private key (.key) file, which is client1.domain.tld.crt Also, a random string must be appended at the beginning of the Client VPN endpoint DNS name
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Hey Neal, Great Video. I am trying to add an extra detail to what you did. I installed IIS on my ec2 instance and In the security group I want to make sure only IP addresses from the CIDR block used in the AWS VPN client will have connectivity to the instance over Port 80. I added the inbound rule on the security group of the instance specifying my CIDR block from my VPN and I selected port 80, however observed that when i try to reach IIS i am unable to while but when I allow all traffic instead still over the VPN connection, I can reach IIS. Just to add the VPN works fine, I seem to be missing something on the security group side with what i want to achieve
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Thank you for the video. One thing I'm confused about is the security group rule "Web Access." If it allows traffic from all IPs, how is it restricted so that only IPs in the VPN Endpoint's CIDR range can access the server? Thanks in advance
Thanks Neal, This is the awesome video. One query here, Can we use aws client vpn with transit gateway setup, in order to access other VPC resources also with same client?
Hello Neal. Thank you very much for the tutorial, I am hardly looking at it since I have a similar case with a client. However, I have the following query, what should I change in the configuration, in case there are multiple users who are going to use this VPN service? Thank you very much in advance for the information you share with us.
Thank you for this video it's very helpful. I tried this on my laptop and my only issue is that while connected to the OpenVPN I lose internet connection. Same with outlook & Teams, the internet resumes when I disconnect. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you in advance and please keep making these videos.
That's correct, you would need to set up routing via the internet gateway. You can define static routes for this purpose, or you can configure the VPN to bypass the tunnel for internet connections. Another method is to use a proxy server.
Hello Neal, This is an amazing tutorial, very informative. Thanks a lot for sharing! In the tutorial we accessed an AWS cloud resource(EC2) from windows machine on-premise ( connectivity on-premise to-->AWS cloud) . Will this same set up work, if we want to access an on-premise resource from AWS cloud (connectivity AWS cloud to --> on-premise) e.g. for accessing an on-premise application server or an on-premise db server from AWS cloud. Thanks in advance for helping with the question. Good Wishes! Kind Regards, Prince Arora
I have multiple subnets on the same AZ in my VPC that my clients need access to using VPN. How is this accomplished? It looks like you can only associate one subnet per availability zone.
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Hi, amazing video, thks a lot. By they way, I followed yours instructions, I got the VPN working on my Windows Client, but although I am able to connect to the EC2 instance, I lost the connection to the rest of internet (i can not longer use my browser on windows, for example, while I am on the VPN). I already defined the use of DNSs on the setup of the VPN EndClient, but still does not work. Any idea of what I am missing ?
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One question: I am able to connect from my remote windows machine to my VPC, and to the specific subnet on AWS. THat works great... However, if I do a "ping" from my EC2 instance on AWS to my remote windows, that does not work (traffic initiated on the other side does not work). Any way to solve that ? Thks !!!
Do we need to have create workspace.. is it really required.. can't we create certificate in our local system then upload it to the vpn client endpoint.. Plz explain...
Is there any automation for clients certificate setup because if there are too many clients like we have to join Microsoft Ad which is install in AWS and client access through vpn, by doing manually it's consume too much time.
How to make this setup compliance. Say example, if I have 10 users and accessing this client VPN and one user has left the organization . Then how can i restrict access to a user who has left organization? If we use mutual authentication method, how to restrict access to user who has left the Organization
how to use multiple client users in AWS VPN client endpoint? In aws vpn client endpoint Authentication Options = Use mutual authentication you only can select one client cert, my question is how to add multiple certs in that option?
Hey Neel, I tried the same method you have used . downloaded OpenVPN client but this time pki folder is missing. So whenevr i try to run command " ./easyrsa init-pki" it throwing me this error "Temporary directory 'C:/Program Files/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/pki/easy-rsa-252.a09932' does not exist" .Please help to rectify this asap. waiting for your kind response .
From AWS: Public SSL/TLS certificates provisioned through AWS Certificate Manager are free. You pay only for the AWS resources you create to run your application.
Seems like a LOT of steps for a client vpn. I assume this is mostly for admins to connect to the VPC. Not really end users? Couldn't imagine setting that up on 100 end user laptops/pcs.
I spend efforts looking for someone to help me to build a VPN for me, now I become an experienced! Thank you Neal!
Hey Neal, I just have to take the time to say I took your AWS SysOps course on Udemy and passed my exam yesterday. Man your courses are the best out there! When I prepare for an exam I take a lot of courses, I study a lot and try not to take any shortcuts, so I know what is out there. I know what is good and what is outdated. I took your Udemy course for AWS Developer also same result, passed the first time. Thank you so much, I absolutely recognise the time and effort you put into your courses and it has helped me a lot in my career. I am taking AWS Solution Architect now (for the Associate trifecta) and expect the same result, thanks to you. I couldn't leave a review on the Udemy course itself so I'm glad I found your TH-cam channel. Thank you.
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Brilliant! Connected from my Raspberry to DB in Private Subnet from Public Subnet, thanking your tutorial!
Hi, at 15:20 on the DNS Server section, is it a must to include? And for the IP you inputted, was it just an IP of a DNS Server you manually setup in your environment?
Did you find the answer to that question? I'm stuck there.
@@bimo99b99 I gave it a try without including the DNS, and it works perfectly.
Thank you Digital Cloud Training. Very informative. I have already subscribed your course in Udemy
I wish there were a more in-depth explanation for each option at each step. Like why should we input the DNS Server 1 IP address, why you choose UDP, ect.
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Thank you very much, works perfectly!!!
The only problem: in your example, you showed that you allow all inbound traffic (which will allow anyone from the internet to access the server). Any another solution to allow inbound traffic ONLY from the VPN client (and not "any" communication)?
Just add the client IP ranges
Adding the client cert and key this way into the ovpn file no longer works.
One has to copy the certificate and paste them in between these two:
Contents of client certificate (.crt) file, which is client1.domain.tld.crt under the same direcroty when the server and client certificates are located
Contents of private key (.key) file, which is client1.domain.tld.crt
Also, a random string must be appended at the beginning of the Client VPN endpoint DNS name
Thanks for spending time and recording this session.
Hi, excellent video!. One question: is it possible to route requests using Route53 to the VPN endpoint?
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Hey Neal, Great Video. I am trying to add an extra detail to what you did. I installed IIS on my ec2 instance and In the security group I want to make sure only IP addresses from the CIDR block used in the AWS VPN client will have connectivity to the instance over Port 80.
I added the inbound rule on the security group of the instance specifying my CIDR block from my VPN and I selected port 80, however observed that when i try to reach IIS i am unable to while but when I allow all traffic instead still over the VPN connection, I can reach IIS.
Just to add the VPN works fine, I seem to be missing something on the security group side with what i want to achieve
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Thank you for the video. One thing I'm confused about is the security group rule "Web Access." If it allows traffic from all IPs, how is it restricted so that only IPs in the VPN Endpoint's CIDR range can access the server? Thanks in advance
It isn't restricted but you can definitely do that. Just take the IP range that are being assigned to VPN clients and enter as the source.
@@DigitalCloudTraining Ok that works, thank you.
Thanks Neal, This is the awesome video. One query here, Can we use aws client vpn with transit gateway setup, in order to access other VPC resources also with same client?
Here's an article that can help you: aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/using-aws-client-vpn-to-scale-your-work-from-home-capacity/
This is really good and informative. I really love it. Thank you Digital Cloud Training!!! Big compliment for you.
You are most welcome!
Hello Neal.
Thank you very much for the tutorial, I am hardly looking at it since I have a similar case with a client. However, I have the following query, what should I change in the configuration, in case there are multiple users who are going to use this VPN service?
Thank you very much in advance for the information you share with us.
Hello Martin, thanks for the positive feedback!
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thanks neal with your udemy course i was able to successfully clear my cloud practioner exam ..
Congratulations on your exam success! Keep it going.
Thanks for the video!
Any reason why you will use this solution instead of OpenVPN AS?
Just because I'm teaching AWS. You should evaluate the best option for your use case
Thank you for this video it's very helpful. I tried this on my laptop and my only issue is that while connected to the OpenVPN I lose internet connection. Same with outlook & Teams, the internet resumes when I disconnect. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you in advance and please keep making these videos.
That's correct, you would need to set up routing via the internet gateway. You can define static routes for this purpose, or you can configure the VPN to bypass the tunnel for internet connections. Another method is to use a proxy server.
Any articles or videos that show how to connect from a mac using the VPN ?
Hello Neal,
This is an amazing tutorial, very informative. Thanks a lot for sharing!
In the tutorial we accessed an AWS cloud resource(EC2) from windows machine on-premise ( connectivity on-premise to-->AWS cloud) . Will this same set up work, if we want to access an on-premise resource from AWS cloud (connectivity AWS cloud to --> on-premise) e.g. for accessing an on-premise application server or an on-premise db server from AWS cloud.
Thanks in advance for helping with the question. Good Wishes!
Kind Regards,
Prince Arora
Not with a client VPN, you need a site-to-site VPN
I have multiple subnets on the same AZ in my VPC that my clients need access to using VPN. How is this accomplished? It looks like you can only associate one subnet per availability zone.
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Hi, amazing video, thks a lot. By they way, I followed yours instructions, I got the VPN working on my Windows Client, but although I am able to connect to the EC2 instance, I lost the connection to the rest of internet (i can not longer use my browser on windows, for example, while I am on the VPN). I already defined the use of DNSs on the setup of the VPN EndClient, but still does not work. Any idea of what I am missing ?
I already solved, splitting the tunnel, thks !!!
@@AndresGorostidi exactly!
Does the EC2 instance created within the private subnet have access to the internet? For eg., can it do OS updates etc.?
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Thank you. !! And I enrolled for this networking course on Udemy.
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Great explanation!!! Thanks Neal.
Hi, how many concurrent user can connect on this vpn? And what is the difference between self hosted openvpn and this one?
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Do i need to create a VPG and CGW to create vpn connection using openvpn tool in windows? Thanks
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very very good example and hands on. thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching.
One question: I am able to connect from my remote windows machine to my VPC, and to the specific subnet on AWS. THat works great... However, if I do a "ping" from my EC2 instance on AWS to my remote windows, that does not work (traffic initiated on the other side does not work). Any way to solve that ? Thks !!!
Check you have your security groups and routing setup correctly. You need to allow ICMP
Excellent Tutorial - Thank You!
Do we need to have create workspace.. is it really required.. can't we create certificate in our local system then upload it to the vpn client endpoint.. Plz explain...
Yes, up to you. I just use Workspaces.
Thank you for the video.
Is there any automation for clients certificate setup because if there are too many clients like we have to join Microsoft Ad which is install in AWS and client access through vpn, by doing manually it's consume too much time.
You could use any automation tools that your company uses for configuring your clients
Very good guide. Thank you very much
Thanks a lot, your are awesome !
How to make this setup compliance. Say example, if I have 10 users and accessing this client VPN and one user has left the organization . Then how can i restrict access to a user who has left organization?
If we use mutual authentication method, how to restrict access to user who has left the Organization
Please refer to the documentation: docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-admin/authentication-authorization.html
Great, Thanks a lot sir!!
what if you want users to use BOTH mutual (client/cert) and Federate (SAML) how do you do that with ONE VPN
Haven't done it myself. You can look it up in the AWS documentation
Really nice video!
This was helpful thank you
how to use multiple client users in AWS VPN client endpoint?
In aws vpn client endpoint Authentication Options = Use mutual authentication you only can select one client cert, my question is how to add multiple certs in that option?
Check this article: aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/client-vpn-multiple-users-same-endpoint/
Hey Neel, I tried the same method you have used . downloaded OpenVPN client but this time pki folder is missing. So whenevr i try to run command " ./easyrsa init-pki" it throwing me this error "Temporary directory 'C:/Program Files/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/pki/easy-rsa-252.a09932' does not exist" .Please help to rectify this asap. waiting for your kind response .
It may be best to start from the beginning and just be super careful following step by step.
Any charges for importing this certificate on ACM?
From AWS: Public SSL/TLS certificates provisioned through AWS Certificate Manager are free. You pay only for the AWS resources you create to run your application.
Seems like a LOT of steps for a client vpn. I assume this is mostly for admins to connect to the VPC. Not really end users? Couldn't imagine setting that up on 100 end user laptops/pcs.
Of course this is for admins, end users would just have it configured for them
Can I use aws openvpn on asus router are it's just for windows and Mac so on
Check the openvpn website for details of supported operating systems and devices but most probably not.
this is missing from your udemy associate archit
It's covered at a high level in my associate course and in more detail in the pro level as per the certification requirements