In any case, if everything works, you should see something like this: Maybe that's a topic for another blog post! Since our VPC has no path to the public Internet (like a NAT Gateway), traffic to public sites is going to "dead end" at the VPC. Remember, we told Tunnelblick we want to forward all traffic to the VPN Gateway, even Internet traffic. Warning: Our VPC group doesn't have any kind of transit routing set up, so connecting will kill your Internet connection. Let's try connecting to the VPN Gateway using Tunnelblick. That's it! You should now have a running ECS instance inside your VPC Group, like this: Note that because we are using a "Shared" instance type, we have to confirm that we're aware of the CPU Credit system that is used to control CPU usage on this instance type, as shown here: Make sure you choose the correct Region and correct VPC: Setting up an ECS instance is easy, just follow along with the screenshots below: In order to test all of this out, we now need to create an ECS instance inside the VPC to which our VPN Gateway is attached, then try connecting to it. We need to make sure all traffic will traverse the VPN, so that the SSH and ping tests we run later will work properly. We need to make some final touches to the configuration by clicking on "VPN Details", then switching over to "Settings", as shown here: ovpn file onto Tunnelblick, then following along with the prompts: In Tunnelblick, you do this by dragging the.
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ovpn file inside the config.zip archive we downloaded from the Alibaba Cloud console earlier. Once you have a local VPN client installed, the next step is to configure a VPN connection, using the. I won't go through all the steps involved in installing Tunnelblick: it's very straightforward.
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I'm using a mac, so I will demonstrate this using the free and open source Tunnelblick VPN tool.Ĭlicking the link above should take you to the Tunnelblick homepage, where you can get the most recent version from "Downloads": We need local SSL VPN client software, if we want our local device (be it a desktop, laptop, or phone) to be able to connect to the VPN Gateway.
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ovpn VPN client configuration file, which we can download as a zipfile: Next, we need to set up our SSL "client configuration", which will generate a certificate file and. Setting Up An SSL VPN Client Configuration In general, it's a good idea to choose a "local network" IP address range that doesn't overlap your VPC address range, and choose a "client subnet" address which is in the same CIDR block as your VPC, but does not overlap with your vSwitches. Pay close attention to the network address ranges you use (see screenshot below for details):
Why? Mostly because it's easier than setting up an IPsec VPN, and because I'm testing from a laptop. We'll test our VPN Gateway by setting up an SSL VPN.
Once the status is "Normal", the VPN Gateway is ready to use: Return to the VPN Gateway console, and wait for the VPN to initialize. This should take you to the purchase page ( double check which Region is selected here, sometimes the buy page resets to a default region setting):Ĭonfirm your purchase ( this is the part of the tutorial where things start costing money! so be sure to delete any resources you've created, once you are done testing): Click on that, then click on "Create VPN Gateway": Now, scroll the left-hand menu until you see the "VPN Gateway" option. Step 2: Creating A VPN Gateway Setting Up The Gateway If everything worked, you should see something like this: I chose a Chinese region since I'm based in China:Ĭreate a new VPC group with at least one subnet (I created 3 subnets: one for each of the three Zones in the Ulanqab Region):
Let's get started! Step 1: Creating a VPC Groupįirst, of course, you'll need to log into your Alibaba Cloud account and log into the web console.
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