Accessing OVPN client through OVPN server from outside ovpn

santino83

Hello,

I have two computers, A and B. A is the opvenvpn server and has a public ip (195.81.xx.xx). B is in a private network and it's seen by A through the vpn.

Well, here is the situation:

server A:

ip: 195.81.xx.xx (public)
ovpn ip: 10.8.0.1

server B:

ip: 192.168.xx.xx (private)
ovpn ip: 10.8.0.10

Now I have some services in B I want to access to from outside the OVPN. I have two website in B. Here is what I want: I want to use server A as a "gateway" to access to the services in server B. How is it possible?

for example: from my pc I digit "www.myservices.ext". myservices.ext go to 195.81.xx.xx (A) and A redirects the request to B through the vpn.

How could I do?

Thanks a lot

janjust

you can either try to do this using some iptables magic or you can consider a proxy setup.
in your setup server A acts as a proxy server to the web servers on server B; this can be done using the right proxying software, e.g. using apache httpd+mod_proxy , or squid or other software.

santino83

Hello,

Thanks for your replay. I finally setup a proxy via apache+mod_proxy, and it works. I want to know if someone has an idea to use iptables adding routes based on the destination name (not ip) because I have several dns setted up on the private machine.

janjust

iptables based on DNS won't work - iptables works at the IP level, so it is not aware of DNS names. the best you could achieve is to use dynamically write out iptables rules based on the dns names.

santino83

Ok, I'll use http proxy with Apache right now :mrgreen:

thank you