running a vpn server using ram (no hard drive on server)

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running a vpn server using ram (no hard drive on server)

Post by godaddy » Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:48 pm

for added security (in an environment where it is critical no logs are kept and many servers exist to host vpn)
is it possible to somehow store openVPN on RAM?

i know this will delete the whole setup on reboot
but i was thinking if a cluster can be formed with a mother node that loads the vpn configuration on each of these servers on boot (via PXE/LAN)

what do some experts have to say here?


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Re: running a vpn server using ram (no hard drive on server)

Post by ecrist » Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:20 pm

You can do this pretty easily using a RAM disk on most Linux and BSD boxes. I'm sure Windows has a mechanism, as well, but I'm not familiar with it.
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