How to share my vpn server public?

[mohammad alsharqi]

Hi everyone,
I'm new with openvpn and i've created vpn server through vmware, currently when i put my server ip it be accessible but when i replace it with hostname i got error of DNS lookup failed on host.

How i make it puplic so i can access to my vpn server anywhere?

thanks

[novaflash]

Hello mohammad,

The DNS record must resolve to the public IP of your server. So if you get a DNS lookup failure it means the DNS record could not be resolved. Fix that and things should work. You can't just 'make up' a DNS record, you have to register it with some public instance like some domain registration company or dynamic DNS system.

Kind regards,
Johan

[mohammad alsharqi]

is that available in openvpn cloud? if no? could you assist me with some examples

[novaflash]

Hello mohammad,

OpenVPN Cloud already by default works with a DNS hostname, you can't get it there without.

For domain registration you really have to talk to a company that does domain registration, and not us.

Kind regards,
Johan

[mohammad alsharqi]

Thanks too much for your help, i already got hostname and put it in server name field in openvpn server, it works well when i used it in the local network but the server not accessible when i try to connect through outside ?

[openvpn_inc]

Hello mohammad,

Then you need to make sure that whatever your domain name resolves to is a public IP and not a private IP. And ensure that the public IP opens and forwards the ports used for the VPN connection to your actual VPN server.

Kind regards,
Johan

[mohammad alsharqi]

Thanks Joham, I'm trying to change my private ip to puplic in virtual machine by adding command remote but i got command not found

[openvpn_inc]

Hello mohammad,

The 'remote' directive is a configuration directive in OpenVPN that instructs an OpenVPN client where to connect to. It does not allow you to change a virtual machine's IP address.

Kind regards,
Johan