Setting up a VPN server and connecting with OpenVPN

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jared.ballance
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Setting up a VPN server and connecting with OpenVPN

Post by jared.ballance » Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:33 pm

Hello, I am student in a university networking class. We previously set up an AWS instance, which I have running in Singapore. I was tasked with setting up a VPN server on my AWS instance (an Ubuntu machine) and connecting to via a windows client. I have successfully created the VPN on the AWS instance and have confirmed that it is actively running. After that I set installed OpenVPN on my windows client and have put the config files that it asked for in the config directory. When I try connecting to my VPN through OpenVPN, the connection times out. I have already updated the inbound rules for AWS instance to allows UDP 1194 traffic, and allowed UDP 1194 traffic on my windows client. I can't seem to figure out what is causing this issue. If you have any ideas or insights about this problem, your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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