Follow the steps below to setup a new OpenVPN server.
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Setup a new Route53 hosted zone and register with a domain name. Get the domain name and hosted zone id.
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Upload SSM parameters to the approprivate cloud with the following commands:
# update the Route53 Hosted Zone ID
aws ssm put-parameter --name "openvpn-hosted-zone" --value <hosted-zone-value> --type String
# update the Route53 domain name
aws ssm put-parameter --name "openvpn-zone-name" --value <domain-name-value> --type String
# update the openvpn admin password
aws ssm put-parameter --name "openvpn-admin-passwd" --value <admin-password> --type String
# update the EC2 keyname for SSH access
aws ssm put-parameter --name "openvpn-keyname" --value <keyname> --type String
# update the openvpn username
aws ssm put-parameter --name "openvpn-user-name" --value <user-name> --type String
# update the openvpn user password
aws ssm put-parameter --name "openvpn-user-passwd" --value <user-password> --type String
- Run the CDK deploy commands:
cdk deploy