Set the name shown to the user (client) to be the server name specified in the install script

[bluetardis]

OS / Environment

AWS

Summary of the problem

During install a server name can be specified in the script. (A query could also be made for a "friendly name".
Regardless of what is entered, the name used is "Algo" for:
AWS Console
Apple MobileConfig
(and probably others that I can't test)

Steps to reproduce the behavior

normal install

The way of deployment (cloud or local)

cloud

Expected behavior

use the specified server name or optionally a friendly name/tag

Actual behavior

Full log

[dguido]

Oops

[bluetardis]

You guys are fast :-)
Whats the preferred way to donate? Patreon

[dguido]

Any way is fine! Thanks for reporting the bug.

[dguido]

Can you provide a screenshot of what you are referring to?

[bluetardis]

Here are some examples.

Step1 We do the install and give the server a name.

We override the default name of "Algo" with testing123

Step 2 Here is an example of the name not being used for AWS

We can see that it names the server Algo It does this for all build regardless of the name enterered

Step 3 Client implications

At the client end the name shown to the user will be incorrect but its not always displayed as "Algo" Sometimes its "IKEv2 12.34.56.78 Algo".

Apple MobileConfig

In the username.mobileconfig file, the following lines indicates the expected result (the server name entered in step1). Currently this needs to be edited manually.

            <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
            <string>testing123</string>

Windows

In the generated windows_username.ps1 file the following lines indicate the expected result (the server name entered in step1). Currently this needs to be edited manually.

Add-VpnConnection -name "testing123" -ServerAddress "12.34.56.78" -TunnelType IKEv2 -AuthenticationMethod MachineCertificate -EncryptionLevel Required
Set-VpnConnectionIPsecConfiguration -ConnectionName "testing123" -AuthenticationTransformConstants GCMAES128 -CipherTransformConstants GCMAES128 -EncryptionMethod AES128 -IntegrityCheckMethod SHA384 -DHGroup ECP256 -PfsGroup none

[bluetardis]

Let me know if you need more clarification but i figured that was more useful than screen shots from client devices.

[dguido]

This makes sense, but we're going to take a look at this after we finish the 1.0 milestone.

[bkono]

Found this issue while looking to see if I had missed a config step. It was bugging me, so I went ahead and made initial changes to line up with the output I had hoped to see. Mainly a starting point for a second convenience feature I added for myself, but I kept it separate, just in case this is along the lines of what you were looking to do. If it is, let me know and I'd be happy to clean it up, get some additional testing in and PR it back. master...bkono:feature/server-name-in-mobileconfig

[dguido]

Thanks! We're open to receiving a PR for it.

[bkono]

Great. PR is pushed #959 with screenshots of expected behavior in the comments.