Use OpenVPN to safely access private AWS resources from Linux clients | Linux Today

Use OpenVPN to safely access private AWS resources from Linux clients

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David Clinton
Jun 14, 2018

Looking for a safe and reliable way to connect remotely with a back-end RDS database instance or AWS-based data that’s not public? One solid tool is the official Linux-based OpenVPN Access Server AMI. This article shows you how to configure your own VPN into your AWS VPC and connect from Linux clients.

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David Clinton

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