This tutorial outlines how to establish a point-to-point VPN connection with WireGuard on Alibaba Cloud ECS instances installed with Ubuntu 16.04.
WireGuard is a free and open-source application tool that implements VPN to establish secure point-to-point connections bridged configurations. WireGuard serves as a modern and high-performance VPN which is also easy to use. Popular VPN technologies such as OpenVPN and IPSEC are often complex to set up so, WireGuard aims to provide a VPN that is both simple and highly effective. WireGuard creates a point-to-point connection between two machines without mediation by a central server.
Follow the stpes outlined below to learn how to establish a point-to-point VPN connection with WireGuard on Alibaba Cloud ECS instances.
We will need to install WireGuard software on each server before we can continue. First of all, you will need to add the WireGuard PPA to the system using the following command on each server.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireguard/wireguardYou'll be asked to add the new package source, hit the ENTER button to continue. Now, upgrade all the available packages using the sudo apt-get update command.
Next, you will need to install the WireGuard kernel module with the required components. Execute the following command on each server and it'll do the job for you.
jsudo apt-get install wireguard-dkms wireguard-toolsIn this tutorial, we will show you how to create your own VPN server with OpenVPN.
In some countries it may be illegal to use a VPN. Please consult the law in your country before proceeding.
Virtual private networks (VPNs) were initially created with the purpose of securely connecting multiple internal networks and/or users over the Internet, constructing a virtual internal network, where authorized entities can access all resources within, as if they were available on-site/locally. By encrypting and authenticating all traffic, unauthorized parties cannot read data packets and cannot join the network. Nothing gets in and nothing gets out, so to speak; everything is contained within a secure bubble. While still being used this way, mostly by companies, nowadays more and more people are using it for another purpose: to encrypt their Internet traffic and hide their location (IP address), mostly for privacy reasons, but also for securing sensitive information when connecting from public places or bypassing firewalls and/or restrictions such as geo-blocking.
Over the Internet, data is passed along from machine to machine, until it reaches its destination. It is a relaying network that routes data packets, in a similar way to how paper mail travels in the real world, passing from post office to post office, until it reaches its destinatary. And just like with real mail, the problem is that anyone can read it along the way, because by default, data packets are unencrypted (the problem has been solved partially in the last years with encryption done at application level, e.g. HTTPS, TLS, etc). For example, if you go to a public place and connect to their Wi-Fi, then visit a site which has an address that starts with http:// and not https://, then your data leaves your device unencrypted. As packets travel across the networks, someone could steal an username and password that you have entered to log in to that site. A common technique that is easy to employ is called packet sniffing. In certain conditions, internal network traffic can be sniffed (captured, read and/or collected) by anyone on that network. This means that one customer in a hotel may be able to see every data packet that comes and goes to and from everyone else staying at that hotel, and using the same network. By using a VPN, you can block these attacks, since packets are encrypted before leaving your device.
There are a lot of businesses on the Internet that offer VPN services but creating your own server has several advantages. A public VPN provider usually squeezes tens (or even hundreds) of users on the same computing instance. This (over)sharing of resources can lead to inconsistent performance, limited bandwidth and sometimes even downtime. Besides improving the quality of service (and possibly even security), creating your own OpenVPN server also gives you total control over every setting and certainty that your browsing history isn't being logged and sold to advertising companies. In some cases it may even help avoid being blocked by some sites or game servers, which automatically block any incoming traffic from publicly known commercial VPN IP addresses.
In this tutorial, we will show you how you can take advantage of all the great features of SoftEther VPN by showing you how you can set up a VPN on it.
SoftEther VPN ("SoftEther" stands for "Software Ethernet") is one of the world's most powerful and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN programs. It can run on nearly any platform, including Windows, Linux, MacOS, and even FreeBSD and Solaris.
SoftEther VPN is open source and works on multiple platforms. You can use it for personal or commercial use for free charge. It is compatibility with today's most popular VPN products among the world and has the interoperability with OpenVPN, L2TP, IPsec, EtherIP, L2TPv3, Cisco VPN Routers, and MS-SSTP VPN Clients. SoftEther VPN is also the world's only VPN software which supports SSL-VPN, OpenVPN, L2TP, EtherIP, L2TPv3 and IPsec, as a single VPN software program.
If interested, you can read more information about the features and specifications of SoftEther VPN on their official website. In this tutorial, we will show you how you can take advantage of all the features of SoftEther VPN by showing you how to set up a VPN serving using it.
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate a quick way to build an OpenVPN server on Alibaba Cloud ECS by simply running 3 lines of codes.
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate a quick way to build an OpenVPN server on Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS). This tutorial provides a simpler alternative to the more detailed configuration of OpenVPN in this tutorial. To follow the steps below, you will need an Alibaba Cloud account and some basic knowledge of cloud computing.
In this step we are going to configure an ECS instance with the correct OS and ACL. We will use us-east region to build the infrastructure.
i) Log in to Alibaba Cloud, clock on Products, go to ECS service
ii) Click on Instances
iii) Change to us-east region
iv) Click "Create Instance"
v) Choose "Pay As You Go", filter instance type "t5-lc1m2.large", select the instance type
vi) Choose Ubuntu 16.04 and click on "Next: Networking"
vii) Untick the "Assign public IP" and go to "Next: System Configurations"
viii) Configure "Login Password" and "Instance Name" then click on "Next: Grouping"
ix) Click on "Preview"
x) Tick "Terms of Service" then click on "Create Instance"
xi) You should be able to see the server is starting
xii) While we wait for the server to start, we can get a static IP, click on "EIP"
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