Table of Contents The RPN VPN Key benefits Setting up the RPN VPN Configuation on your server The RPN VPN This service allows you the connection to your RPN group using a VPN. The VPN is based on OpenVPN to ensure an easy configuration on your side. You can add the VPN server to your RPN group as any other server. Key benefits With the RPN VPN you can: Connect yourself from anywhere in your totally secure and private network Connect servers not having a RPN interface to the RPN Setting up the RPN VPN At first you need to order a RPN-VPN in your management console. Click on “RPN” in the menu on the top, then at “RPN VPN” to see a summary of your RPN VPN services. You can also order a new one on this page. On this page you can also see the status of your RPN VPN services. You can see the details of a RPN VPN server by clicking on “configuration”. To use your RPN VPN server in your RPN group, you need to add it to your group as described in the documentation about the RPN Configuation on your server At first, you need to have these informations available: IP of the Online.net VPN server CA Certificate Client Certificate .key Certificate Password All certificates have to be present on the server that has to be connected with the Online.net VPN server. Linux You need to start with the installation of OpenVPN root@iloveponeytelecom:~# apt-get install openvpn Edit the client configuration of OpenVPN: root@iloveponeytelecom:/etc/openvpn# cat client.conf client dev tun ;proto tcp proto udp float remote <IP of the Online.net VPN server> 1194 nobind persist-key persist-tun ca <ca.crt> cert <cert.crt> key <cert.key> askpass <password file> ns-cert-type server comp-lzo verb 3 In the configuration file you need to configure: <IP of the Online.net VPN server>: IP of the Online.net VPN server <ca.crt>: Path to ca.crt <cert.crt>: Path to the client .crt <cert.key>: Path to the client .key <password file>: Path to the file containing your password To autostart the VPN at the start of the server, you need to edit the file /etc/default/openvpn and insert the line: AUTOSTART="client" This line allows to autostart OpenVPN with the config file located at /etc/openvpn/client.conf After the connection to the Online.net VPN server has been established, you should check if you can see a new interface, using your RPN VPN IP: root@iloveponeytelecom:/etc/default# ifconfig tun0 tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 inet addr:10.90.250.25 P-t-P:10.90.250.26 Mask:255.255.255.255 There will be also new routes appear for the RPN: root@iloveponeytelecom:/etc/default# route -n | grep 10.90 10.90.0.0 10.90.250.26 255.255.0.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0 10.90.250.1 10.90.250.26 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 tun0 10.90.250.26 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0 Now you can configure your server in your RPN group.