Hi GerryG,

ger...@proinbox.com wrote:
> Hello
>
> I need to connect a couple of sites and some roaming users using
> OpenVPN.
>
> I have a question about which "mode" on which box to use.
>
> The types of sites/users I need to set up for are:
>
> (1) Our main office LAN
> (2) Our VPS in 'the Cloud'
> (3) Roaming users
>
> I need to permanently connect the Office LAN (1) and the VPS (2), making
> sure that the connection gets reestablished if if drops off for any
> reason.
>
> Roaming users (3) need to be able to connect to EITHER Office LAN (1) or
> the VPS (2).
>
> All connections need to use TLS&Certificates for authentication.
>
> Iiuc, the Roaming Users (3) would all need to be in "client" mode, so
> the servers they connect to, (1) & (2), need to be in "server"mode.
>
> How should the two servers connect to one another?  Can I make them
> connect "server"-mode to "server"-mode?  Or do I need to set up a P2P
> connection?  Do I still need multiple instances of OpenVPN running on
> those servers to make them do double duty as both servers to the Roaming
> clients AND a persistent link between the servers?
>
>
>   
I'd make the VPS cloud instance a client of the main office VPN server; 
the VPS cloud instance would run two instances of OpenVPN: one in server 
mode for the roaming users and one in client mode to connect to the main 
office.

After setting up the VPN servers, it's all a matter of routing ;)


HTH,

JJK


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