Frequently Asked Questions

October 5, 2020 ยท View on GitHub

What if 'vlp build' command stalled with no response

You can stop 'vlp build' with Ctl+C if it stalls more than 5 minutes waiting for the response from AWS command centre. Then run "vlp purge" to purge the possible partially created VPN server and try 'vlp build' again.

What if Local proxy stops working after I rebuilt VPN server

VPN server IP address may changed after rebuilding. Running "lproxy build" again will remove the current running proxy container from Pi box and start a new proxy with updated server settings.

Can I build multiple VPN servers with the same AWS account

Yes. But they must be located in different regions. For example: one in ap-northeast-1 and one in ap-northeast-2. Another words: one server in a region.

Can I create an instance other than t2.micro for saving money

Yes. Modify the settings in $VLPHOME/vlp.env please.

$ cat vlp.env
UBUNTUVER="bionic"
STACKID="vlp-$UBUNTUVER"
PROFILE="default"
INSTYPE="t4g.micro"
INSTARCH="arm64"

NOTE1

Currently server-softether support only X86_64 platform due to the upstream limitation. This could chang in the future.

Can I share VPN server with multiple Pi boxes located in different sites

Yes. 'vlp build' saves server connection parameters in VPN serever instance matadata. Hence all vpn-launchpad boxes configured with same AWS account and same region automaticly share the same VPN server instance.

  • Initialise box1 via 'vlp init' with your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
  • Build VPN server on box1 with 'vlp build'
  • Build local proxy on box1 with 'lproxy build'
  • Initialise box2 via 'vlp init' with the same Access Key ID and Secret Access Key used by box1
  • Build local proxy on box2 with 'lproxy build'
  • Done.