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creates and manages resources for the aws client vpn
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34,749
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 Releases
Current version
1.5.0
Total releases
24
First release
2019-06-21
Latest release
2023-02-08
 Development
Primary Language
Python
Licenses
MIT
Average date of last 50 commits
2019-06-19
Reverse Dependencies
0

 Dependencies

Development

bundler
~> 2.0
rake
~> 13.0

Runtime

aws-sdk-acm
~> 1, < 2
aws-sdk-cloudformation
~> 1, < 2
aws-sdk-ec2
~> 1.95, < 2
aws-sdk-s3
~> 1, < 2
aws-sdk-ssm
~> 1, < 2
cfndsl
~> 1, < 2
netaddr
= 2.0.4
terminal-table
~> 1, < 2
thor
~> 0.20
rubyzip
~> 2.3
 Project Readme

aws-client-vpn

Requirements

  • python 3
  • boto3
  • docker

Scripts

client-vpn.py

  • generate the certicates using OpenVPN easy-rsa in the output directory
  • uploads the certificates to ACM and tags them
  • creates the vpn endpoint required resources using cloudformation
usage: client-vpn.py [-h] [--verbose] --server-cn SERVER_CN
                     [--client-cn CLIENT_CN] --name NAME --subnet-id SUBNET_ID
                     [--cidr CIDR]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --verbose             increase output verbosity
  --server-cn SERVER_CN
                        common name for the server certificate
  --client-cn CLIENT_CN
                        common name for the server certificate
  --name NAME           stack and environment name the vpn
  --subnet-id SUBNET_ID
                        SubnetId to which the vpn will assocate with
  --cidr CIDR           CIDR the vpn will give to the clients

get-vpn-config.py

  • gets the id of the client vpn endpoint
  • downloads the client config file into the output directory
  • alters the hostname in the config with a random string
usage: get-vpn-config.py [-h] [--verbose] --name NAME [--region REGION]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --verbose        increase output verbosity
  --name NAME      stack and environment name the vpn
  --region REGION  aws region the vpn exists

Setup

  1. Clone the repo

  2. Get the id of the subnet you wish to associate the vpn with

  3. Run the client-vpn.py script with the following required options

./client-vpn.py --server-cn=vpn.domain.tld --name ciinabox --subnet-id ${SubnetId}

  1. Run the get-vpn-config.py script to download the config file

  2. copy the config file and the client certificate and key to a local secure directory

  3. modify the config paths for the cert and key

  4. open the config in your favourite vpn client