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1. Install Tunnelblick, a free OpenVPN application for Mac OSX.

2. Download the Rapid Access Cloud VPN configuration files. VPN access is configured per region:

1. Calgary

2. Edmonton

3. Unzip the file locally and double-click the unzipped file vpn-yyc.tblk. This will automatically run Tunnelblick and add the VPN configuration.

4. In the top right corner of your screen, you will see the Tunnelblick icon. Click on it and choose "Connect vpn-yyc".

5. When prompted, enter your RAC username and password. To check whether  

6. See the section Verifying Connectivity to confirm the VPN connection is working, open a terminal and attempt to ping a private IP address associated with an instance. You can also try to ping the internal VPN address: ping 10.254.0.1.

Windows

1. Download and Install the community version of OpenVPN from openvpn.net.

2. Download the Rapid Access Cloud VPN configuration files. VPN access is configured per region:

1. Calgary

2. Edmonton

3. Unzip then copy the contents to c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.

4. On the Windows Desktop, right-click on the OpenVPN GUI shortcut, select Properties and then the Compatibility tab. Check the box to "Run this program as an administrator".

5. Double-click on the OpenVPN GUI shortcut and an OpenVPN icon should now appear on your taskbar.

6. Right-click on the OpenVPN taskbar icon and choose "connect".

7. When prompted, enter your Rapid Access Cloud username and password. To check whether  

8. See the section Verifying Connectivity to confirm the VPN connection is working, open a terminal and attempt to ping a private IP address associated with an instance. You can also try to ping the internal VPN address: ping 10.254.0.1.
   

Ubuntu Linux

1. Install and configure the openvpn package for your distribution. For example, on Ubuntu 16.04, run the following commands:

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   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openvpn unzip

   
   

2. Download the Rapid Access Cloud VPN configuration files. VPN access is configured per region:

1. Calgary

2. Edmonton 

3. Unzip the file and move the contents to /etc/openvpn/. For example: 

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   wget http://vpn-yyc.cloud.cybera.ca/vpn-yyc-ovpn.zip unzip vpn-yyc-ovpn.zip sudo mv ca.crt client.conf client.crt client.key /etc/openvpn/

   
   

4. Start the OpenVPN client service: 

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   sudo systemctl start openvpn@client Enter Auth Username: Enter Auth Password:

   Enter your Rapid Access Cloud username/email address and password to authenticate.
   
   

5. To check whether See the section Verifying Connectivity to confirm the VPN connection is working, open a terminal and attempt to ping a private IP address associated with an instance. You can also try to ping the internal VPN address: ping 10.254.0.1 .
   

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   Make sure that the security group for the instance has rules to allow ingress ICMP.

   To disconnect from the VPN: 

   Code Blocksudo systemctl stop openvpn@client

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6. To disconnect from the VPN: 

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   sudo systemctl stop openvpn@client

   
   

Verifying Connectivity

To verify you have successfully connected to the VPN, please do the following

Ping the VPN Gateway

Pinging the VPN Gateway will confirm you have successfully connected and can communicate with the VPN server. Open a command-prompt and run the following:

ping 10.254.0.1

Ping Your Instance

Each of your instances has a private IPv4 address:

• For the Calgary region, these IP address look like 10.1.x.y. 
• For Edmonton, these IP addresses look like 10.2.x.y.

Open a command-prompt and run the following:

ping 10.1.x.y

where x.y is the rest of your instance's IP address. For example:

ping 10.1.11.44