The following is an overview diagram of our setup. Note that this post does not cover HA setup although it is possible to extend it further by running the instances in multiple AZs. In our VPC, we have public and private subnets: in our public subnet, we have the openVPN instance and in our private subnet we have the web server (server 1). This configuration allows you to separate public & private traffic by terminating all internet traffic at the public subnet layer. It is possible to have your internal instances in the public subnet where your VPN instance is located but the above model provides more isolation.   The steps To configure your VPN, perform the following: Create a...
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