This could be done at Network security group level. To allow connection and management of the server you will have to allow: TCP on ports 443 and 943, UDP on port 1194.
To test the latency between you and all Azure Datacenters go to. Choose a Name for your server, the administrator Username, a strong Password, set a Resource group (I name it with the same name than the server) and choose the Location.įor the location I advise you to choose the closest one.Choose the new model Azure Resource Manager and click Create.
Click New, then Compute, then choose the “ Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS“.By default, Ubuntu Server on azure does not have graphical interface, we will use PuTTY to connect in SSH to the VM.Ĭreating an Ubuntu 14.04 Server on Azure.
PuTTY software installed on your computer.To create one: I am using a MSDN subscription. Please take note that you will be limited to 2 concurent connections. The advantage of using public cloud as Azure, is that you don’t have to worry about hardware infrastructure and you pay as you consume. When using a public VPN, you have to trust the provider. The advantage of creating and using your own VPN server is that you control where is going your data through. OpenVPN is an open source software that allows to create VPN connections.
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install an OpenVPN access server on an Ubuntu Azure IaaS Virtual Machine.