OpenVPN Access Server / Self-Hosted VPN
OpenVPN Inc. | 2.13.1Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
External reviews
External reviews are not included in the AWS star rating for the product.
First time deployed, long time user
What do you like best about the product?
documentation for the AWS image/appliance was very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Integrating SSO to the system (not the application) with our AWS AD using realm proved problematic.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
2FA with SSO and securing remote access for our production network
- Leave a Comment |
- Mark review as helpful
VPN Simplified
What do you like best about the product?
Extremely fast and easy to get setup. We use OpenVPN across our infra running in multiple locations. It's nothing but solid, we've never had a problem.
What do you dislike about the product?
Definitely having to install a new version each time an update happens. It does also jump from free to pretty expensive quickly for smaller companies.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing secure access into our infrastructure.
OpenVPN Access Server - Startup environment
What do you like best about the product?
We've been using OpenVPN Access Server with 2FA for about 3 years now and it's been working flawlessly.
Easy to setup, easy to maintain and end-user friendly. What else to ask for?
Easy to setup, easy to maintain and end-user friendly. What else to ask for?
What do you dislike about the product?
As a startup, we are more sensitive to price. A startup discount would be appreciated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Remote secure connection to our internal services.
Mandatory 2 factor authentication for remote access.
Synchronization with on-prem Active Directory.
Mandatory 2 factor authentication for remote access.
Synchronization with on-prem Active Directory.
openvpn makes everything easy!
What do you like best about the product?
openvpn makes everything easy! easy roll out to my users and servers
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing, simple to use! we would use it again
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
giving offshore workers access
OpenVPN is part of our infra life
What do you like best about the product?
We use OpenVPN to connect to our servers and applications which are hosted on the AWS cloud. It provides us with a broad umbrella where we put all of our cloud instances and also other automation securely. The one thing I like about using and managing OpenVPN is the simple UI and easy-to-follow steps.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Admin UI could be more in-depth and fancy. I am an admin and there is nothing complicated to manage or maintain. It satisfies my purpose and goals.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We had a need where we wanted to manage all of our servers hosted in the cloud and other automation under a very secure environment. We came across OpenVPN and configured it on our production environment. It's been close to 5-6 years now and there have been zero issues or even thoughts to worry about it. It provides a secure tunnel for us to SSH into the EC2 instances. We use Jenkins jobs, python scripts, and what not but it works well with all of our infra. As an Admin, it is very easier for me to manage thew user groups and their permissions. Just a few clicks and done.
Grate VPN for company use
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy to use and set up, especially for a company like mine with many remote workers.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like that I cannot use it for personal use as a country VPN enabler.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It enables a compan y full of remote workers to have a remote VPN.
Best VPN service provider
What do you like best about the product?
We are using it with initially 10 users but we have increased it to 20 users. Happy with overall services along encryption.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a slowness when we connected to openVPN... they need to fix this problem otherwise even if we have high speed internet we are not able to access the online application seemlessly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has resolved our security issues while we are accessing our certain application whose exposure to public domain is not safe. So we use OpenVPN to resolve this problem.
Secure your GCP assets through a this deployment in just a few clicks!
What do you like best about the product?
It was very easy to install and configure through GCP's deployment marketplace. I've rarely contacted Customer Support, since it works smoothly out of the box.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's not much about the Access Server but more about the lack of elasticity in its implementation as an instance. Running as a containarized solutions should fix this.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure access to our internal GCP assets.
easy access
What do you like best about the product?
An open VPN access server is extremely helpful and easy to use very handy. This VPN is available across the globe and we can stay connected anytime from anywhere at a very minimum cost.
What do you dislike about the product?
The thing I dislike about OpenVPN access server is the bulky interface. sometimes the software lags and runs slow. we can make the user interface more simplistic.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The problem was solved by the OpenVPN access server and it benefitted me to get anywhere across the globe and at very minimum cost and we also get random locations on demand.
Excellent product
Manage to set it up within half an hour. Just follow their official guide and you should be all good: https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/amazon-web-services-ec2-byol-appliance-quick-start-guide/
I deployed a t2 micro and there are no issues at all for my 5 min of testing. Upload and download speeds are good (67MB/24MB), tested through Google's internet speed test.
showing 31 - 40