I have been looking for hours, for a way to set up an OpenVPN server on an Amazon EC2 instance that's running Windows Server 2008 R2.
All of the tutorials I have found deal with EC2 Linux, Ubuntu, etc. And we have already bought a Windows Reserved instance, so switching is not an option.
I have tried translating the commands, but since I am not well versed in Linux, this has been a challenge. So I have been looking for a step by step guide to set up an OpenVPN server on an Amazon EC2 instance that's running Windows Server.
If anyone knows where I can find one that would be amazing.
Thank you in advance.
Best Answer
OpenVPN offers some installation notes with special considerations for installing on Windows. The fact that it's on EC2 is (mostly) irrelevant (except for network/IP considerations). Please also note that running it on Windows is not a workaround for knowing your way around the command line, or for understanding VPN and networking basics. Setting up a VPN is definitely not for novices. Your best bet is the OpenVPN Access Server Virtual Appliance.
A bit of googling led me to this tutorial, which seems 100% Windows-oriented.