AWS Client VPN

When you want to connect to the private network of your pilot from a local desktop that allows OpenVPN connections, you can use AWS Client VPN to establish a secure connection to your pilot. When connected you can directly connect to resources in your pilot from your local desktop.

Installing AWS Client VPN

AWS Client VPN for Desktop is freely available on aws.amazon.com. Please go to the following link to download the client: https://aws.amazon.com/vpn/client-vpn-download/ .

Once the download is finished, start the installation of the client and follow the installation steps.

Create an AWS Client VPN profile

Create a profile in AWS Client VPN by using “File > Manage Profiles”. Enter a display name and add the VPN Configuration file. This configuration file will be distributed to users of the pilot after deployment.

Connect to your pilot network

Once a profile has been added, click on “Connect” and enter your ec-dataplatform.eu credentials. If your account is username@ec-dataplatform.eu, enter username with your password.

After connecting successfully to the VPN endpoint in your pilot, you can start accessing pilot resources.

Access resources via the browser

If resources that you requested host web interfaces, you can access these via a browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox). E.g. by navigating to the IP address of a Data Science Virtual Machine.