awsovpn 0.5

Simple script for easy creation of OpenVPN instance on AWS

awsovpn

Manage an OpenVPN instance in your private EC2 cloud using this script.

Usage

1. Create an OpenVPN EC2 instance and configure it for VPN access.

   awsovpn up
   

   Then following instructions to configure a Profile and install in your local OpenVPN client.

2. Terminate the OpenVPN EC2 instance and remove all EC2 resources mangaed by this script:

   awsovpn down
   

Install

python -m pip install awsovpn

Configure

Configure using any of combination of the following methods:

1. awscli configuration

   If you have awscli installed and configured, then awsovpn can utilize this same configuration. Just use --profile PROFILE to specify an AWS configuration profile.

   awsovpn --profile myprofile up
   

2. environment variables

   Create a .env file or set the following environment variables:

   AWS_REGION=
   AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
   AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
   AWS_PROFILE=
   

3. use arguments

   You can also pass credential configuration as arguments:

   e.g.

   awsovpn --region REGION --access-key-id ACCESS_KEY_ID --secret-access-key SECRET_ACCESS_KEY