Connect to a WebService through VPN in Linux

Asked Mar 25 '15 at 15:16

Active Mar 26 '15 at 10:57

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I have been given a remote WS. But the provider told me that I can connect to their WS only through a VPN/IPsec.

How can I do that? The scenario is this:

[user] --- > [My Firewall] -->[My Web Server] ---->Internet ----> [Their VPN] --->[Their Web Server]

My users land on my website; they order some service; my linux server start a vpn connection towards the remote WS provider;my server start the WS calls.

[EDIT]

After some reflections, I thought to this solution. First, install ipsec OpenSwan on my web server and create a new virtual interface with a virtual IP. Then, create a virtual subdomain on my webserver. When a have to connect to the remote WS, my Apache Web server will proxy requests to the virtual subdomain. Does this solution make a sense?

edited Mar 26 '15 at 10:57

asked Mar 25 '15 at 15:16

gdm

My first instinct is to simply make the VPN/IPsec connection persistent and not on demand - Problem solved. – HBruijn Mar 25 '15 at 15:21
How? Can you give me some pointers? – gdm Mar 25 '15 at 15:33
http://xmodulo.com/create-site-to-site-ipsec-vpn-tunnel-openswan-linux.html – gdm Mar 25 '15 at 15:41
The how depends on you Linux distro and is typically well documented, i.e. seach on ipsec and your distro – HBruijn Mar 25 '15 at 15:55

Connect to a WebService through VPN in Linux

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