The PPTP-VPN server did not respond. about aws-vpn-server-setup HOT 8 CLOSED

you will not be able to login via SSH. not sure how you managed to do that? are you sure you created the instance with the template?

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I added a few things to the json file.

I needed to be in Seoul:
"ap-northeast-2": { "HVM64": "ami-54ae603a" },

Entered a new parameter for the KeyPair KeyName:
"KeyName": { "Description": "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instance", "Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName", "ConstraintDescription": "must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair." }

Added a couple security group:
{ "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0", "FromPort": "8", "IpProtocol": "icmp", "ToPort": "-1" }, { "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0", "FromPort": "22", "IpProtocol": "tcp", "ToPort": "22" }

Added the above KeyName parameter to the Instance Properties:
"VPNServerInstance": { "Properties": { "KeyName" : { "Ref" : "KeyName" }, "ImageId": {

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Please wait upto 10 minutes after setting up the instance to make sure that the VPN is active. Also try a few different regions also. Also try just the base template and see if that works, this is to make sure that above changes do not cause a problem.

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I finally got connected. It turned out to be a password problem. I generated a super secure password with 1password (40 characters, with numbers and symbols) and I couldn't log in. Then I tried a much simpler password - 16 characters with numbers only and now I am able to connect to the VPN. I guess it's the symbols?

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thanks. that should be the problem then. Do you know if the password had @ or quotes?

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Yes, it had a couple @'s in it. :lol: No quotes. Do you know what are the accepted characters for the password?

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Thank you for this. I had a complex password also (containing a # and a !) and it would not allow me to connect.

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@LittleBird-Western - thanks for the comment. We will have a look with passwords containing those special characters.

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