Secure Business Infrastructure with Your Own VPN

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basic Linux • basic cloud computing
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cloud computing with AWS and virtual Linux instances in the cloud • installing and using the AWS command line interface • network configuration at both the client and server ends for the connection • data encryption with WireGuard
Yehuda Clinton and David Clinton
5 weeks · 4-6 hours per week · BEGINNER
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In this liveProject, you’ll jump into the role of a sysadmin at a logistics software company. Your boss and sales team regularly travel to meet clients, and they want a way to ensure their data is protected when it is transmitted between remote locations. Your idea is to build a reliable and secure private VPN that can be launched on-demand to solve these security issues. You’ll start by creating a simple personal VPN that can protect the URLs you visit when using public internet in a coffee shop, then expand it to an enterprise-scale solution that will work for your whole office. Your final challenge will be to automate the process, so that you can spin up a new VPN in seconds without the costs of constantly running AWS resources.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

project authors

Yehuda Clinton
Yehuda Clinton is a freelance software engineer with many years of experience in the IT industry. Among his IT roles, he has worked in a digital marketing company where VPNs were used to measure search rankings from different locations.
David Clinton
David Clinton is a certified Linux Server Professional, seasoned instructor, and author of Manning's bestselling Learn Amazon Web Services in a Month of Lunches, Linux in Action, and Linux in Motion.

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For sysadmins familiar with Linux, AWS and cloud computing, and basic security. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with:

TOOLS
  • Basic Linux
  • Basic cloud computing

TECHNIQUES
  • Basic networking
  • Basic TCP/IP security
  • Basic system administration

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