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Connector Cockpit User Guide

A Network represents a customer site (on-premises or IaaS) and is defined by:

  1. IP address ranges subnets of private Networks at the site.

  2. A Public or Private domain defined by a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) and protocol(s) and/or port(s) used to connect a single server or Application within an IaaS provider or at the site.

  3. Routing of exiting Internet traffic (i.e. CloudConnexa Internet Access).

  4. Whether the Network is an exit point for WPC Internet traffic (i.e. Adding an Internet Gateway).

  5. One or more Connector(s) that is used to connect to a CloudConnexa VPN Region in order to make the Network a part of the Customer’s WPC.

OR

A Host represents a server running on the customer’s private Network that the WPC is directly extended to by running a Connector on the same computing instance as the server.

Retrieve Connector profile token for Network or Host

  1. Navigate to Networks or Hosts settings.

  2. From the newly created Network or Host, click the edit icon (pencil).

  3. Click the Connectors tab.

  4. Click Copy .ovpn Profile Token.

    Warning

    Do not deploy the Connector from the administration portal.

Install the Connector

  1. Paste the newly generated Token in the Token field.

    1. Start on boot is enabled by default

    2. Enable Data Channel Offload (DCO) ** [beta] when checked, improves Connector performance by moving the data channel process to the kernel

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  2. Click Submit Token.

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  3. Click Connect to start the Connector configuration.

    Note

    Connection Status shows Disconnected from CloudConnexa.

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Note

This will start a Split Tunnel connection. To change the internet traffic settings, go to the CloudConnexa administration portal to Networks or Hosts settings. Click the edit icon (pencil) of the Network or Host and then select the Internet Access drop-down menu.

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  • Split Tunnel On: Steers traffic to certain internet destinations within the tunnel for additional protection and to use login restriction policies for SaaS.

  • Split Tunnel Off: Tunnels all the internet traffic originating from a Network or Host and routes it to one or more of your connected private networks that act as Internet Gateways to CloudConnexa (see, to set a Network as an internet gateway).

  • Restricted Internet: Blocks access to the Internet as a whole and only allows access to the private and internet trusted destinations

Connection Statistics Screen

Upon successful configuration, you will be taken to the Connector Statistics screen.

Button

Action

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Refreshes current session

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Disconnects current session

Note

To restart the Connector session, you will need to regenerate a Connector profile token ( watch the tutorial from Retrieve the Connector profile token for Networks or Hosts ) Re-enter the Token in the field and Install the Connector)

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Reconnects session

Note

Used in case of timeout or other issues during the current session. Reconnects with current profile token.

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Connection Statistics

Definition

Bytes IN

encrypted bytes since the session started received outside the WPC tunnel by the client from the server

Bytes OUT

encrypted bytes since the session started sent outside the WPC tunnel by the client to the server

Packets IN

encrypted packets since the session started received outside the WPC tunnel by the client from the server

Packets OUT

encrypted packets since the session started sent outside the WPC tunnel from the client to the server

TUN bytes IN

unencrypted bytes since the session started received within the WPC tunnel by all hosts connected to the same WPC

TUN packets IN

unencrypted bytes since the session started sent within the WPC tunnel by all hosts connected to the same WPC

Remove Profile

You can remove the Connector profile from the Connect session screen (after a token has been input) by clicking the Remove Profile button.

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To confirm, click the Delete Profile button.

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Note

Once the profile has been deleted, you will need to retrieve a new profile token. See Retrieve Connector profile token for Network or Host. Deleting a profile will not affect the current session, however, you will need to retrieve a new profile token and re-input to the Connector dashboard to re-establish the connection.

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