Types of CloudConnexa Connectors
Connectors are of two types: a CloudConnexa Network Connector or a CloudConnexa Host Connector, depending on the CloudConnexa entity they are associated with.
Connectors are of two types: a CloudConnexa Network Connector or a CloudConnexa Host Connector, depending on the CloudConnexa entity they are associated with.
Difference between Host and Network Connectors
A Network Connector connects a private network to CloudConnexa. Since it connects two networks (i.e., the CloudConnexa WPC and your private network), it must act as a router. The Connector's OpenVPN connection profile can be used with an OpenVPN-compatible hardware router or installed on a general-purpose computing device or virtual machine configured to act as a software router.
A Network Connector is an unattended Client application that is always connected to CloudConnexa for the purpose of:
Providing inbound access from the CloudConnexa WPC to the private network based on the private and public applications, routes, and IP Services configured as being reachable from that private network.
If the private network is configured to act as an Internet Gateway, providing inbound access to Internet traffic from the WPC to the private network
Providing outbound access to devices on the private network to WPC
Note
Using IPsec for connecting Networks is in Closed Beta. Contact support to be included.
A Network Connector can use IPsec and OpenVPN protocols.
Unlike a Network Connector, a Host Connector does not connect the WPC to a private network and, therefore, cannot be a router. A Host Connector connects an application server (for example, FTP server, remote desktop server, network attached storage system) to the CloudConnexa WPC.
Unlike a Network Connector, the Host Connector can only provide access to private applications running on the computing device it is installed on and can allow that device access to the WPC.
A Host Connector has to use OpenVPN protocol and not IPsec.