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title: About Host Connectors
canonical: https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---connectors/about-host-connectors/
product: CloudConnexa Docs
description: Application servers use Host Connectors to interface with CloudConnexa so that services and applications hosted on them can be accessed. Connectors establish a connection to CloudConnexa that is meant to stay always ON.
keywords: Host Connector
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# About Host Connectors

Application servers use Host Connectors to interface with CloudConnexa so that services and applications hosted on them can be accessed. Connectors establish a connection to CloudConnexa that is meant to stay always ON. Application servers, or Hosts as they are called in CloudConnexa, use OpenVPN tunnels.

Connectors are OpenVPN protocol-compatible clients that make an outbound connection to a CloudConnexa Region (Point of Presence). They are Connectors because they use the OpenVPN connection profile, and their connection to CloudConnexa is associated with a CloudConnexa Host entity.

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.

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.

## Related Documents

- [About Connectors](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/get-started/about-cloudconnexa/cloudconnexa-connectors.md)
- [About Hosts](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---hosts/about-hosts.md)
- [About Host Applications](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---applications/about-host-applications.md)
- [About Host IP Services](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---ip-services/about-host-ip-services.md)
- [Add a Host to access an Application Server](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---hosts/add-a-host-to-access-an-application-server.md)
- [Add a Connector to a Host](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---connectors/add-a-connector-to-a-host.md)
- [Deploy a Host Connector for a configured Host](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---connectors/deploy-a-host-connector-for-a-configured-host.md)
- [Download a Host Connector's connection profile as a .ovpn file](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---connectors/download-a-host-connector-s-connection-profile-as-a--ovpn-file.md)
- [Get a Host Connector's connection profile token](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---connectors/get-a-host-connector-s-connection-profile-token.md)
- [List, search, edit, and delete Host Connectors](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---connectors/list-search-edit-and-delete-host-connectors.md)

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