[PVE-User] Advice on setting up a L2TP VPN on Proxmox.

[Dom (shymega) Rodriguez]

Hi,

On 30.09.2024 12:32, lord_Misio wrote:
>        Hi,
>
>Mybe use On OpnSense OpenVPN or IPSec  ;-)
>
>And do this easy:
>WAN <==> Open VPN (on rtr/utm) <==>  LXC

Yes, that is something I hadn't considered. I'll look into that.

However, what does 'rtr'/'utm' mean? Btw, you didn't post this to the
list, so I've cc'd the list in this reply.

Thank you for your help, I'll look into it. I've also cross-posted my
question on the forum as well, for visiblity[1].

[1]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/advice-on-setting-up-a-l2tp-vpn-on-proxmox.155493/ 

>;-)
>
>Best regards
>Gregory
>
>
>On 24/09/2024 20:29, Dom (shymega) Rodriguez wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I've got a Proxmox server, and I'm wanting to use an A&A L2TP VPN[0] on
>>the Proxmox host.
>>
>>I'm unsure how to set this up in `/etc/network/interfaces`, as I
>>primarily use NetworkManager on NixOS.
>>
>>I was thinking of running pfSense/opnSense in a VM, and then connecting
>>my VMs and LXC containers behind it. The reason I'm using a L2TP VPN is
>>because the hosting company don't offer IPv6 without a block of IPv4 IPs,
>>and I think that's overkill. All I need is one IPv6 block and one IPv4
>>address.
>>
>>My desired setup would be:
>>
>>WAN <==> L2TP VPN <==> Proxmox host <==> Firewall VM 
>>                                         |         |
>>                                   VMs  <=>       <=> LXC
>>[0]: https://www.aa.net.uk/broadband/l2tp-service/
>>
>>Is this possible?
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>-- 
>>Dom Rodriguez
>>GPG Fingerprint: EB0D 45E6 D0DC 1BA1 A2B5  FC24 72DC F123 1E54 BD43
Best wishes,
--
Dom Rodriguez
GPG Fingerprint: EB0D 45E6 D0DC 1BA1 A2B5  FC24 72DC F123 1E54 BD43
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