Configure to completion a site-to-site VPN tunnel on OCI using the VPN Wizard

There is plenty of information out there about connecting from an on-premises network to OCI. But if you want to see a step-by step-procedure that configures to completion an actual VPN you will have a hard time finding it. And rather than writing about it, this time I will actually show it.

This link will take you to the list of OCI’s verified CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) devices. If your On-Premises CPE is in this list then the VPN configuration should be very easy. In my case, the router I used is not in the list. It is a SOHO (Small Office-Home Office) type of router. For this configuration the on-premises network is my Home-Office LAN. For routers not on the list, there is an option called “other”. OCI offers a lists of supported configuration parameters for VPN connections that you can use for “other” types of routers. Here is the link to these parameter. And I explain them in the video. I hope that you find it useful:

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Author: Sergio J. Castro

Sergio J. Castro is a Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer at Oracle North America Cloud, With 7 years of cloud computing experience and 26 years of overall IT experience, Sergio has worked from multinational companies such as Oracle, IBM, and Ericsson; to 10 person startup companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the Autonomous University of Baja California. He is Certified as a Cloud Solutions Architect from both OCI and AWS, and he also earned a CCNA from Cisco Systems. He focuses on Networking and on Next-Generation IT services. View all posts by Sergio J. Castro