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Overview

Service Overview

VPN(Virtual Private Network) is a service that connects the customer’s network to the Samsung Cloud Platform through an encrypted virtual private network.

Diagram
Figure. VPN diagram

Features

  • Rapid Service Delivery You can configure automated services through a web-based console, and after creating a service, you can use the VPN service immediately without any waiting time.

  • Thorough secure connection You can securely connect from a customer’s external network to the customer’s internal network built on the Samsung Cloud Platform via encrypted virtual tunneling using a performance‑ and reliability‑validated IPsec VPN.

  • Simple operating environment You can easily and quickly manage web-based deployment, capacity provisioning, and service updates without the need for a complex network environment setup.

  • Efficient Service Use You can bear costs only for the amount you use the service without any separate installation fees, enabling efficient cost management.

Provided features

VPN provides the following features.

  • Provide virtual tunneling encrypted with IPsec
    • Compatible VPN: Secui – Bluemax (TG360),Paloalto,Axgate,Cisco-router/ASA/Meraki, Checkpoint,AWS,Azure,Vmware NSX-T
  • Virtual Private Gateway creation
    • Create a Gateway to connect the customer’s network to a private network that cannot be accessed externally.
  • VPN Tunnel Creation
    • Select IPsec VPN Gateway (up to 5 VPN tunnels per VPN Gateway)
    • In an IPsec VPN Gateway redundancy configuration, the standby device automatically operates when a failure occurs on the active device.
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The system stays in a waiting state until the remote peer initiates a connection, and when the peer sends a connection request, it receives it from the waiting state and automatically establishes a tunnel. * Remote Peer VPN must be operated in Active mode.

Constraints

CategoryDefault quotaDetailed description
VPN Gateway3Up to 3 can be created per account
VPN Tunnel5Up to 5 can be created per VPN Gateway
Table. VPN Restrictions

Provision status by region

VPN is available in the following environments.

RegionProvision status
Korea West (kr-west1)Provide
Korea East (kr-east1)Provide
South Korea 1 (kr-south1)Not provided
South Korea 2 (kr-south2)Not provided
South Korea South 3 (kr-south3)Provide
Table: VPN availability by region

Preceding Service

Service CategoryserviceDetailed description
NetworkingVPCA service that provides an isolated virtual network in a cloud environment
Table. VPN Pre-service

1 - ServiceWatch Metrics

VPN sends metrics to ServiceWatch. The metrics provided by default monitoring are data collected at a 1‑minute interval.

Reference
For checking metrics in ServiceWatch, refer to the ServiceWatch guide.

Basic Metrics

The following are the basic metrics for the VPN namespace.

The indicators whose names are displayed in bold below are the key indicators selected from the basic indicators provided by VPN. Key metrics are used to configure service dashboards that are automatically built for each service in ServiceWatch.

Each metric indicates, via the user guide, which statistical value is meaningful when viewing that metric, and among the meaningful statistics, the values shown in bold are the primary statistics. In the service dashboard, you can view key metrics using these primary statistical values.

Performance itemsDetailed descriptionunitmeaningful statistics
Network In Total Bytes _vpn_tunnelCumulative traffic volume heading from VPN → VPCBytes
  • Total
  • Average
  • Maximum
  • Minimum
Network Out Total Bytes _vpn_tunnelCumulative traffic volume from VPC → VPNBytes
  • Total
  • Average
  • Maximum
  • Minimum
Network In Total Bytes _vpn_tunnel_DeltaCumulative traffic volume over 5 minutes from VPN → VPCBytes
  • Total
  • Average
  • Maximum
  • Minimum
Network Out Total Bytes _vpn_tunnel_DeltaCumulative traffic volume over 5 minutes from VPC → VPNBytes
  • Total
  • Average
  • Maximum
  • Minimum
Table. VPN basic metrics