[Server-devel] XSCE5: OpenVPN usage

[tkkang at nurturingasia.com]

Thanks for files the update and clarifications. Hope I could try it out over the weekend.  On another note ... I found for whatever reason the Ubuntu SOAS now work and connect to schoolserver.lan 

Thanks and a great VD for you all and love ones.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Hunt [mailto:georgejhunt at gmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 12:18 AM
>To: 'Tim Moody'
>Cc: tkkang at nurturingasia.com, 'Adam Holt', 'XS Devel'
>Subject: Re: XSCE5: OpenVPN usage
>
>Thanks Tim for your comment.  It jogged my memory, and I went back and
>discovered a not printable character in one of the yml files which caused
>runansible to error out. I pushed a corrected version to github.
>
>Yes, the playbook I've posted connects to xsce.activitycentral.com.  The
>amazon instance  that I set up for Haiti is one that I pay for ($130 per
>year) to accommodate privacy concerns.
>
>
>On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com> wrote:
>
>>   I tried to install this when we got back from Haiti and ansible did not
>> complete using runansible.  I also think it tries to connect to
>> xsce.activitycentral.com rather than amazon.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>  *From:* George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:22 PM
>> *To:* tkkang at nurturingasia.com
>> *Cc:* Tim Moody <timmoody at sympatico.ca> ; Adam Holt <holt at unleashkids.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: XSCE5: OpenVPN usage
>>
>>  T.K.,
>>
>> Unfortunately, the openvpn feature, which was a part of 0.4 XSCE was not
>> included in 5.0XSCE.
>>
>> When I was preparing for our Haiti deployment, I wrote up an Ansible
>> playbook which included openvpn.  This is available at
>> https://github.com/georgejhunt/ezadmin.  I think you can download the zip
>> (available in the right hand column) file and install just the openvpn
>> component by unzipping and running the following:
>>
>> ansible-playbook -i ansible_hosts ezadmin.yml --connection=local --tags="openvpn"
>>
>> Since openvpn was not part of the release cycle for XSCE 5.0, we may need
>> to work together some to get it running.  I'm not sure the documentation
>> applies to what I took to Haiti in every detail.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM, <tkkang at nurturingasia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear George Hunt,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the information on the XSCE video chat regarding openvpn
>>> support if needed for the Malaysia deployment.
>>>
>>> Just started to read http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Setting_Up_an_XSCE_VPNtoget started.
>>>
>>> On my XSCE 5when I type "xs-vpn test" as in the instruction I get command
>>> not found. Is VPN already installed with XSCE5 as I get the impression it
>>> is reading the instructions ? I try to add xs-vpn on but there is no
>>> existing  /etc/rc.d/rc.local file there.
>>>
>>> I am new to this and hence a little confused as to what is already there
>>> and if I am missing critical stps after a default XSCE 5 install.
>>>
>>> Cheers and some advice!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> T.K. Kang
>>> kkang at nurturingeducation.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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