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      Access On-Premise data using OpenVPN

      To access on-premise file share or SharePoint-On-premise we need to set up a VPN connection to On-Premise data

      For the GDPR toolbox to securely access on-premise data, several prerequisites need to be fulfilled before we can connect them using a VPN tunnel. 

      1. Make sure that you are not using 10.176.0.0/24 subnet on your internal connection, and please inform us, if you do, what subnet we can use for the VPN connection.
      2. You can familiarise yourself with OpenVPN technology and how to run OpenVPN client as a service on your file share, SharePoint etc., machine for windows or Linux servers.
        More on that can be found here for Windows (https://openvpn.net/community-resources/running-openvpn-as-a-windows-service/#:~:text=When%20installed%20as%20a%20service,ovpn.) and for Linux systems here (https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Systemd).
      3. Deliver us the list of servers with FQDN of the servers (e.g. srv-fs01.internal.net srv-sharepoint01.internal.net) and create a user with reading write permissions for a file share.
      4. Make sure that the outgoing traffic is enabled to the Toolbox IP on port 1194

      Of course, depending on the number of servers, the client-to-server connection will be one client per server.

      If you have more than three on-premise data sources, we recommend site two-site VPN connections. Plz be aware that Site 2 Site connections require a Site 2 Site license or a custom security framework.