Access database on Windows server through VPN from nodejs running on Linux

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Unless something else is specified, a Windows based VPN almost always uses PPTP. You can not connect with OpenVPN. You have to use a PPTP client.

The Ubuntu package is pptp-linux.There is a detailed explanation on how to configure it here.

In a nutshell (I assume you have no GUI on a server),you can create a tunnel with :

pptpsetup --create my_tunnel --server <server_address> --username <username> --password '<password>' --encrypt

Configuration files will be created in /etc/ppp. You can then connect (in debug mode) with:

pon my_tunnel debug dump logfd 2 nodetach

or simply (once it work) :

pon my_tunnel

and stop it with :

poff my_tunnel

If the server is a gateway, you may need to add a route, something like :

ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev ppp0

node.js linux vpn openvpn

You may want Network Manager with a plugin network-manager-pptp, also see this wikihttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/VPNClient#PPTP

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