Adding an Organization VPN to a network

Topic

This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to add an organization VPN to a network in the new Recovery Launchpad.

Environment

  • Datto Partner Portal
  • New Recovery Launchpad

Description

This article assumes you have already created one or more cloud virtualizations. If you have not done so already, see Partner Portal: Performing a Cloud virtualization.

Accessing Recovery Launchpad

  1. In the Datto Partner Portal, click the Status tab, then select BCDR Status from the drop-down menu.

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Figure 1: The Datto Partner Portal

  1. In the section for the device you are virtualizing, click the ellipsis icon on the far right-hand side of the screen, then click Recovery Launchpad from the drop-down menu.

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Figure 2: The Recovery Launchpad option

Adding an organization VPN to a network

  1. Access the virtualizations you created by navigating to the Datto Partner Portal > Status > BCDR Status, then find the device you wish to access. Click the ellipses dropdown menu > Recovery Launchpad.

You can also follow the directions outlined in the Accessing Recovery Launchpad section of this article.

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Figure 3: Virtualizations

  1. Click the name of the network under the Network field.

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Figure 4: The Virtualizations panel

  1. Click Add in the organization VPN panel.

Figure 5: organization VPN Panel

  1. From the Add organization VPN modal, enter a unique Name for the VPN keys you are requesting and the number of keys required. Each computer that will connect should have its own key. You are allowed to request up to 30 keys in each request. If you require more than 30 keys for a particular network, you will need to submit multiple requests, using unique base names (e.g. organizationA, organizationB, etc.).

NOTE   Be sure to give your organization VPN connection a descriptive and unique name. Once you add the connection, you cannot rename or remove it.

Your organization VPN name can contain letters, numbers, and hyphens only, and cannot start with a hyphen.

  1. Click Add to generate the keys.


Figure 6: Add organization VPN

NOTE   organization VPN links expire 8 hours after their creation. This does not affect how long the keys can be used for, only how long the link will be available for download.

  1. Once the request is completed, a list of keys will be available for download in OpenVPN format, as well as scripts in popular formats of Windows, Linux and Mac. You will also see when the link will expire and be provided an option to delete them.


Figure 7: organization VPN List

  1. Connect the organization VPN to the cloud networks with your Datto VPN keys.

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