How to Install Access Server from AWS Marketplace
On Amazon AWS Marketplace, you can search for “OpenVPN Access Server.” You’ll find several results, most of which include “(xx connected devices)” in the title. This indicates that the image is automatically licensed for the specified number of connections when launched from the AWS Marketplace. The billing is handled directly through Amazon, with costs divided into software licensing fees and AWS instance costs, billed hourly.
When you launch an OpenVPN Access Server (xx connected devices) instance on Amazon AWS, you incur charges for both the software and the instance while it is actively running. If you stop the instance, you stop incurring additional costs for software licensing and running the instance. Some charges, such as storage costs, may still apply, but these are typically minimal. You can use such a system on demand, keeping an instance on cold standby ready to be launched when needed.
The OpenVPN Access Server for 5 connected devices comes with a temporary free trial. This means that for the first seven days after launching it, there is no software licensing cost billed to you. This allows you to test it with five connections. You still pay for the infrastructure costs of running an EC2 instance on Amazon AWS, although you might be able to take advantage of the free trial options that Amazon AWS offers. If you continue running the instance after seven days, the software license billing starts on day eight.
We also offer a “bring your own license” (BYOL) image on the AWS Marketplace with no connected devices specified. This Marketplace image allows two concurrent connections when launched. To increase your connections, you can purchase an activation key from our website. This activation key is billed directly by OpenVPN Inc. and not through Amazon AWS. The infrastructure costs for running an EC2 instance on Amazon AWS still apply and are billed by Amazon.
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