Product overview

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) with STACKIT creates a secure, encrypted connection over the internet between your remote network and your STACKIT Network Area (SNA). This secure tunnel allows data to be transmitted safely, protecting it from eavesdropping, interception, or unauthorized access.

With STACKIT VPN, you can securely connect to your STACKIT Network Area, enabling access to its resources as if you were directly connected to the remote network. This capability is particularly useful for accessing services, applications, and data within the SNA from remote locations, ensuring both privacy and security in all communications.

A STACKIT VPN typically consists of two key components; the VPN gateway and the VPN connection:

• VPN gateway:
  The VPN gateway in STACKIT serves as the access point to the SNA from the internet. It is the gateway through which encrypted traffic flows between your SNA and your remote data center or private network. In an high available active-active setup the VPN gateway internally consists of two instances. The VPN gateway hosts the VPN connections.
• VPN connection:
  The VPN connection is the encrypted tunnels being established between the STACKIT VPN gateway and your remote gateway. It utilizes advanced encryption protocols and techniques to ensure that all data transmitted between your local data center and the STACKIT SNA remains confidential and intact, effectively preventing unauthorized access or data breaches. In an high available active-active setup each of the two VPN gateway instances establish a tunnel to the same remote site.

STACKIT VPN is an essential tool for securely connecting distributed resources, enabling remote access to cloud-based services while maintaining the integrity and privacy of your data within the STACKIT cloud environment.