Establishing secure remote access to private computer networks

摘要

Techniques are described for providing users with access to computer networks, such as to enable users to interact with a remote configurable network service to create and configure computer networks that are provided by the configurable network service for use by the users. Secure private access between a computer network provided for a user by the configurable network service and one or more other remote computing systems of the user (e.g., a remote private network) may be enabled in various ways. For example, a user may programmatically invoke an API provided by the configurable network service to obtain assistance in establishing remote access from a remote location to a provided computer network of the configurable network service, such as to establish a VPN connection from the remote location to the provided computer network using hardware and/or software supplied to the remote location in response to the API invocation.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored contents that configure a computing system to:
receive, by a configurable network service associated with the configured computing system, a request by a first client to configure remote access from a first remote location to a first computer network at a second location, wherein the first computer network is provided by the configurable network service to the first client using computer systems of the configurable network service at the second location, and wherein the request is programmatically received from the first client via an application programming interface (API) that is provided by the configurable network service for access by remote clients via programmatic requests sent over one or more intervening networks; and respond, by the configured computing system, to the received request by initiating an acquisition of a hardware device for use at the first remote location and initiating providing of configuration information to the first remote location for use with the hardware device, wherein use of the hardware device with the provided configuration information at the first remote location initiates establishment of the remote access to the first computer network at the second location from one or more computing devices at the first remote location.