I am going to try AWS today and post my learning here. But, I have tried the GCP marketplace OpenVPN. I suspect AWS will be very similar. What I didn't like a

I am going to try AWS today and post my learning here. But, I have tried the GCP marketplace OpenVPN. I suspect AWS will be very similar. What I didn't like are : - free version restricts you only to 2 concurrent sessions. - you don't have full control over 'server.conf'. Which is super critical to customize the VPN to your needs ( more on the config file here - https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/master/sample/sample-config-files/server.conf https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/master/sample/sample... ). - there is some hidden default configuration that is not really in your favor (to save cost for instance) - e.g default compute instance runs on g1-small, but you can change it during the installation time to smaller one if you want. But if you overlook, you would end up paying about $15/month instead of $0/month. When I see these types of catches, I loose interest in what they offer - because there may be other catches like this one that will come and bite you at a later stage. I want to keep the VPN super simple, honest and transparent (by which I mean, you have complete control over the config file). I didn't see that with the Marketplace image, instead it is designed to help OpenVPN make more money.