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# GCP to Local Home Network VPN Setup
This project uses OpenTofu (or Terraform) to configure a VPC and VPN on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), establishing a Site-to-Site VPN connection with a home server (e.g., Raspberry Pi).
## Architecture Overview
- **GCP Side**:
- **VPC Network**: `rpi-vpn-test-vpc`
- **Subnet**: `rpi-vpn-subnet` (`10.10.0.0/24`)
- **VPN Gateway**: Classic VPN Gateway
- **Firewall Rules**:
- Allow VPN and internal traffic (ICMP, TCP, UDP)
- Allow SSH access (for test VM)
- **Compute Engine**: `vpn-test-vm` (e2-micro instance for connection testing)
- **Local Side (User Environment)**:
- Raspberry Pi (or home server) behind a router running a VPN daemon (e.g., StrongSwan, Libreswan)
- Port Forwarding required: UDP `500`, `4500` -> Raspberry Pi internal IP
## Prerequisites
1. **GCP Account & Project**: A billing-enabled GCP project is required.
2. **OpenTofu/Terraform Installed**: Refer to the [OpenTofu Installation Guide](https://opentofu.org/docs/intro/install/).
3. **GCP Authentication**: Authenticate locally via terminal.
```bash
gcloud auth application-default login
```
4. **Check Home Public IP**: Identify your current public IP address.
## Usage
### 1. Configure Variables (`terraform.tfvars`)
Create a `terraform.tfvars` file in the project root and configure it according to your environment.
```hcl
project_id = "YOUR_GCP_PROJECT_ID"
home_public_ip = "123.123.123.123"
vpn_psk = "your-secret-password"
home_internal_cidr = "192.168.0.0/24"
ssh_public_key = "ssh-rsa AAA..."
```
### 2. Initialize and Apply
```bash
# Initialize
tofu init
# Plan
tofu plan
# Apply
tofu apply
```
### 3. Check Results
Upon completion of `tofu apply`, the following information will be output:
- `gcp_vpn_ip`: The public IP of the GCP VPN Gateway (target for Raspberry Pi connection).
- `vm_public_ip`: The public IP of the test VM.
## Raspberry Pi Configuration Guide (StrongSwan with swanctl)
This guide uses the modern `swanctl` (VICI protocol) provided by StrongSwan 6.x+.
1. **Install StrongSwan and Plugins**:
```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y strongswan libcharon-extra-plugins libstrongswan-extra-plugins libstrongswan-standard-plugins strongswan-pki
```
2. **Configure `/etc/swanctl/swanctl.conf`**:
Replace the content of `/etc/swanctl/swanctl.conf` with the following configuration.
> **Note**: Replace `YOUR_HOME_PUBLIC_IP`, `GCP_VPN_IP`, `YOUR_PSK`, and `HOME_CIDR` with your actual values.
```conf
connections {
gcp-vpn {
remote_addrs = GCP_VPN_IP
local {
auth = psk
id = YOUR_HOME_PUBLIC_IP
}
remote {
auth = psk
id = GCP_VPN_IP
}
children {
gcp-net {
local_ts = 192.168.0.0/24 # Your Home Network CIDR (e.g., 192.168.2.0/24)
remote_ts = 10.10.0.0/24 # GCP Network CIDR
esp_proposals = aes256-sha1-modp2048
start_action = start
}
}
version = 2
proposals = aes256-sha1-modp2048
}
}
secrets {
ike-gcp {
id = GCP_VPN_IP
secret = "YOUR_PSK"
}
}
```
3. **Apply & Start**:
```bash
# Load configuration
sudo swanctl --load-all
# Check status (should show ESTABLISHED)
sudo swanctl --list-sas
```
4. **Enable IP Forwarding**:
For the Raspberry Pi to act as a gateway and forward traffic to other devices, you must enable packet forwarding.
Edit `/etc/sysctl.conf` and uncomment (or add) the following line:
```conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
```
Apply changes:
```bash
sudo sysctl -p
```
- **Important**: Ensure UDP `500` and `4500` ports are port-forwarded to the Raspberry Pi's internal IP in your router settings.
- **Routing Setup (Home Router)**: You must configure a **Static Route** on your home router so that other devices in your home network can reach the GCP network.
- **Destination Network**: `10.10.0.0`
- **Subnet Mask**: `255.255.255.0` (or `/24`)
- **Gateway**: The internal IP of your Raspberry Pi (e.g., `192.168.2.x`)
Without this, only the Raspberry Pi itself can access the GCP network. Other devices (like your PC) won't know that traffic for `10.10.0.x` should go through the Raspberry Pi.
## Connection Test
1. Verify the tunnel status is "Established" in the [VPN](https://console.cloud.google.com/hybrid/vpn/gateways) menu of the GCP Console.
2. SSH into the test VM (`vpn-test-vm`).
3. Ping a device in the home internal network (e.g., Raspberry Pi).
```bash
ping 192.168.0.x
```