Hello,

sorry the headline is not very meaningful.

I run an Ubuntu server with apache and I host private php projects on this web server.

I would like to download some files from another network, where I have to be connected via VPN. These files are protected and should not be available for the whole web, thus I can only access them via VPN. Once connected I can download them easily, e.g. with wget.
No problem, I installed an openvpn client on the server and connected, running like a charm. My problem is: the whole traffic is now "redirected" to the other network, so the web server does not work any more with my IP address.

Is it possible that only wget traffic is being downloaded via VPN?

The only thing I could find was http://www.my-pizza.at/blog/2013/10/...se-vpn-tunnel/

But he is having problems realizing his purposes.

Thanks in advance!


stx

Setting up the VPN changed your default gateway. Either the startup script changed it or a new default gateway was pushed by the server you connected to. Change it back to your regular interface and add a route for the specific IP that should go through the VPN.

whenever OpenVPN makes its connection, it become the default gateway for all your outbound connections. This becomes a problem when you need to reach the machine from outside of you networks, as any responses sent by your server will ultimately end up going across the VPN as its gateway.
Luckily, Linux is pretty powerful when it comes to networking! We can setup our own routes, and give it rules to follow.

The following guide might help you to solve the issue:
http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html