I need to connect to a source from Data Connection via a fixed IP address provided by NordLayer.
Is there a way to do that using a direct connection, rather than setting up an agent on a server? For instance, is there a way to configure a point-to-point tunnel from the direct connection service to NordLayer, using OpenVPN or IPSec?
We don’t currently support outbound direct connections from Foundry over a VPN. The best option you have available today is to deploy a data connection agent within your private network, and then use that as your data connection runtime when setting up connections.
Data connection agents support both an agent worker configuration and agent proxy configuration. The latter works as an inverting proxy to allow jobs to run in Foundry, similar to the way it works for direct connections, while still reaching endpoints not accessible over the public internet.
Today, neither of these runtime options will result in all traffic running over a VPN, since you still need the agent to hit Foundry’s public IP address.
However, we are about to release beta support for inbound traffic hitting Foundry to be routed over a VPN. Once configured, these inbound VPN connections can be used for both agent worker and agent proxy traffic, since connections from agents are established by the agent up to Foundry. If you’re interested in being an early adopter for VPN support, please get in touch.