Optional VPN Database Access
Unrestricted back end access to your data with a secure VPN tunnel.
This allows knowledgeable IT staff to perform queries, reports, data manipulation, including imports, or other database tasks as well as develop integrations with other software.
Requirements & Setup
The agency will need the following:
- Hardware and network expertise to configure and terminate an IPSEC tunnel.
- Program tools, such as Crystal Reports, to access the SQL Server database.
We will coordinate the initial setup of the IPSEC tunnel with Rackspace, our hosting provider. Once the tunnel is set up, you will be provided with an IP Address, port number and SQL Server credentials, allowing your IT staff to access production, archive, and training databases. Then you will be able to access your databases directly through the VPN tunnel with either read-only or read-write privileges, depending on your preferences.
Agreement & Security Concerns
To use VPN Database Access, you must sign our User Agreement stating you understand anyone with access to the VPN Database Access feature will have complete, unrestricted access to your database. Unrestricted access grants your IT staff the ability to perform all types of actions to the database, including damaging the entire database or accidental deletions. Use caution when assigning IT staff access to the back end of your database and securely store the VPN Database Access login information.
Create and perform queries, imports, exports, or live integrations with other software.
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General VPN Database Access Information
Using VPN Database Access & Reports
Data Restoration
With VPN Database Access, your IT staff can create an unlimited number of database queries to manipulate or filter your data even more.
Contact our sales department for more information on using our Optional VPN Database Access services!
There is an additional cost to using this feature.