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Softeather VPN Client installation Linux and asterisk installation

 1.
Install Required Packages:-

zypper install gcc binutils tar gzip chkconfig cat cp EUC-JP UTF-8 libc glibc zlib openssl readline ncurses pthread

2.
Download from website or below mention link
lynx http://www.softether-download.com/files/softether/
extract downloaded file using tar zxvf commnad
3.
cd vpnclient
4.
install using make command.
make

5.
after instllaton finish give permision
chmod 600 *
chmod 700 vpnclient
chmod 700 vpncmd
6.
Then start the VPN client service using this command:
./vpnclient start
7.
To configure our client, we’re going to use vpncmd.
While you’re in the vpnclient directory enter this command to run vpncmd tool:

./vpncmd
8.
Choose 2 to enter Management of VPN Client mode,give local ip (127.0.0.1)
and then press enter to connect to and manage the local VPN client you just installed.

9.
once enter in > prompt enable remote access type below mention command
RemoteEnable

10.
download windows vpnclient software and use remote connection software to manage Linux VPN client service. vpnclient software at time installation select vpn manager (admin tool).

11. 

Once Client Manager installed run and connect using Linux server IP.



FOR ROCKY/ALAM Linux


1️⃣ Install Required Packages (Rocky/Alma)

Run this first:

dnf install -y gcc make wget tar gzip openssl-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel

These packages are required to compile SoftEther.

2️⃣ Download SoftEther

Go to a temporary directory:

cd /usr/local/src

Download SoftEther:

wget https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable/releases/download/v4.43-9799-beta/softether-vpnclient-v4.43-9799-beta-2023.08.31-linux-x64-64bit.tar.gz

3️⃣ Extract the Package

tar -xvzf softether-vpnclient-*.tar.gz

Now go inside:

cd vpnclient

4️⃣ Compile SoftEther

make

During installation it will ask 3 questions.

Just type:

1
1
1

and press Enter.

5️⃣ Set Permissions

chmod 600 *
chmod 700 vpnclient
chmod 700 vpncmd

6️⃣ Move to System Directory (Recommended)

cd ..
mv vpnclient /usr/local/
cd /usr/local/vpnclient

7️⃣ Start VPN Client

./vpnclient start

Check if running:

ps aux | grep vpnclient

8️⃣ Configure Client

Run:

./vpncmd

Choose:

2 (Management of VPN Client)

Server:

127.0.0.1

Press Enter.

9️⃣ Enable Remote Control

At the vpncmd> prompt:

RemoteEnable


1️⃣ Create Service File

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/vpnclient.service

Paste this:

[Unit]
Description=SoftEther VPN Client
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/local/vpnclient/vpnclient start
ExecStop=/usr/local/vpnclient/vpnclient stop
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/vpnclient
Restart=always

User=root
Group=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

2️⃣ Reload Systemd

systemctl daemon-reload

3️⃣ Enable Service (Start on Boot)

systemctl enable vpnclient

4️⃣ Start Service

systemctl start vpnclient

5️⃣ Check Status

systemctl status vpnclient

You should see something like:

Active: active (running)

6️⃣ Useful Commands

Start VPN

systemctl start vpnclient

Stop VPN

systemctl stop vpnclient

Restart

systemctl restart vpnclient

Logs

journalctl -u vpnclient


If your SoftEther directory is not /usr/local/vpnclient, adjust this line:


ExecStart=/usr/local/vpnclient/vpnclient start


Example:


ExecStart=/root/vpnclient/vpnclient start


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