7.3 Install on Linux and Initial Configurations

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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS / ES Version 4 (x86 or x64)
  (Use the standard update utility to update the kernel to 2.6.9-22 or later.)
• Turbolinux 10 Server (x86 or x64)
  (Use the standard update utility to update the kernel to 2.6.8-5 or later.)
• Fedora Core 4 or later (x86 or x64), CentOS 4 or later (x86 or x64)
  (Use the standard update utility to update the kernel to the latest version. Please note that there is no support for SoftEther VPN products on Fedora Core 4 or later.)

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Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS / ES Version 4

For operating systems using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS / ES Version 4 distribution, support is only provided for environments where a clean installation of the system was performed with one of the following methods.

1. Perform a clean installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS / ES Version 4. Avoid cases where inconsistencies may occur, such as in the libraries after upgrading from an earlier version of Linux.
2. When creating a partition on the hard disk, be sure to allocate sufficient disk space to the partition with the /usr/ directory. The examples in the descriptions below are based on VPN Server being installed to /usr/local/vpnserver/. In addition, we recommend allocating sufficient disk space to the partition to allow VPN Server to write log files to the same directory.
3. At the stage of selecting components to be installed, at the minimum, the development tools (compiler, etc.) and development libraries are installed at the same time. When installing VPN Server, the make and gccbinutils utilities and the libc (glibc), zlib, openssl, readline, and ncurses development library versions (also called devel) are required.
4. After installing the operating system, use Red Hat Network to update to the latest Linux kernel (2.6.9-22 or later). Because there are problems in the parallel and synchronous processing of the kernel included in the initial install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS / ES Version 4, the operations of VPN Server may become unstable. Be sure to update the kernel.
5. Complete the installation of the program with the firewall and SELinux functions disabled. After confirming that VPN Server is properly installed, you can enable these functions only if necessary.

Using Turbolinux 10 Server

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When using Turbolinux 10 Server, we recommend performing a clean installation of the system with one of the following methods, and then install VPN Server to the environment. Please note that there is no support for VPN Server products on Fedora Core 4.

1. Perform a clean installation of Turbolinux 10 Server. Avoid cases where inconsistencies may occur, such as in the libraries after upgrading from an earlier version of Linux.
2. When creating a partition on the hard disk, be sure to allocate sufficient disk space to the partition with the /usr/ directory. The examples in the descriptions below are based on VPN Server being installed to /usr/local/vpnserver/. In addition, we recommend allocating sufficient disk space to the partition to allow VPN Server to write log files to the same directory.
3. At the stage of selecting components to be installed, at the minimum, the development tools (compiler, etc.) and development libraries are installed at the same time. When installing VPN Server, the make and gccbinutils utilities and the libc (glibc), zlib, openssl, readline, and ncurses development library versions (also called devel) are required.
4. After installing the operating system, use update utility to update to the latest Linux kernel (2.6.8-5 or later). Because there are problems in the parallel and synchronous processing of the kernel included in the initial install of Turbolinux 10 Server, the operations of VPN Server may become unstable. Be sure to update the kernel.
5. Complete the installation of the program with the firewall and SELinux functions disabled. After confirming that VPN Server is properly installed, you can enable these functions only if necessary.

Using Fedora Core 4

When using Fedora Core 4, we recommend performing a clean installation of the system with one of the following methods, and then install VPN Server to the environment. Please note that there is no support for VPN Server products on Fedora Core 4.

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1. Perform a clean installation of Fedora Core 4. Avoid cases where inconsistencies may occur, such as in the libraries after upgrading from an earlier version of Linux.
2. When creating a partition on the hard disk, be sure to allocate sufficient disk space to the partition with the /usr/ directory. The examples in the descriptions below are based on VPN Server being installed to /usr/local/vpnserver/. In addition, we recommend allocating sufficient disk space to the partition to allow VPN Server to write log files to the same directory.
3. At the stage of selecting components to be installed, at the minimum, the development tools (compiler, etc.) and development libraries are installed at the same time. When installing VPN Server, the make and gccbinutils utilities and the libc (glibc), zlib, openssl, readline, and ncurses development library versions (also called devel) are required.
4. After installing the operating system, use update utility to update to the latest Linux kernel. Because there are problems in the parallel and synchronous processing of the kernel included in the initial install of Fedora Core 4, the operations of VPN Server may become unstable. Be sure to update the kernel.
5. Complete the installation of the program with the firewall and SELinux functions disabled. After confirming that VPN Server is properly installed, you can enable these functions only if necessary.

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• When SoftEther VPN Server is purchased as a product, the installer file is distributed on a CD-ROM. Place the CD-ROM on the CD-ROM drive of the computer, mount it to the Linux system, and copy the required files to a temporary directory.

• You can also download the latest VPN Server installer file from the SoftEther VPN Project website (http://www.softether.com/). We recommend checking the above website for the latest version of VPN Server even if you have the CD-ROM with the installer file. If you signed a maintenance contract with a partner using SoftEther VPN, please contact your partner representative in advance and check whether the latest version can be installed.
• If you received the latest version of VPN Server on a CD-ROM or as electronic files from your partner using SoftEther VPN, install the software using those files.

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Next, the SoftEther VPN Server Version 2.0 end-user license agreement is displayed. Please read and understand the license agreement. The license agreement is displayed over several pages, so use a terminal emulator or SSH client software with a scroll function to view the entire license agreement. If you are unable to read the entire license agreement, press Ctrl + C to cancel the make, and then use a text editor to directly open and view the contents of the text file with the license agreement located in the vpnserver directory.

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[root@machine vpnserver]# ./vpncmd
vpncmd command - SoftEther VPN Command Line Management Utility
SoftEther VPN Command Line Management Utility (vpncmd command)
Version 2.20 Build 5302
Compiled Sat Mar 31 03:09:18 2007 by yagi at ILC308
Copyright (C) 2004-2006 SoftEther VPN Project. All Rights Reserved.

By using vpncmd program, the following can be achieved.

1. Management of VPN Server or VPN Bridge
2. Management of VPN Client
3. Use of VPN Tools (certificate creation and communication speed measurement)

Select 1, 2 or 3: 3

VPN Tools was launched. By inputting HELP, you can view a list of the commands t
hat can be used.

VPN Tools>check
Check command - Check if SoftEther VPN Operation is Possible
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SoftEther VPN Operation Environment Check Tool

Copyright (C) 2004-2006 SoftEther VPN Project.
All Rights Reserved.

If this operation environment check tool is run on a system and that system pass
es, it is highly likely that SoftEther VPN software can operate on that system. T
his check may take a while. Please wait...

Checking 'Kernel System'...
[Pass]
Checking 'Memory Operation System'...
[Pass]
Checking 'ANSI / Unicode string processing system'...
[Pass]
Checking 'File system'...
[Pass]
Checking 'Thread processing system'...
[Pass]
Checking 'Network system'...
[Pass]

All checks passed. It is highly likely that SoftEther VPN Server / Bridge can ope
rate normally on this system.

The command terminated normally.
VPN Tools>exit
[root@machine vpnserver]#  

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Current version

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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Fedora
• CentOS

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Installing Linux

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1. Perform a clean installation of Linux. Avoid cases where inconsistencies may occur, such as in the libraries after upgrading from an earlier version of Linux.
2. When creating a partition on the hard disk, be sure to allocate sufficient disk space to the partition with the /usr/ directory. The examples in the descriptions below are based on VPN Server being installed to /usr/local/vpnserver/. In addition, we recommend allocating sufficient disk space to the partition to allow VPN Server to write log files to the same directory.
3. At the stage of selecting components to be installed, at the minimum, the development tools (compiler, etc.) and development libraries are installed at the same time. When installing VPN Server, the make and gccbinutils utilities and the libc (glibc), zlib, openssl, readline, and ncurses development library versions (also called devel) are required.
4. After installing the operating system, update to the latest Linux kernel (2.6.9-22 or later). Because there are problems in the parallel and synchronous processing of the kernel included in the initial install of Linux, the operations of VPN Server may become unstable. Be sure to update the kernel.
5. Complete the installation of the program with the firewall and SELinux functions disabled. After confirming that VPN Server is properly installed, you can enable these functions only if necessary.

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To install VPN Server, you need to prepare the file containing the VPN Server program (package file compressed with tar.gz format). You can download the latest VPN Server installer file from the SoftEther VPN Project website (http://www.softether.org/).

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