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As described in #3.2Operating Modes#, , SoftEther VPN Server can be operated in either service mode or user mode. When configuring VPN Server for use as part of an everyday operation system, we recommend installing SoftEther VPN Server in service mode. The installer for the Windows version of VPN Server installs the VPN Server program to the system in service mode.
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When installation of the Windows version of VPN Server is completed, the SoftEther VPN Server service is already running in the background on the Windows system. Normally, the computer does not have to be restarted after installation of the program. However, if you expect to use the local bridge function while using a network adapter that supports hardware offloading, as described in #3.6.10#,3.6 Local Bridges, we recommend that you restart the computer.
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SoftEther VPN Server Manager can be used on Windows to manage VPN Server. For information about the detailed management method, please refer to #3#.3. SoftEther VPN Server Manual.
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To configure or manage the Linux or other Unix version of VPN Server, you can also use the Windows version of VPN Server Manager from a remote computer. For information about manually installing VPN Server Manager on a computer without VPN Server installed, please refer to #2.4.4#.2.4 VPN Server Manager.
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You can also use the command line-based vpncmd software to configure and manage VPN Server. This is helpful in cases where VPN Server is installed to a Linux or other Unix operating system and a separate Windows computer is not available locally, therefore VPN Server Manager cannot be used. In this case, you can use vpncmd to configure the default settings. You can also use vpncmd to configure the settings on the Windows version of VPN Server. For information about detailed vpncmd operations, please refer to #6#.6. Command Line Management Utility Manual.
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You can add or delete the service for the vpnserver.exe process using the method described in the description of the service mode of the Windows SoftEther VPN Server in #3.2.1#.3.2 Operating Modes. You can use this method, for example, to move all setting files in the VPN Server installation directory to a different directory or hard drive, and then re-register the process as a service. (However, we cannot recommend using this method as the uninstaller may not be able to properly uninstall the program.)
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We recommend operating the Windows version of VPN Server as a service mode program, but you can also start VPN Server in the user mode by using the method described in #3.2.2#.3.2 Operating Modes. When VPN Server is started in user mode, critical security holes, such as buffer overruns, exist temporarily on the VPN Server, but because only user accounts starting VPN Server in user mode would be affected if an attack were to occur, VPN Server can be used relatively securely and safely. However, SoftEther VPN Project does not recommend actually operating VPN Server in user mode for the following reasons.
- The local bridge function cannot be used. (For details, please refer to
#3.6Local Bridges#.).) - Some features of the disaster recovery function, such as automatic recovery when an error occurs in a self process, cannot be used. (For details, please refer to
#3.3.12#.)3.3 VPN Server Administration.) - To start the VPN Server process in user mode, the user must remained logged on to the server. The user cannot operate VPN Server when the user logs off or when no users are logged on to the server after Windows starts. For these reasons, user mode is not suited for actual operation of VPN Server.
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As described in #3.2#, SoftEther VPN Server can be operated in either service mode or user mode. When configuring VPN Server for use as part of an everyday operation system, we recommend installing SoftEther VPN Server in service mode. The installer for the Windows version of VPN Server installs the VPN Server program to the system in service mode.
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When installation of the Windows version of VPN Server is completed, the SoftEther VPN Server service is already running in the background on the Windows system. Normally, the computer does not have to be restarted after installation of the program. However, if you expect to use the local bridge function while using a network adapter that supports hardware offloading, as described in #3.6.10#, we recommend that you restart the computer.
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SoftEther VPN Server Manager can be used on Windows to manage VPN Server. For information about the detailed management method, please refer to #3#.
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To configure or manage the Linux or other Unix version of VPN Server, you can also use the Windows version of VPN Server Manager from a remote computer. For information about manually installing VPN Server Manager on a computer without VPN Server installed, please refer to #2.4.4#.
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You can also use the command line-based vpncmd software to configure and manage VPN Server. This is helpful in cases where VPN Server is installed to a Linux or other Unix operating system and a separate Windows computer is not available locally, therefore VPN Server Manager cannot be used. In this case, you can use vpncmd to configure the default settings. You can also use vpncmd to configure the settings on the Windows version of VPN Server. For information about detailed vpncmd operations, please refer to #6#.
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You can add or delete the service for the vpnserver.exe process using the method described in the description of the service mode of the Windows SoftEther VPN Server in #3.2.1#. You can use this method, for example, to move all setting files in the VPN Server installation directory to a different directory or hard drive, and then re-register the process as a service. (However, we cannot recommend using this method as the uninstaller may not be able to properly uninstall the program.)
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We recommend operating the Windows version of VPN Server as a service mode program, but you can also start VPN Server in the user mode by using the method described in #3.2.2#. When VPN Server is started in user mode, critical security holes, such as buffer overruns, exist temporarily on the VPN Server, but because only user accounts starting VPN Server in user mode would be affected if an attack were to occur, VPN Server can be used relatively securely and safely. However, SoftEther VPN Project does not recommend actually operating VPN Server in user mode for the following reasons.
- The local bridge function cannot be used. (For details, please refer to
#3.6#.) - Some features of the disaster recovery function, such as automatic recovery when an error occurs in a self process, cannot be used. (For details, please refer to
#3.3.12#.) - To start the VPN Server process in user mode, the user must remained logged on to the server. The user cannot operate VPN Server when the user logs off or when no users are logged on to the server after Windows starts. For these reasons, user mode is not suited for actual operation of VPN Server.
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As described in 3.2Operating Modes, SoftEther VPN Server can be operated in either service mode or user mode. When configuring VPN Server for use as part of an everyday operation system, we recommend installing SoftEther VPN Server in service mode. The installer for the Windows version of VPN Server installs the VPN Server program to the system in service mode.
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When installation of the Windows version of VPN Server is completed, the SoftEther VPN Server service is already running in the background on the Windows system. Normally, the computer does not have to be restarted after installation of the program. However, if you expect to use the local bridge function while using a network adapter that supports hardware offloading, as described in 3.6 Local Bridges, we recommend that you restart the computer.
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SoftEther VPN Server Manager can be used on Windows to manage VPN Server. For information about the detailed management method, please refer to 3. SoftEther VPN Server Manual.
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To configure or manage the Linux or other Unix version of VPN Server, you can also use the Windows version of VPN Server Manager from a remote computer. For information about manually installing VPN Server Manager on a computer without VPN Server installed, please refer to 2.4 VPN Server Manager.
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You can also use the command line-based vpncmd software to configure and manage VPN Server. This is helpful in cases where VPN Server is installed to a Linux or other Unix operating system and a separate Windows computer is not available locally, therefore VPN Server Manager cannot be used. In this case, you can use vpncmd to configure the default settings. You can also use vpncmd to configure the settings on the Windows version of VPN Server. For information about detailed vpncmd operations, please refer to 6. Command Line Management Utility Manual.
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You can add or delete the service for the vpnserver.exe process using the method described in the description of the service mode of the Windows SoftEther VPN Server in 3.2 Operating Modes. You can use this method, for example, to move all setting files in the VPN Server installation directory to a different directory or hard drive, and then re-register the process as a service. (However, we cannot recommend using this method as the uninstaller may not be able to properly uninstall the program.)
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We recommend operating the Windows version of VPN Server as a service mode program, but you can also start VPN Server in the user mode by using the method described in 3.2 Operating Modes. When VPN Server is started in user mode, critical security holes, such as buffer overruns, exist temporarily on the VPN Server, but because only user accounts starting VPN Server in user mode would be affected if an attack were to occur, VPN Server can be used relatively securely and safely. However, SoftEther VPN Project does not recommend actually operating VPN Server in user mode for the following reasons.
- The local bridge function cannot be used. (For details, please refer to 3.6Local Bridges.)
- Some features of the disaster recovery function, such as automatic recovery when an error occurs in a self process, cannot be used. (For details, please refer to 3.3 VPN Server Administration.)
- To start the VPN Server process in user mode, the user must remained logged on to the server. The user cannot operate VPN Server when the user logs off or when no users are logged on to the server after Windows starts. For these reasons, user mode is not suited for actual operation of VPN Server.
