{"id":1129,"date":"2017-07-12T13:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:19:25","slug":"softether-vpn-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/softether-vpn-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftEther VPN, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, SoftEther VPN<\/a> has been cranking along nicely for me for months now. I really love it. It stays out of the way and does exactly what it is supposed to do.<\/p>\n

I just bought a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B<\/a>. I did this for a couple of reasons. The first being that my PC is getting so old that spinning up a Linux VM in VirtualBox<\/a> is a bone-crushing endeavor, especially if i just want to play around with a Python script (hint: pexpect<\/a> does not work on a Windows client). Second, to move the VPN server to so that it is not dependent on my PC…which is getting to be really old.<\/p>\n

I found this page<\/a>, which was a great help in getting SoftEther installed on the RasPi. I was messing around with this while at work. I am trying to figure out the best way to migrate the settings from the PC (Windows) to the RasPi (ARM\/Linux). There are a few methods available, and none of them are recommended while doing this from remote and actually using the VPN server at the same time. AHHAHAHAHAHA!<\/p>\n

Probably the safest way is to configure the two boxes as a cluster, move the settings and user info to the RasPi and then shut down the instance running on the PC. This involves several interruptions of the VPN and, well, not something I want to mess around with right now. I’ll do it all from home.<\/p>\n

I am really, really excited about the RasPi. While it is not as fast as my old PC, it is speedy enough for most everything I have thrown at it so far. When the VPN is running, I want to see how much it has left in the resources tank. If there is enough, I am looking to move the Plex Server<\/a> (little used, but still handy) from the PC to the RasPi. Fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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