Self made vpn, HOW TO

[Jacobsking]

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SELF VPN
You can create your own VPN for super cheap so that your traffic is not recorded or seen by anyone but you, and most importantly, for security. I present to you, a simple guide to doing so.
Required Items:
- a server of any kind (VPS, dedicated, cloud), I usually get my servers from 100up
- an internet connection
- Ubuntu 18+ installed on the server
- Root access
Steps:
Step 1: Update packages and libraries
Command(s):
- apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y
Step 2: Install SoftEther VPN Server (I recommend inputting each command one by one just to make sure nothing fails!)
Command(s):
- wget http://www.softether-download.com/f...34-9745-rtm-2020.04.05-linux-x64-64bit.tar.gz
- tar xzvf softether-vpnserver-v4.34-9745-rtm-2020.04.05-linux-x64-64bit.tar.gz
- apt-get install build-essential -y
- cd vpnserver
- sudo make
- cd ..
- mv vpnserver /usr/local
- cd /usr/local/vpnserver/
- chmod 600 *
- chmod 700 vpnserver
- chmod 700 vpncmd
Step 3: Make VPN Server run on start up
Command(s):
- vi /etc/init.d/vpnserver
Now paste the following into the file by hitting insert, then ctrl + v
#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: 2345 99 01
# description: SoftEther VPN Server
DAEMON=/usr/local/vpnserver/vpnserver
LOCK=/var/lock/subsys/vpnserver
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
case "$1" in
start)
$DAEMON start
touch $LOCK
;;
stop)
$DAEMON stop
rm $LOCK
;;
restart)
$DAEMON stop
sleep 3
$DAEMON start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
Then save by hitting esc and typing :wq
Step 4: Create a new subsys directory
Command(s):
- mkdir /var/lock/subsys
- chmod 755 /etc/init.d/vpnserver && /etc/init.d/vpnserver start
Step 5: Start the VPN Server
Command(s):
- cd /usr/local/vpnserver
- ./vpncmd
Now once you are in the VPN terminal press option "3" and type "check", and if all of the checks pass type "exit", then re-run the ./vpncmd command and this time choose option "1". Then type "ServerPasswordSet" and choose your own password. Now it's time to create a virtual hub by typing "HubCreate VPN", then type "Hub VPN". Now it's time to create users by typing "UserCreate (thhe username you want)" and setting the password with "UserPasswordSet (the username)".
Now you can use your vpn by downloading the SoftEther VPN Client from softether. Then put in all of the information you made when you made a user