Lesson 6 | VPN Server | what is vpn used for | vpn meaning

Lesson 6 | VPN Server | what is vpn used for | vpn meaning

In the name of Allah the gracious the merciful

 peace be upon you and welcome

In lesson 6 in Server Admin Course

 I am Muhammad Elnmr from SystemAC Blog & Channel.

And this lesson is about the VPN server 

The content:

 this lesson will contain the following points

 point 1: what is the VPN server?

Point 2: how does any server become a VPN server

 point 3: VPN server most popular application types and

In practical part:

1- how to set up a VPN server

2-  making a test by creating an account and a secure connection

 point 1: what is the VPN server?

it's a server that makes a virtual secure connection 

between any device and the server and so

The connected device is being considered a member 

of the private network of

The server and it gets out to the internet 

through the server public IP

For example, if your device  connected through the internet 

through a VPN connection with the VPN server

It will be a member of the private network of this VPN server 

 point 2: how does any server become a VPN server?

It will be achieved  when we install any VPN server 

application on this server

 point 3: VPN Server most popular application types

 in Linux system:

 There is the Open VPN, and in windows system:

There is the Softether VPN Server

 the practical part:

 and we will take the following

1- how to install the VPN server

 we'll choose here the Softether VPN server

  2- making a test by creating an account and 

opening up a secure connection between our device and the server

no.1- installing the softether VPN server on 

windows server 2008 r2

first, open the Google search and type

Download "Softether VPN server"

and then

double click on downloads Softether VPN project and

Now click on "Download Softhether VPN"

and now select the following

 first "Softether vpn(Freeware)"  and in the component select

 "softether VPN server manager for Windows"  and

in platform select "windows" and in CPU  let it Intel

X86 and x64 

After that,  Scroll down in the same page and then

 double click on " softether  VPN server and VPN bridge

and if you have a Google Chrome browser

 Your download will be shown as shown here

And in Internet Explorer browser

The download will be shown as here after the program is downloaded

 on your server then right click on it and choose run as administrator

And now click Next

Select Softether VPN Server and then click Next

Check on I agree with the License Agreement

 and then press next

After that click Next again and

Now select the installation part of the Program on your server 

and it's preferable to be as default in the C partition

 and then click Next

After that click Next again

When the installation completed this screen

 will appear as shown here

 Finally, press finish

This is the last step and the 

final screen of the softether VPN server manager 

on  your VPN Server

 No.2 in practical creating an account 

and opening up a secure connection between

 our device and  the server

Note that: this step we will be divided into five stages

Stage 1: 

creating a new connection with a virtual hub and a user

 now open up the softether VPN server manager

By clicking  on the start button and then double click on

 softether VPN server manager

 After this screen appears

click on "new setting" and

And now enter the following settings in setting name 

type: "connection 1" for example

And in hostname type: "localhost" and the port number

 choose "5555" and

Choose "virtual hub admin mood" and then 

Let it as default as shown here, after that

Click "OK"

Choose the connection 1 that we've created 

and then press "connect", 

After that press "manage Virtual hub"

 and now Press on "manage users" to add a new user

here enter  the username for example: "testuser" 

and then enter the password and confirm it again and

Then Press "OK"

 and then click on "OK" again

Make sure that your new user

Is shown here then press Exit

Stage 2:

 "Enabling NAT Technology"

Again select the connection1

 that we've created and then press connect 

After that Press manage Virtual hub again 

And then press virtual NAT and virtual DHCP server

After that click on "enable SecureNAt" and, then press on Exit

After that press OK

Stage 3: 

 Opening the firewall ports

 open up the Run window

 on your server and then type "wf.msc"

And then press OK

Select inbound rules and then  click on new rule

Select "Port" from here and then click "Next"

Select specific local ports, and then type the same port "5555"

 and then press "Next"

Select allow the connection and

Then press next

leave these settings as default as shown here

 after that, press "Next"

  finally, enter the name

For example "VPN Ports" and

Then press "Finish" 

Stage 4:

 installing the VPN client on your device to open up

 a VPN connection with the server

Open the Google search on your device

 and then type "download SoftetherVPN client" and then

  click on the first link "download softether VPN project"

Click on "Download SoftEther VPN"

 select the following in software select

"SoftEther VPN(Freeware)" and  in component 

select "SoftEther VPN Client", and the Platform

  "select windows" and

the CPU,  Let it " Intel x86 and x64 "

After that scroll down on the same page and then 

 click on "SoftEther VPN Client " as here

Your download will start as shown here

After the program is being downloaded

Put it at the desktop

 And now right-click on the program

 and then press "run as administrator"

After that, click Next

 Now select 

"SoftEther VPN Client"  and then press "Next"

Check this option. "I agree with the Licence Agreement"

 then press "Next" 

now click "Next"

After that

Leave that installation directory in the "C Partition"

 as shown here or change it as you like after that press "Next"

The installation  will be preceded with you as shown here

Once completed as shown here Press "finish" 

 stage 5:

 making the secure connection

firstly make sure that your device and the VPN server

 is seeing each other by opening the "CMD"  and

type the following command 

"ping space and the IP of the

VPN server" and make sure that it's replying on you 

as shown here 

And now Press the "Start" button and

Open "the SoftEther VPN client manager as shown here

And after that, this console will appear with you

 Now right-click and then choose "New VPN connection setting..."

And then press "Yes"

To create a new virtual network adapter

Now type the name of the new virtual network

 adapter and for example here

"VPN", and then press "OK",

It will load with you as shown here

After Completed enter the following settings

 in setting the name enter for example "testVPN"

and the hostname

Enter "the IP address of the VPN server "

 and in port number choose "5555",

 and the virtual hub name

Let it "default" and

Then enter the username "testuser"  as we've created before

 and enter the password also

Once finished, press "OK"

And now right-click on the "TestVPN" that we've created

 and then choose "connect"

This window will appear

 with you and that means

The server has assigned you a private IP address as shown here

Then press "close"

And now the VPN is succeeded and for more clarification

 You can go google search and type

"What's my IP address?" And then choose "What is my IP address"

 the first link

You will find the following

Your public IP will change to "server public IP"

and also the location will change  to the VPN server location 

The end of lesson 6

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In the Next Lesson. Inshaallah. We'll talk about

 The Mail server and peace be upon you

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