Nice and easy way to setup a VPN on any cloud provider in 5 mins.

1. Create a linux vm, Ubuntu, Redhat or a AWS AMI – your choice! A static IP might be useful for you.
   • Ensure your security group firewall permits the following:
   • tcp=5555
     udp=500,4500
2. Install docker as a service, something like:
   • yum install docker
     or
   • apt install -y docker
3. Ensure docker runs as a service on boot (not required for ubuntu)
   • systemctl enable docker
   • systemctl start docker
4. Set your login details for the VPN
   • export USER=yourusername
   • export PASS=yourpassword
   • export HPW=yourhubpass
   • export SPW=yourserverpass
   • export PSK=yoursecretkey
5. Start the VPN server:
   •  docker run --restart on-failure -d --name yourvpn -e SPW=$SPW -e HPW=$HPW --cap-add NET_ADMIN -p 5555:5555/tcp -p 500:500/udp -p 4500:4500/udp -e PSK=$PSK -e USERNAME=$USER -e PASSWORD=$PASS harrypod/softethervpn:1
6. Thats it! FInd your servers external IP and connect.

Extra
Whilst the docker container is running, you could extract a config file to prevent the need for handling environment variables:


$ docker cp yourvpn:/usr/vpnserver/vpn_server.config /path/to/vpn_server.config

$ docker run --restart on-failure -d --name yourvpn -v /path/to/vpn_server.config:/usr/vpnserver/vpn_server.config harrypod/softethervpn:1


Other useful commands to help with setting up:

$ docker stop yourvpn; docker rm yourvpn;
$ docker ps -a;
$ docker rm $(docker ps -a -q);  

This method is credited to https://github.com/siomiz/SoftEtherVPN  – i have reviewed code and recompiled the docker image, to ensure it is safe for my own use.