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Installing HOBLink VPN Gateway HOBLink VPN Gateway
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In order to stop the VPN process, run the script
stopVPN.sh
. This sends the
command
./sendsig hobvpn2
that orders the VPN process to stop working
gracefully.
To reload and implement changes in the configuration file, run the script
reloadConfig.sh
.
This runs the process
./sendsig
, which sends the
command to the VPN process to reload and implement the configuration file.
2.3 Requirements of HOBLink VPN Gateway
The following are the necessary minimum requirements for a successful installation
of HOBLink VPN Gateway:
System Requirements
HOBLink VPN Gateway is designed to run on the Linux operating system platform.
It requires only a standard Linux machine, with at least Kernel 2.6.x, including the
Tun/Tap interface.
HOBLink VPN Gateway supports both 32 and 64 bit systems.
Software Requirements
There are two options available for configuring HOBLink VPN Gateway:

a web browser

a standard or XML editor (for editing the configuration file)
For logging purposes:
Messages created while starting HOBLink VPN Gateway are written into the file
trace.txt
which is located in the installation folder.
Messages created while running HOBLink VPN Gateway are to be logged by a
syslog server listening on UDP port 514. By default, the configuration file
vpnconfig.xml
that is delivered with the solution contains a syslog server
configuration with the IP address 127.0.0.1, localhost.