Re: Want to install VPN client on ESXi
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:08 am
yh113 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to Softether VPN and I found this product is extremely beautiful.
> I installed a server on a PC then I would like to install a VPN client on
> ESXi 6.5 shell. As far as I googled some articles it is not possible to
> install VPN client on ESXi shell but I want to locate my ESXi with VPN
> client at a remote site? Need to deploy a small linux VM for VPN client as
> a step ladder? Is there any other elegant solution?
>
> Regards
You can't install anything on ESXi other than VMware products - it's a hypervisor and is meant to run virtual machines - you need to install a VM in which to run your software and that includes SoftEther.
> Hello,
>
> I am new to Softether VPN and I found this product is extremely beautiful.
> I installed a server on a PC then I would like to install a VPN client on
> ESXi 6.5 shell. As far as I googled some articles it is not possible to
> install VPN client on ESXi shell but I want to locate my ESXi with VPN
> client at a remote site? Need to deploy a small linux VM for VPN client as
> a step ladder? Is there any other elegant solution?
>
> Regards
You can't install anything on ESXi other than VMware products - it's a hypervisor and is meant to run virtual machines - you need to install a VM in which to run your software and that includes SoftEther.