Hi, If you search the archives of this list (or possibly openvpn-users), you will find an earlier mail from Jason Haar which had instructions on how to configuring OpenVPN to run inside nssm.exe.
-- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock > Hmm Interesting idea. > > I will grab a copy of NSSM and give it a try. > > So does it need to be constantly running on the client machine or is it just > a service installer that you setup the service and its parameters (im > guessing what .ovpn connection to run) and it will install it? > > Thanks for the recommendation! > > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Haar [mailto:jason_h...@trimble.com] > Sent: 19 March 2015 21:57 > To: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN Service Windows 8 > > Unless other changes have been made to the windows service, I'd recommend not > using it at all. There are error conditions under which it just hangs and > blocks openvpn.exe from working > > We moved to using nssm - we set it to auto-restart on error and now openvpn > as a Windows service is as reliable as openvpn as a Unix service > > Jason > > -- > Cheers > > Jason Haar > Corporate Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. > Phone: +1 408 481 8171 > PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
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