Hi Jose, Thanks for testing! The documentation about the new services is probably suboptimal right now. I will need to improve it a bit, because I believe what is said here
<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui> is all we have right now. Quickly summarizing: 1) OpenVPNService (provided by openvpnserv2.exe) This is a new background service based on openvpnserv2. It is intended for running one or more VPN connections in the background without user interaction. 2) OpenVPNServiceInteractive (provided by openvpnserv.exe) This service co-operates with OpenVPN-GUI to allow unprivileged users to successfully launch VPN connection. 3) OpenVPNServiceLegacy (provided by openvpnserv.exe) This is the old background service. It does not work well on anything post-Windows 7 and is pretty crude in general. It is intended for running one or more VPN connections in the background without user interaction. I will add this documentation somewhere - probably INSTALL-win32.txt. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock Il 12/10/2016 14:29, Jose Alf. ha scritto: > Samuli, > > I tested the 64 bit installer on Windows 7 Enterprise using default > settings. It ran smoothly. I notice that now there are 3 services - > OpenVPN Interactive Service (appears started automatic) > - OpenVPN Legacy Service (manual) > - OpenVPNService (manual) > > Any pointers to documentation about this? > > I use OpenVPN-MI-GUI. I had to start OpenVPNService to connect to my > server. Other than that, it worked fine. > > Regards, > Jose > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> > *To:* "openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" > <openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>; > "openvpn-us...@lists.sourceforge.net" <openvpn-us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 11, 2016 5:36 AM > *Subject:* [Openvpn-users] Help testing OpenVPN 2.4-alpha1 preview > installers? > > Hi all, > > We're really close to OpenVPN 2.4-alpha1 release now. In yesterday's IRC > meeting[1] we deemed that "late this week" might be doable. > > However, we'd need to help with testing these preview installers: > > <http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/temp/openvpn-install-2.3_git-do-ifconfig-after-tun-v2-I601-i686.exe> > <http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/temp/openvpn-install-2.3_git-do-ifconfig-after-tun-v2-I601-x86_64.exe> > > Note that the installers contain a much improved OpenVPN-GUI that > behaves differently under the hood from the one bundled in OpenVPN 2.3.x: > > <https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui> > > The installer also contains a new, much improved Windows system service > called openvpnserv2: > > <https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpnserv2> > > Based on earlier tests openvpnserv2 should be able to handle > suspend/resume gracefully. It should also automatically restart a > connection that dies for whatever reason. > > So far the installers linked to above have passed some basic tests: > > <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenVPN24WindowsTests> > > If you can, please test the installers in your environment and let us > know how it went: we'd like to minimize the chance of breaking existing > setups before we make the official 2.4-alpha1 release. > > -- > Samuli Seppänen > Community Manager > OpenVPN Technologies, Inc > > irc freenode net: mattock > > > [1] > <https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg12657.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > openvpn-us...@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:openvpn-us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
