some fixes and updates for working version

Dockerfile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl tar gzip grep make gcc cpp
 RUN curl -L -o /opt/softether.tar.gz $DOWNLOAD_URL && tar xzfp /opt/softether.tar.gz -C /opt 
 RUN cd /opt/vpnserver && make i_read_and_agree_the_license_agreement 
 
-COPY files/start.sh /opt/start.sh
+COPY files/* /opt/
 RUN chmod 755 /opt/*.sh
 
 #ENTRYPOINT /bin/bash

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ My basic SoftEther VPN Server container.
 
 The recommended way is docker-compose.
 
+VERY IMPORTANT!: Create an empty config file with world-wide write permission under the config folder before start the server:
+```
+mkdir config
+touch config/vpn_server.config
+chmod 777 config/vpn_server.config
+```
+
+Start the container:
+
 ```
 docker-compose up -d
 ```
@@ -19,3 +28,4 @@ docker-compose up -d
   
 Notice:
 sometimes the default 443 port is used by another service, so use another available port like 5555, 8888...
+

docker-compose.yml

@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ services:
   softether:
     image: croc/softether
     volumes:
-      - './config:/config'
-      - './log:/log'
+      - './logs/packet_log:/opt/vpnserver/packet_log'
+      - './logs/security_log:/opt/vpnserver/security_log'
+      - './logs/server_log:/opt/vpnserver/server_log'
+      - './config/backup.vpn_server.config:/opt/vpnserver/backup.vpn_server.config'
+      - './config/chain_certs:/opt/vpnserver/chain_certs'
+      - './config/vpn_server.config:/opt/vpnserver/vpn_server.config'
       - '/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro'
     privileged: true
     network_mode: host
-#    restart: always
+    restart: unless-stopped 

files/start.sh

@@ -1,35 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 BASE_DIR="/opt/vpnserver"
-CONFIG_DIR="/config"
-LOG_DIR="/log"
 
-[ -z $VERBOSE ] && { VERBOSE="yes"; }
-
-# prestart vpn server
-$BASE_DIR/vpnserver start
-sleep 1
-$BASE_DIR/vpnserver stop
-
-# config
-[ -d $CONFIG_DIR ] || { mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR; }
-echo "Preconfiguring config files..."
-[ -d $BASE_DIR/backup.vpn_server.config ] && { mv $BASE_DIR/backup.vpn_server.config $CONFIG_DIR && ln -sf $CONFIG_DIR/backup.vpn_server.config $BASE_DIR; }
-[ -d $BASE_DIR/chain_certs ] && { mv $BASE_DIR/chain_certs $CONFIG_DIR && ln -sf $CONFIG_DIR/chain_certs $BASE_DIR; }
-[ -f $BASE_DIR/vpn_server.config ] && { mv $BASE_DIR/vpn_server.config $CONFIG_DIR && ln -sf $CONFIG_DIR/vpn_server.config $BASE_DIR; }
-
-# log
-[ -d $LOG_DIR ] || { mkdir -p $LOG_DIR; }
-for logf in $BASE_DIR/*_log
-do
-  [ -d $logf ] && { mv $logf $LOG_DIR && ln -sf $LOG_DIR/$( basename $logf ) $BASE_DIR; }
-done
-
-# basic config
-$BASE_DIR/vpncmd RemoteEnable
+# first start 
+if [ -s $BASE_DIR/vpn_server.config ]
+then
+  echo "Config exists."
+else
+  echo "Config not exists, creating a basic configuration..."
+  $BASE_DIR/vpnserver start
+  sleep 2 
+  $BASE_DIR/vpnserver stop
+  # basic config for remote management
+  $BASE_DIR/vpncmd RemoteEnable
+fi
 
 # start vpn service
 $BASE_DIR/vpnserver start
 
 # something daemon like stuff
-[ $VERBOSE == "no" ] && { /bin/bash; } || { tail -f $LOG_DIR/server_log/*.log; }
+tail -f $BASE_DIR/server_log/*