Name

ipsec add — Add a connection specification to pluto internal database from @IPSEC_CONF@

Synopsis

ipsec add connectionname [--config @IPSEC_CONF@] [--ctlsocket /run/pluto/pluto.ctl]

DESCRIPTION

Add operation add a connection specification from @IPSEC_CONF@ to internal database within pluto, The Libreswan IKE daemon. If there already was connection specification with same connectionname, old tunnels are torn down and new specification replaces old one.

This only adds the connection specification making it possible for remote to connect. To establish the connection you need to use ipsec up connectionname or to do both add and up with one run you can use ipsec start connectionname.

Note: you might also need to run ipsec rereadsecrets when your new connection uses pre-shared key (PSK) authentication, authby=secret because secrets keys are only being read at startup.

SEE ALSO

ipsec.conf(5), ipsec(8), ipsec_algparse(8), ipsec_barf(8), ipsec_briefstatus(8), ipsec_certutil(8), ipsec_checknflog(8), ipsec_checknss(8), ipsec_connectionstatus(8), ipsec_crlutil(8), ipsec_delete(8), ipsec_down(8), ipsec_ecdsasigkey(8), ipsec_fetchcrls(8), ipsec_fipsstatus(8), ipsec_globalstatus(8), ipsec_import(8), ipsec_initnss(8), ipsec_letsencrypt(8), ipsec_listall(8), ipsec_listcacerts(8), ipsec_listcerts(8), ipsec_listcrls(8), ipsec_listen(8), ipsec_listpubkeys(8), ipsec_look(8), ipsec_modutil(8), ipsec_newhostkey(8), ipsec_ondemand(8), ipsec_pk12util(8), ipsec_pluto(8), ipsec_purgeocsp(8), ipsec_redirect(8), ipsec_replace(8), ipsec_rereadall(8), ipsec_rereadcerts(8), ipsec_rereadsecrets(8), ipsec_restart(8), ipsec_route(8), ipsec_rsasigkey(8), ipsec_setup(8), ipsec_showhostkey(8) ipsec_showroute(8), ipsec_showstates(8), ipsec_shuntstatus(8), ipsec_start(8), ipsec_status(8), ipsec_stop(8), ipsec_trafficstatus(8), ipsec_unroute(8), ipsec_up(8), ipsec_verify(8), ipsec_vfychain(8), ipsec_whack(8)

BUGS

none

AUTHOR

Tuomo Soini