You need the parameter auto=add
because the default is auto=ignore which doesn't load the connection definition. pluto doesn't support left=%any, either defined an IP address or write left=%defaultroute For the initiator you have to give an IP address for right so it can actively connect to the responder. Regards Andreas On 08/18/2012 05:07 PM, ramakanth varala wrote: > Hello all, > > Iam new to strongswan, i am trying to run strongswan in my target > board and a RHEL6 machine connected to that . > > My aim is to run the strongswan VPN server on my target board with a > host-host tunnel to my linux machine connected to that. > > There are lot of missing blocks for me. > > 1) When ever i try to run the ipsec ( either in my target board or in > my linux machine) with some configurations like below > > ipsec.conf > ======== > > config setup > #charonstart=no > plutostart=yes > > conn %default > left=%any > right=%any > authby=psk > > > ipsec.secrets > =========== > %any %any : PSK "123456" > > > i see that it does not show any thing when i type ipsec status > > 2) i oftenly see my ipsec.conf getting autogenerated and wiped out my > confiugrations which ever i kept > > 3) Here my aim is to establish a simplist configuration to have VPN > tunnel between my target board and my LINUX machine. if any body can > sugget a simple configuration related to it , that would be really > helpfull. > > iam running strongswan 4.6.1 > > thanks ====================================================================== Andreas Steffen [email protected] strongSwan - the Linux VPN Solution! www.strongswan.org Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil CH-8640 Rapperswil (Switzerland) ===========================================================[ITA-HSR]== _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.strongswan.org/mailman/listinfo/users
