[strongSwan] Strongswan[5.4.0] unix:///var/run/charon.vici
Andreas Steffen
andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
Wed May 11 10:41:40 CEST 2016
Hi Rajeev,
try running charon in the foreground:
sudo /usr/local/libexec/ipsec/charon
and check for error messages in the console window.
Cheers Andreas
On 11.05.2016 11:53, rajeev nohria wrote:
> Andreas,
>
> It seems like Charon daemon is not running, When I run the charon
> command, it immediately stops it. Where can I find the charon log to see
> if there is any issue?
>
> rnohria at ubuntu:~$ sudo /usr/local/libexec/ipsec/charon&
> [1] 7272
> rnohria at ubuntu:~$
>
> [1]+ Stopped sudo /usr/local/libexec/ipsec/charon
>
> Thanks,
> Rajeev
>
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:55 AM, Andreas Steffen
> <andreas.steffen at strongswan.org <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Rajeev,
>
> can you check in the charon log if the vici plugin has been loaded?
> And do you see the charon daemon running in the process status
> (ps aux | grep charon)?
>
> Regards
>
> Andreas
>
> On 05/11/2016 04:04 AM, rajeev nohria wrote:
> > Thanks Andreas,
> >
> > I ran the charon and also copied the charon script file to /etc/init.d.
> > Now when I run sudo swanctl --load-conn, I still get the same issue.
> > connecting to 'unix:///var/run/charon.vici' failed: No such file or
> > directory
> > Error: connecting to 'default' URI failed: No such file or directory
> > strongSwan 5.4.0 swanctl
> > usage:
> > swanctl --load-conns [--raw|--pretty]
> > --help (-h) show usage information
> > --raw (-r) dump raw response message
> > --pretty (-P) dump raw response message in pretty print
> > --debug (-v) set debug level, default: 1
> > --options (-+) read command line options from file
> > --uri (-u) service URI to connect to
> >
> >
> > Am I missing any other step?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rajeev
> >
> > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Andreas Steffen
> > <andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
> <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>
> <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
> <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rajeev,
> >
> > is the charon daemon running? If not, either start charon
> manually:
> >
> > sudo /usr/local/libexec/ipsec/charon &
> >
> > or if your Linux distribution still uses upstart, copy the
> > following script to /etc/init.d/
> >
> >
> >
> https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/repository/revisions/master/entry/testing/hosts/default/etc/init.d/charon
> >
> > and start the charon daemon in the appropriate runlevels.
> >
> > If your Linux distribution uses systemd instead, compile and
> > install strongSwan with
> >
> > ./config --enable-systemd
> >
> > and enable and start the strongswan-swanctl service.
> >
> > BTW - in order to use the vici socket you must be root. Thus
> >
> > sudo swanctl --load-conn
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> >
> > On 09.05.2016 16:34, rajeev nohria wrote:
> >
> > I am new user of Strongswan and running 5.4.0. After creating
> > certificates and configuring two Ubuntu m/c with Strongswan
> > 5.4.0. I try
> > to create connection as following and get error. Please
> advise,
> > how to
> > resolve following issue?
> >
> > $swanctl --load-conn
> > connecting to 'unix:///var/run/charon.vici' failed: No
> such file or
> > directory
> > Error: connecting to 'default' URI failed: No such file
> or directory
> > strongSwan 5.4.0 swanctl
> > usage:
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rajeev
> >
> >
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