[strongSwan] Required Kernel Modules?
Alexander v. Below
Alex at vonBelow.Com
Tue Jul 24 12:03:58 CEST 2018
Thanks, that was my issue
> Am 24.07.2018 um 11:59 schrieb Noel Kuntze <noel.kuntze+strongswan-users-ml at thermi.consulting>:
>
> Hi,
>
> You can't use IPsec on OpenVZ. Use a properly virtualised environment. See the article about cloud platforms[1].
>
> Kind regards
>
> Noel
>
> [1] https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Cloudplatforms
>
> On 23.07.2018 17:00, Alexander v. Below wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to get StrongSwan running without success, and trying to track down issues and reading the documentation, I find things like:
>>
>> "Please make sure that the the following Linux 2.6 IPsec kernel modules are available:
>>
>> • af_key
>> • ah4
>> • esp4
>> • ipcomp
>> • xfrm_user“
>>
>> I am trying to install on Debian 2.6.32-openvz-042stab123.2-amd64, but I must admit I know very little about Linux (feel free to ask me anything about macOS or iOS …)
>>
>> An `lsmod` yields an empty list. I assume this is very bad, and prevents Strongswan from working correctly.
>>
>> Question 1: Is that true, or are these modules hiding somewhere?
>> Question 2: If these modules are indeed missing, can I install them or do I need to build a new kernel?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>> Alex
>
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