[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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