IPSEC-SETUP(8)

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version 5.4.1 · 10 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 IPSEC-SETUP(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about ipsec-setup — it lives in the Executable programs section of the manual, and it's lowkey one of those quiet little icons that keeps the whole vibe running. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ipsec-setup — a wrapper routine to the Libreswan init system. yeah. that's the whole job description. it's the lil handler that does the intros. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so setup gets called — through ipsec setup, that's the path, write it down — by the system administrator (that's you, main character 👑) whenever they need to do init-system-coded tasks for Libreswan.

we're talking the whole routine, bestie:

  • start
  • stop
  • status
  • reload
  • etc

…all of that, for pluto, aka the Internet Keying Exchange (IKE) daemon. not me being obsessed with a daemon but here we are. 💅

and the reason this exists at all? backwards compatibility with Openswan and FreeS/WAN. it's giving legacy-supported, and honestly? iconic. it keeps the old ways alive so nothing breaks. periodt. ✨

🌈 SUPPORTED INIT SYSTEMS 🌈

vibe check on the init systems, because not everyone gets the invite:

  • the classic initscripts (sysv) — yes, she's supported 🎀
  • systemd — yes, also supported, slay 💖
  • upstart — okay so, not yet, bestie. support will be added soon. it's on the list, don't worry. 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, they're the friend group:

📜 HISTORY 📜

storytime, genuinely 📖:

this man page was written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project by Michael Richardson. the original program? that was Henry Spencer. 🫡 later it was updated to https://libreswan.org/ by Paul Wouters.

the way this thing has a whole lineage… ancestral queen behavior, fr fr. 👑

💜 AUTHOR 💜

the whole squad, no cap:

  • Andrew Cagney
  • Daniel Kahn Gillmor
  • Jose Quaresma
  • Michael Richardson
  • Paul Wouters
  • Tuomo Soini
⚠️ quick heads up babe — remember setup is reached via ipsec setup, and it's there for backwards compatibility with Openswan and FreeS/WAN. that's the whole point, don't come for her. 💖

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 💕 this page comes to you courtesy of Libreswan 5.4.1, dated 10/23/2026 — so consider yourself fully caught up, hydrated, and manuals-pilled. now go start (or stop, or reload) something. mwah 🧚💅✨

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