IPSEC_IMPORT(8)

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🦋 IPSEC_IMPORT — hey bestie, it's a section 8 (Executable programs) moment 🦋

okay so real talk, this whole page lives in section 8 of the manual — that's the "executable programs" girlies — and the command you're here for is ipsec_import. yes, underscore in the page name, space in the actual command. she contains multitudes 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ipsec_import — the little icon that takes your PKCS#12 (*.p12) files and imports them straight into the IPsec NSS database. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ipsec import [--nssdir /var/lib/ipsec/nss]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so ipsec import imports PKCS#12 files into the IPsec NSS database, and that database lives at the ipsec NSS data directory. the default for that directory is /var/lib/ipsec/nss — like, out of the box, no notes, that's where she's hanging out 🫶

if you wanna point her somewhere else, that's what --nssdir is for (peep the synopsis above, she's literally right there):

  • --nssdir directory — tells the command which NSS data directory to work with; the synopsis shows it as --nssdir /var/lib/ipsec/nss 🔥

ngl the whole vibe is: give her a *.p12, she slots it into the NSS database, everyone claps 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group, in alphabetical-ish order, each with their own section number so you know exactly where they hang out:

go read them, they're all iconic in their own way 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

none

not a single one. she's bug-free, she's thriving, she's got main character energy and zero baggage. we love a clean bill of health ✨

🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

Paul Wouters — the author. say thank you 🙏

okay that's the whole page, no cap. this little beauty ships with libreswan, dated 10/19/2026, and that's the tea bestie — go import something and slay 💅💖

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