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Martin Willi, 14.09.2007 15:21
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= strongSwan Manager =
The IKEv2 daemon charon has a XML interface to query information and to control the daemon (see [wiki:SMP]). A web application allows to interact with the daemon using this protocol.
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'''''The strongSwan manager is under heavy development and not for production use! '''''
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The manager is based on a fastcgi application and uses the !ClearSilver templating engine to build the web sites. So you'll need * !ClearSilver including headers (Debian: clearsilver-dev) * FastCGI headers and library (Debian: libfcgi-dev) * SQLite3 with headers (Debian: libsqlite3-dev)
To build the manager, add the following options to ./configure
{{{
--enable-xml --enable-manager
}}}
As the manager uses FastCGI, different web server may be used to host the application. Here we look at configuration of apache using mod-fastcgi.
Additionally to Apache2, you'll need * mod-fastcgi (Debian: libapach2-mod-fastcgi)
Make sure to enable the new module and that the following fastcgi option is set (e.g. in mods-enabled/fastcgi.conf):
{{{
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
}}}
Static files are served through Apache, everything other is served from the FastCGI. Add these two lines to your website:
{{{
Alias /manager/static /usr/local/libexec/ipsec/templates/static
ScriptAlias /manager /usr/local/libexec/ipsec/manager.fcgi
}}}
Adapt these paths according to your ''--prefix'' or ''--libexecdir'' [wiki:InstallationDocumentation installation] settings.
Logging in
Now you can surf to
{{{
http://host/manager/status/ikesalist
}}}
The shipped configuration allows you to log in using ''strongSwan'' with the password ''strongi''. Charon currently listens on TCP port 4502, so
choose that configuration for now.