Base docker image to run a Strongswan IPsec and a XL2TPD server.
Run the following to start the container:
docker run -d -p 500:500/udp -p 4500:4500/udp -p 1701:1701/udp --privileged philplckthun/strongswan
If you haven't set any login credentials via configuration files or environment variables, then a new random password will be set. To get it, read the logs of the running container:
docker logs <CONTAINER>
Search for this line in the output at the top:
No VPN_PASSWORD set! Generated a random password: mrXEv2S3F
No VPN_PSK set! Generated a random PSK key: NZESSabnC
Here, the user hasn't set a PSK secret and password.
By default a single account is added for EAP and XAuth login.
Its password is specified by the VPN_PASSWORD environment variable, and its username is specified by the VPN_USER variable.
VPN_USER defaults to user and VPN_PASSWORD is randomised if not changed.
The PSK (pre-shared key) is specified in the VPN_PSK environment variable, and is randomised as well.
You can inject these variables through docker run:
docker run ... -e VPN_USER=dave VPN_PASSWORD=dave-is-awesome ...
There is a single volume that is mounted at /etc/ipsec.d. Through it you can add a lot of Strongswan configuration. Additionally you can overwrite:
- /etc/ppp/l2tp-secrets
- /etc/ipsec.secrets
- /etc/ipsec.conf
- /etc/strongswan.conf
- /etc/xl2tpd.conf
with it, by putting your configuration files in that volume folder as well. They will be copied to the correct locations.
There are two services running: Strongswan and addtionally XL2TPD for IPSec/L2TP support.
The default IPSec configuration supports:
- IKEv2 with EAP Authentication (Though a certificate has to be added for that to work)
- IKEv2 with PSK
- IKEv1 with PSK and XAuth (Cisco IPSec)
- IPSec/L2TP with PSK
The ports that are exposed for this container to work are:
- 4500/udp and 500/udp for IPSec
- 1701/udp for L2TP