charon-nm {} Section with settings specific to the NetworkManager backend `charon-nm`. Settings from the `charon` section are not inherited, but many can be used here as well. Defaults for some settings are chosen very deliberately and should only be changed in case of conflicts. charon-nm.ca_dir = Directory from which to load CA certificates if no certificate is configured. charon-nm.install_virtual_ip_on = lo Interface on which virtual IP addresses are installed. Note that NM also installs the virtual IPs on the XFRM interface. charon-nm.load_modular := yes Load only explicitly enabled plugins charon-nm.mtu = 1400 MTU for XFRM interfaces created by the NM plugin. charon-nm.port = 0 Source port when sending packets to port 500. Defaults to an ephemeral port. May be set to 500 if firewall rules require a static port. charon-nm.port_nat_t = 0 Source port when sending packets to port 4500 or a custom server port. Defaults to an ephemeral port. May be set to e.g. 4500 if firewall rules require a static port. charon-nm.retransmit_base = 1.4 Base to use for calculating exponential back off, see IKEv2 RETRANSMISSION in **strongswan.conf**(5). Default retransmission settings for charon-nm are deliberately lower to fail and possibly reestablish SAs more quickly. charon-nm.retransmit_timeout = 2.0 Timeout in seconds before sending first retransmit. charon-nm.retransmit_tries = 3 Number of times to retransmit a packet before giving up. charon-nm.routing_table = 210 Table where routes via XFRM interface are installed. Should be different than the table used for the regular IKE daemon due to the mark. charon-nm.routing_table_prio = 210 Priority of the routing table. Higher than the default priority used for the regular IKE daemon. charon-nm.plugins.include charon-nm/*.conf Plugin config snippets used by charon-nm charon-nm.plugins.kernel-netlink.fwmark = !210 Make packets with this mark ignore the routing table. Must be the same mark set in charon-nm.plugins.socket-default.fwmark. charon-nm.plugins.socket-default.fwmark = 210 Mark applied to IKE and ESP packets to ignore the routing table and avoid routing loops when using XFRM interfaces. charon-nm.syslog.daemon.default = 1 Default to logging via syslog's daemon facility on level 1.