services.strongswan-swanctl.swanctl.connections.<name>.children.<name>.start_action

Action to perform after loading the configuration.

• The default of none loads the connection only, which then can be manually initiated or used as a responder configuration.
• The value trap installs a trap policy, which triggers the tunnel as soon as matching traffic has been detected.
• The value start initiates the connection actively.
• Since version 5.9.6 two modes above can be combined with trap|start, to immediately initiate a connection for which trap policies have been installed.

When unloading or replacing a CHILD_SA configuration having a start_action different from none, the inverse action is performed. Configurations with start get closed, while such with trap get uninstalled.

StrongSwan default: "none"