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Merge pull request #1299 from seb-kw/patch-1

Added a hint for firewall rules
Rajat Chopra 4 years ago
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 * `UDPEncap` (Boolean): Optional, defaults to false. Forces the use UDP encapsulation of packets which can help with some NAT gateways.
 * `ESPProposal` (string): Optional, defaults to `aes128gcm16-sha256-prfsha256-ecp256`. Change this string to choose another ESP Proposal.
 
+Hint: 
+Add rules to your firewall: Open ports 50 (for ESP protocol), UDP 500 (for IKE, to manage encryption keys) and UDP 4500 (for IPSEC NAT-Traversal mode).
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 #### Troubleshooting
 Logging
 * When flannel is run from a container, the Strongswan tools are installed. `swanctl` can be used for interacting with the charon and it provides a logs command..