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security vpn ipsec profile <profile-name> authentication pre-shared-secret <secret>

Specifies the pre-shared secret used to authenticate the VPN peer.

set security vpn ipsec profile profile-name authentication pre-shared-secret secret
delete security vpn ipsec profile profile-name authentication pre-shared-secret
show security vpn ipsec profile profile-name authentication pre-shared-secret
profile-name
Multi-node. The name of the IPsec configuration profile.

You can define more than one IPsec profile by creating multiple profile configuration nodes.

secret
The pre-shared secret used to authenticate the VPN peer.

Configuration mode

security {
        vpn {
            ipsec {
                profile profile-name {
                    authentication {
                        pre-shared-secret secret
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Use this command to specify the pre-shared secret used to authenticate the VPN peer.

Use the set form of this command to specify the pre-shared secret to use for an IPsec configuration profile.

Use the delete form of this command to remove the pre-shared secret configuration.

Use the show form of this command to view the pre-shared secret configuration.