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+---
+# strongswan handlers/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: start-strongswan
+  service:
+    name: "{{ strongswan_service }}"
+    state: started
+
+- name: restart-ipsec
+  command: ipsec restart