# Creating an IPSec Tunnel Profile

To create an IPSec tunnel profile, use the ipsec tunnel profile command. This command creates a tunnel profile of the name you specify and accesses the IPSec Tunnel Profile configuration mode (config-ipsec-tunnel-profile).

ipsec tunnel profile

- Use to create or configure a tunnel profile for IPSec and accesses the IPSec Tunnel Profile configuration mode (config-ipsec-tunnel-profile). To create a new profile, you must specify a profile name.
- Use the optional virtual-router keyword to specify the name of the virtual router on which you want to create the profile (if you do not specify a virtual router name, the profile is created on the context virtual router)
- Example
  host1(config)#ipsec tunnel profile tunnel1 host1(config-ipsec-tunnel-profile)#
- Use the no version to delete the tunnel profile.
- See ipsec tunnel profile.