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# Retrieve IPSec Gateway

IONOS CLOUD VPN Gateway: retrieve a specific IPSec gateway using the API

Returns the IPSec Gateway by ID.

To retrieve the IPSec Gateway, perform a `GET` request.

Use a [<mark style="color:blue;">region-specific</mark>](/cloud/network-services/vpn-gateway/api-how-tos.md#endpoints) endpoint to retrieve IPSec Gateway: `https://vpn.{region}.ionos.com/ipsecgateways/{gatewayId}`.

## Request

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** The following request contains a sample `gatewayId`. Replace them with the `gatewayId` value, whose information you want to retrieve.
{% endhint %}

```bash
curl --location \
--request GET 'https://vpn.de-fra.ionos.com/ipsecgateways/66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Path Parameters" %}
You can update the `gatewayId` value to get a specific IPSec Gateway:

| Path Parameter | Type   | Description                         | Example                                |
| -------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| **gatewayId**  | string | The ID (UUID) of the IPSec Gateway. | `66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44` |
| {% endtab %}   |        |                                     |                                        |

{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| Header Parameter | Required | Type   | Description                                                                       |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Authorization`  | yes      | string | The Bearer token to enable requests to authenticate using a JSON Web Token (JWT). |
| `Content-Type`   | no       | string | Set this to `application/json`.                                                   |
| {% endtab %}     |          |        |                                                                                   |
| {% endtabs %}    |          |        |                                                                                   |

## Response

**200 Successful operation**

```json
{
  "id": "66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44",
  "type": "ipsecgateway",
  "href": "/ipsecgateways/66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44",
  "metadata": {
    "createdDate": "2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
    "createdBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "createdByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2020-12-11T13:37:50+01:00",
    "lastModifiedBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "resourceURN": "ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>",
    "status": "AVAILABLE",
    "statusMessage": null
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "My Company Gateway",
    "description": "This gateway connects site A to VDC X.",
    "gatewayIP": "81.173.1.2",
    "connections": [
      {
        "datacenterId": "5a029f4a-72e5-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003",
        "lanId": "2",
        "ipv4CIDR": "192.168.1.100/24",
        "ipv6CIDR": "fd28:5f8d:d9fe:08bd::/64"
      }
    ],
    "version": "IKEv2",
    "tier": "STANDARD",
    "maintenanceWindow": {
      "time": "16:30:59",
      "dayOfTheWeek": "Monday"
    }
  }
}
```

{% hint style="success" %}
**Result:** The IPSec Gateway and its details for the specified `gatewayId` are successfully obtained.
{% endhint %}


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