Needs to disable service strongswan-starter by default. https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build/blob/current/data/live-build-config/hooks/live/18-enable-disable_services.chroot
In another case, it starts to communicate with other interfaces such as PPPoE even if IPsec not configured.
vyos@vyos# sudo systemctl status strongswan-starter.service ● strongswan-starter.service - strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using ipsec.c Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/strongswan-starter.service; enabled; vend Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-06-01 11:42:59 UTC; 1h 14min ago Main PID: 582 (starter) Tasks: 18 (limit: 543) Memory: 14.5M CGroup: /system.slice/strongswan-starter.service ├─582 /usr/lib/ipsec/starter --daemon charon --nofork └─612 /usr/lib/ipsec/charon Jun 01 12:51:41 vyos charon[612]: 10[KNL] interface ppp0 deactivated Jun 01 12:51:41 vyos charon[612]: 11[KNL] 10.255.255.255 disappeared from ppp0 Jun 01 12:51:41 vyos charon[612]: 13[KNL] interface ppp0 deleted Jun 01 12:51:50 vyos charon[612]: 06[KNL] 10.255.255.255 appeared on ppp0 Jun 01 12:51:50 vyos charon[612]: 08[KNL] interface ppp0 activated Jun 01 12:53:58 vyos charon[612]: 15[KNL] interface ppp0 deactivated Jun 01 12:53:58 vyos charon[612]: 05[KNL] 10.255.255.255 disappeared from ppp0 Jun 01 12:53:58 vyos charon[612]: 06[KNL] interface ppp0 deleted Jun 01 12:54:06 vyos charon[612]: 11[KNL] 10.255.255.255 appeared on ppp0 Jun 01 12:54:06 vyos charon[612]: 13[KNL] interface ppp0 activated