IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key

This recipe provides sample configuration of IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key.

The following shows the sample network topology for this recipe:

You can configure IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key using the FortiOSGUI or CLI.

To configure IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key on the FortiOS GUI:

1. Configure the HQ1 FortiGate:
2. In FortiOS, go to VPN > IPsec Wizard and configure the following settings for VPN Setup:
   1. Enter a proper VPN name.
   2. For Template Type, choose Site to Site. For Remote Device Type, select FortiGate. iv. For NAT Configuration, select No NAT Between Sites.
   3. Click Next.
3. Configure the following settings for Authentication:
   172. For Remote Device, select IP Address. For the IP address, enter 172.16.202.1. iii. For Outgoing interface, enter port1. iv. For Authentication Method, select Pre-shared Key.
4. In the Pre-shared Key field, enter sample as the key.
5. Click Next.
6. Configure the following settings for Policy & Routing:
7. From the Local Interface dropdown menu, select the proper local interface.
8. Configure the Local Subnets as 1.100.0. iii. Configure the Remote Subnets as 172.16.101.0.
9. Click Create.
10. Configure the HQ2 FortiGate:
11. In FortiOS, go to VPN > IPsec Wizard and configure the following settings for VPN Setup:
    1. Enter a proper VPN name.
    2. For Template Type, choose Site to Site. For Remote Device Type, select FortiGate. iv. For NAT Configuration, select No NAT Between Sites.
    3. Click Next.
12. Configure the following settings for Authentication:
    172. For Remote Device, select IP Address. For the IP address, enter 172.16.2001. iii. For Outgoing interface, enter port25.
    173. For Authentication Method, select Pre-shared Key.
    174. In the Pre-shared Key field, enter sample as the key.
    175. Click Next.
13. Configure the following settings for Policy & Routing:
    1. From the Local Interface dropdown menu, select the proper local interface.
    2. Configure Local Subnets as 16.101.0. iii. Configure the Remote Subnets as 10.1.100.0. iv. Click Create.

To configure IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key using the FortiOS CLI:

1. Configure the WAN interface and default route. The WAN interface is the interface connected to the ISP. The IPsec tunnel is established over the WAN interface: a. Configure HQ1:

config system interface edit “port1” set vdom “root”

set ip 172.16.200.1 255.255.255.0

next

end

config router static edit 1 set gateway 172.16.200.3 set device “port1”

next end

1. Configure HQ2:

config system interface edit “port25” set vdom “root”

set ip 172.16.202.1 255.255.255.0

next

end

config router static edit 1 set gateway 172.16.202.2 set device “port25”

next

end

2. Configure the internal (protected subnet) interface. The internal interface connects to the corporate internal network. Traffic from this interface routes out the IPsec VPN tunnel: Configure HQ1:

config system interface edit “dmz” set vdom “root”

set ip 10.1.100.1 255.255.255.0

next

end

1. Configure HQ2:

config system interface edit “port9” set vdom “root”

set ip 172.16.101.1 255.255.255.0

next

end

3. Configure the IPsec phase1-interface:
   1. Configure HQ1:

config vpn ipsec phase1-interface edit “to_HQ2” set interface “port1” set peertype any set net-device enable

set proposal aes128-sha256 aes256-sha256 aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 set remote-gw 172.16.202.1 set psksecret sample

next

end

1. Configure HQ2:

config vpn ipsec phase1-interface edit “to_HQ1” set interface “port25” set peertype any set net-device enable

set proposal aes128-sha256 aes256-sha256 aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 set remote-gw 172.16.200.1 set psksecret sample

next

end

4. Configure the IPsec phase2-interface:
   1. Configure HQ1:

config vpn ipsec phase2-interface edit “to_HQ2” set phase1name “to_HQ2”

set proposal aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 aes128-sha256 aes256-sha256 aes128gcm

aes256gcm chacha20poly1305 set auto-negotiate enable

next

end

1. Configure HQ2:

config vpn ipsec phase2-interface edit “to_HQ2” set phase1name “to_HQ1”

set proposal aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 aes128-sha256 aes256-sha256 aes128gcm

aes256gcm chacha20poly1305 set auto-negotiate enable

next

end

5. Configure the static routes. Two static routes are added to reach the remote protected subnet. The blackhole route is important to ensure that IPsec traffic does not match the default route when the IPsec tunnel is down: Configure HQ1:

config router static edit 2 set dst 172.16.101.0 255.255.255.0 set device “to_HQ2”

next edit 3 set dst 172.16.101.0 255.255.255.0 set blackhole enable set distance 254

next

end

1. Configure HQ2:

config router static edit 2 set dst 10.1.100.0 255.255.255.0 set device “to_HQ1”

next edit 3 set dst 10.1.100.0 255.255.255.0 set blackhole enable set distance 254

next

end

6. Configure two firewall policies to allow bidirectional IPsec traffic flow over the IPsec VPN tunnel: a. Configure HQ1:

config firewall policy edit 1 set name “inbound” set srcintf “to_HQ2” set dstintf “dmz” set srcaddr “172.16.101.0” set dstaddr “10.1.100.0” set action accept set schedule “always” set service “ALL”

next edit 2 set name “outbound” set srcintf “dmz” set dstintf “to_HQ2” set srcaddr “10.1.100.0” set dstaddr “172.16.101.0” set action accept set schedule “always” set service “ALL”

next

end

1. Configure HQ2:

config firewall policy edit 1 set name “inbound” set srcintf “to_HQ1” set dstintf “port9” set srcaddr “10.1.1.00.0” set dstaddr “172.16.101.0” set action accept set schedule “always” set service “ALL”

next edit 2 set name “outbound” set srcintf “port9” set dstintf “to_HQ1” set srcaddr “172.16.101.0” set dstaddr “10.1.100.0” set action accept set schedule “always” set service “ALL”

next

end

7. Run diagnose commands. The diagnose debug application ike -1 command is the key to figure out why the IPsec tunnel failed to establish. If the PSK failed to match, the following error shows up in the debug output:

ike 0:to_HQ2:15037: parse error ike 0:to_HQ2:15037: probable pre-shared secret mismatch’

The following commands are useful to check IPsec phase1/phase2 interface status.

1. Run the diagnose vpn ike gateway list command on HQ1. The system should return the following:

vd: root/0 name: to_HQ2 version: 1 interface: port1 11 addr: 172.16.200.1:500 -> 172.16.202.1:500 created: 5s ago

IKE SA: created 1/1 established 1/1 time 0/0/0 ms IPsec SA: created 2/2 established 2/2 time 0/0/0 ms id/spi: 12 6e8d0532e7fe8d84/3694ac323138a024 direction: responder status: established 5-5s ago = 0ms proposal: aes128-sha256 key: b3efb46d0d385aff-7bb9ee241362ee8d lifetime/rekey: 86400/86124

DPD sent/recv: 00000000/00000000

1. Run the diagnose vpn tunnel list command on HQ1. The system should return the following:

list all ipsec tunnel in vd 0 name=to_HQ2 ver=1 serial=1 172.16.200.1:0->172.16.202.1:0

bound_if=11 lgwy=static/1 tun=intf/0 mode=auto/1 encap=none/528 options[0210]=create_ dev frag-rfcaccept_traffic=1 proxyid_num=1 child_num=0 refcnt=11 ilast=7 olast=87 ad=/0 stat: rxp=0 txp=0 rxb=0 txb=0 dpd: mode=on-demand on=1 idle=20000ms retry=3 count=0 seqno=0 natt: mode=none draft=0 interval=0 remote_port=0 proxyid=to_HQ2 proto=0 sa=1 ref=2 serial=1 auto-negotiate src: 0:0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:0

dst: 0:0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:0

SA: ref=3 options=18227 type=00 soft=0 mtu=1438 expire=42927/0B replaywin=2048 seqno=1 esn=0 replaywin_lastseq=00000000 itn=0 life: type=01 bytes=0/0 timeout=42930/43200 dec: spi=ef9ca700 esp=aes key=16 a2c6584bf654d4f956497b3436f1cfc7 ah=sha1 key=20 82c5e734bce81e6f18418328e2a11aeb7baa021b enc: spi=791e898e esp=aes key=16 0dbb4588ba2665c6962491e85a4a8d5a ah=sha1 key=20 2054b318d2568a8b12119120f20ecac97ab730b3 dec:pkts/bytes=0/0, enc:pkts/bytes=0/0

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