Transit Connection to FortiGate over the internet.

1.From the Controller go to Transit Network -> Setup -> Launch a Transit VPC GW.

2.Connect the transit VPC GW to FortiGate. Go to Transit Network -> Setup -> Connect to VGW/External Device. Select External Device and input the following parameters.

1. BGP Local AS number: ASN of the transit VPC GW

2. BGP Remote AS number: ASN of the Fortinet Fortigate

3. Remote Gateway IP Address: Fortinet Fortigate external interface’s public IP

3.Download the configuration by going to Site2Cloud -> Click on the Connection.

Select generic. Download Configuration and configure on the remote firewall accordingly.

The following is a sample configuration based on the site2cloud configuration above.

4.Login into FortiGate and configure it as the following.

4.a In the VPN menu, select IPsec Tunnels

4.b click + Create New, select custom

Populate the fields according to your preferences.

VPN Setup

Field	Expected Value
Name	Any name
Template Type	Custom

Network

Field	Expected Value
IP Version	IPv4
Remote Gateway	Static IP Address
IP Address	Public IP address of Aviatrix Gateway
Interface	Select the external port/interface
Local Gateway	Disabled
Mode Config	Unchecked
NAT Traversal	Recommended: Enable
Keepalive Frequency	Any value
Dead Peer Detection	On Demand

Authentication

Field	Expected Value
Method	Pre-shared Key
Pre-shared Key	Enter the value from the downloaded configuration in step3
IKE Version	1
IKE Mode	Main (ID protection)

Phase 1 Proposal

Important

The following values from the Aviatrix Site2Cloud configuration are needed below:

1. In the Aviatrix Controller, click on site2cloud connection.

2. Click on the 3 dashed lines next to Connect Detail

Field	Expected Value
Encryption	Match value from the config file downloaded at step3
Authentication	Match value from the config file downloaded at step3
Diffie-Hellman Group	Match value from the config file downloaded at step3
Key Lifetime (seconds)	28800
Local ID

XAUTH

Field	Expected Value
Type	Disabled

Phase 2 Selectors

New Phase 2

Field	Expected Value
Name	Any string value
Comments	Any string value
Local Address	0.0.0.0/0
Remote Address	0.0.0.0/0

Advanced

Important

The following values from the Aviatrix Site2Cloud configuration are needed below:

1. In the Aviatrix Controller, select the Site2Cloud configuration.

2. Click on the 3 dashed lines next to Connect Detail

Field	Expected Value
Encryption	Match value from the config file downloaded at step3
Authentication	Match value from the config file downloaded at step3
Diffie-Hellman Group	Match value from the config file downloaded at step3
Key Lifetime	Seconds
Seconds	28800

1. Click OK

4.d Click -> Network -> Interfaces. Click on the Tunnel created above (e.g. aviatrix-gatew)-> assign the IP address from the configuration file downloaded at step 3

4.e Configure IPv4 Policy

In Policy & Objects, select IPv4 Policy. Create 2 new IPv4 policies:

• Outbound traffic

  

• Inbound traffic

  

Note

The reference to port2 in the screenshots should be replaced with your own interface name that represents the internal facing interface.

Note

Be sure to select accept for action and select all for service

4.f Bring Up IPSec Monitor

In Monitor > IPSec Monitor, select the Aviatrix tunnel, and click Bring Up.

The tunnel status should change to up as shown below

5.Configure BGP:

Click -> Network -> BGP Configure as below:

RouterID : Tunnel IP address taken from the configuration file downloaded at step3

Neighbors: Remote tunnel IP address and ASN

Networks: All the networks needs to be advertised via BGP (here 10.0.3.0 is the local network of FortiGate)

6.Go to Transit Network -> Advanced Config on the Controller and Click on Diagnostics and select the GW name from the dropdown list and select Show Ip bgp Command from the predefined Show list to verify the BGP Routes.