Technical Tip: NPS Basic Setup for SSL VPN Integration

[jvergara]

Description

This article describes the basic configuration of NPS in order to authenticate via SSL VPN.

Scope

FortiGate, Microsoft NPS.

Solution 

Network Policy Server (NPS) is the Microsoft implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) server and proxy. It is the successor of Internet Authentication Service (IAS). 

 

FortiGate configuration via CLI:

config user radius

    edit <radius_name>
         set server "10.200.0.11"                            <----- RADIUS Server IP.
         set secret <string>
         set nas-ip 10.200.0.254                             <----- FortiGate IP.
    end

config user group
    edit <group_name>
         set member <radius_name>

config match
    edit 1
         set server-name <radius_name>
         set group-name "group1"                             <----- This string must match the string used on Network Policies  -> Properties  -> Settings  -> Vendor Specific.
    next
end

The user group can be used for the SSL VPN configuration (assign an SSL Portal and define the firewall policy).

Detailed NPS and FortiGate configuration can be found here.