Connect Docker container to FortiNET VPN

[sig]

Hi Everyone,

I'm deploying an application running as a Docker container on a VPS for a client. The application needs to read data from a database hosted behind the company firewall, so I must create a site-to-site VPN tunnel.

The client uses FortiNet as a VPN provider.

I spent half an afternoon googling for a solution. Gluten seems to be a popular solution for creating VPN tunnels with Docker, but I'm afraid it's not compatible with FortiNET.

So, now I have no idea how to make it work. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks for any help.

Sig

[AEK]

Hi Sig

For Linux I know at lease two good clients that are compatible with FortiGate VPN:

• fortisslvpn plugin for NetworkManager (SSL VPN)
• strongSwan (IPsec)

Never tested them in docker but I don't see a reason why they wouldn't work in it.