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ZTNA application gateway with SAML and MFA using FortiAuthenticator example

ZTNA application gateway with SAML and MFA using FortiAuthenticator example

ZTNA application gateway supports device verification using device certificates that are issued by EMS. To authenticate users, administrators can use either basic or SAML authentication. An advantage of SAML authentication is that multi-factor authentication (MFA) can be provided by the SAML Identity Provider (IdP).

In these examples, a FortiAuthenticator is used as the IdP, and MFA is applied to user authentication for remote users accessing the web, RDP, and SSH resources over the ZTNA application gateway. It is assumed that the FortiGate EMS fabric connector has already been successfully connected.

DNS resolutions:

  • webserver.ztnademo.com:9443 -> 10.0.3.10:9443

  • fac.ztnademo.com -> 10.0.3.7

The FortiAuthenticator (FAC) integrates with Active Directory (AD) on the Windows Domain Controller, which is also acting as the EMS server. Users are synchronized from the AD to the FAC, and remote users are configured with token-based authentication. SAML authentication is configured on the FortiGate, pointing to the FAC as the SAML IdP. The SAML server is applied to the ZTNA application gateway authentication scheme and rule, to provide the foundation for applying user authentication on individual ZTNA policies.

Configuring the FortiAuthenticator

First configure the FortiAuthenticator to synchronize users from AD using LDAP, apply MFA to individual remote users, and be the IdP.

To create a remote authentication server pointing to the Windows AD:
  1. Go to Authentication > Remote Auth. Servers > LDAP and click Create New.

  2. Configure the following:

    Name

    FortiAD

    Primary server name / IP

    10.88.0.1

    Port

    389 (or another port if using LDAPS)

    Based distinguished name

    DC=fortiad,DC=info

    Bind type

    Regular

    Username

    <user account used for LDAP bind>

    Password

    <password of user>

    Server Type

    Microsoft Active Directory

    User object class

    person (default)

    Username attribute

    sAMAccountName (default)

    Group object class

    group (default)

    Obtain group membership from

    User attribute

    Group membership attribute

    memberOf (default)

    Secure connection

    Enable if using LDAPS or STARTTLS

  3. Click OK.

  4. Edit the FortiAD entry.

  5. At the bottom, click Import users.

  6. On the Import Remote LDAP User screen, configure the following settings:

    1. For Remote LDAP Server, select FortiAD.

    2. For Action, select Import users.

      1. Click Go.

      2. Select the users to import.

      3. Click OK.

    The screen displays the users that are imported.

    For more details, see LDAP in the FortiAuthenticator Administration Guide.

To configure a remote LDAP user to use MFA:
  1. Go to Authentication > User Management > Remote Users, and edit a user.

  2. Enable One-Time Password (OTP) authentication.

    1. Set Deliver token codes from.

    2. Set Deliver token by.

    For this example, select FortiToken > Mobile, select the Token from the drop-down list, and set the Activation delivery method to email.

  3. In the User Information section, add the email address that will be used for the FortiToken activation.

  4. Click OK.

    An activation email is sent to the user that they can use to install the token to their FortiToken Mobile app.

    For more details, see Remote users in the FortiAuthenticator Administration Guide.

To configure SAML IdP:
  1. Go to Authentication > SAML IdP > General and enable Enable SAML Identity Provider portal.

  2. The Server address is the device FQDN or IP address (configured in the System Information widget at System > Dashboard > Status). In this example, it is fac.ztnademo.com.

  3. Set Username input format to username@realm.

  4. Click Add a realm in the Realms table:

    1. Set Realm to the just created LDAP realm (FortiAD).

    2. Optionally, enable Filter and select the required users groups. In this example, Sales is configured.

  5. Set Default IdP certificate to the certificate that will be used in the HTTPS connection to the IdP portal.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Go to Authentication > SAML IdP > Service Providers, and click Create New to create a service provider (SP) for the FortiGate SP.

  8. Configure the following, which must match what will be configured on the FortiGate:

    SP name

    saml-service-provider

    IdP prefix

    ztna

    Server certificate

    Use default setting in SAML IdP > General page.

    SP entity ID

    http://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/metadata/

    SP ACS (login) URL

    https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/login

    SP SLS (logout) URL

    https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/logout

    Participate in single logout

    Enable

    Where the SP entity ID, SP ACS (login) URL, and SP SLS (logout) URL break down as follows:

    • webserver.ztnademo.com - The FQDN that resolves to the FortiGate SP.

    • 9443 - The port that is used to map to the FortiGate's SAML SP service.

    • /remote/saml - The custom, user defined fields.

    • /metadata, /login, and /logout - The standard convention used to identify the SP entity, log in portal, and log out portal.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Edit the just created SP object and, under Assertion Attribute, click Add Assertion Attribute.

  11. Set SAML attribute to the username and set User attribute to Username, then click OK.

  12. Click OK.

For more details, see Configuring SAML settings in the SAML Interoperability Guide.

Configuring the FortiGate SAML settings

On the FortiGate, a SAML user is used to define the SAML SP and IdP settings. This user is then applied to the ZTNA proxy using an authentication scheme, rule, and settings. A ZTNA server is then created to allow access to the SAML SP server so that end users can reach the FortiGate SP's captive portal. The SAML user must then be added to a ZTNA policy to trigger authentication when accessing the ZTNA application gateway.

To create a new SAML user/server from the GUI:
  1. On the FortiGate, go to User & Authentication > Single Sign-On.

  2. Click Create New.

  3. Set Name to ZTNA-FAC-SAML.

  4. Set Address to webserver.ztnademo.com:9443.

    The Entity ID, Assertion consumer service URL and Single logout service URL will be updated. These should be the same URLs you inputted into FAC.

  5. Enable Certificate, then select the certificate used for the client.

    In this example, the ztna-wildcard certificate is a local certificate that is used to sign SAML messages that are exchanged between the client and the FortiGate SP.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Use the settings from the Identity Provider to fill the custom Identity Provider Details. In this example, we select Fortinet Product, and fill in the fields as follows:

    Address fac.ztnademo.com
    Prefix ztna
    IdP certificate REMOTE_Cert_1
    • Where the REMOTE_Cert_1 certificate is a remote certificate that is used to identify the IdP; in this example, fac.ztnademo.com.

  8. Set Attribute used to identify users to username. Attributes to identify users and groups are case sensitive.

  9. Click Submit to save the settings.

To create a new SAML user/server from the CLI:
config user saml
    edit "ZTNA-FAC-SAML"
        set cert "ztna-wildcard"
        set entity-id "http://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/metadata/"
        set single-sign-on-url "https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/login"
        set single-logout-url "https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/logout"
        set idp-entity-id "http://fac.ztnademo.com/saml-idp/ztna/metadata/"
        set idp-single-sign-on-url "https://fac.ztnademo.com/saml-idp/ztna/login/"
        set idp-single-logout-url "https://fac.ztnademo.com/saml-idp/ztna/logout/"
        set idp-cert "REMOTE_Cert_1"
        set user-name "username"
        set digest-method sha1
    next
end
To create a user group for the SAML user object:
  1. Under User & Authentication > User Groups, click Create New.

  2. Set Name to ztna-saml-users.

  3. Under Remote Groups, click Add.

  4. For Remote Server, select ZTNA-FAC-SAML.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click OK again to save.

To apply the SAML server to proxy authentication from the GUI:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Authentication Rules.

  2. Click Create New > Authentication Scheme.

  3. Set the name to ZTNA-SAML-scheme.

  4. Set Method to SAML.

  5. Set SAML SSO server to ZTNA-FAC-SAML.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Go to Policy & Objects > Authentication Rules.

  8. Click Create New > Authentication Rule.

  9. Set the Name to ZTNA-SAML-rule.

  10. Set Source Address to all.

  11. Set Incoming interface to port3.

  12. Set Protocol to HTTP.

  13. Enable Authentication Scheme and select ZTNA-SAML-scheme.

  14. Set IP-based Authentication to Disable.

  15. Click OK.

To apply the SAML server to proxy authentication from the CLI:
config authentication scheme
    edit "ZTNA-SAML-scheme"
        set method saml
        set saml-server "ZTNA-FAC-SAML"
    next
end
config authentication rule
    edit "ZTNA-SAML-rule"
        set srcintf "port3"
        set srcaddr "all"
        set ip-based disable
        set active-auth-method "ZTNA-SAML-scheme"
        set web-auth-cookie enable
    next
end

Assign an active authentication scheme and captive portal to serve the log in page for the SAML requests.

To configure the active authentication scheme and captive portal from the GUI:
  1. Go to User & Authentication > Authentication Settings.

  2. Enable Authentication scheme.

  3. Select ZTNA-SAML-scheme.

  4. Set Captive portal type to FQDN.

  5. Enable Captive Portal.

  6. Select the firewall address webserver.ztnademo.com. If this has not be created, create this firewall address.

  7. Click Apply to save.

To configure the active authentication scheme and captive portal from the CLI:
config firewall address
    edit "webserver.ztnademo.com"
        set type fqdn
        set fqdn "webserver.ztnademo.com"
    next
end
config authentication setting
    set active-auth-scheme "ZTNA-SAML-scheme"
    set captive-portal "webserver.ztnademo.com"
end
To configure a ZTNA application gateway to allow SAML authentication requests to the SP:
  1. Configure the ZTNA server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA, select the ZTNA Servers tab, and click Create New.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      ZTNA-access

      External interface

      Any

      External IP

      10.0.3.10

      External port

      9443

      SAML

      Enabled

      SAML SSO Server

      ZTNA-FAC-SAML

      Default certificate

      ztna-wildcard

    3. Click OK.

  2. Define the full ZTNA policy to allow access to the ZTNA server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Proxy policy and click Create New.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      ZTNA-Rule

      Type

      ZTNA

      Incoming Interface

      port3

      Source (Address)

      all

      Source (User)

      ztna-saml-users

      Destination

      all

      ZTNA Server

      ZTNA-access

      Action

      Accept

      Log Allowed Traffic

      All Sessions

    3. Click OK.

To configure a VIP and a firewall policy to forward IdP authentication traffic to the FortiAuthenticator:

Remote clients connect to the FortiAuthenticator IdP behind the FortiGate using a VIP. In this example, users connect to the FQDN fac.ztnademo.com that resolves to the VIP's external IP address.

  1. Configure the VIP to forward traffic to the FortiAuthenticator:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Virtual IPs and click Create New > Virtual IP.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      FAC-VIP

      Interface

      Any

      External IP address

      10.0.3.7

      Map to > IPv4 address/range

      10.88.0.7

      Port Forwarding

      Enabled

      Protocol

      TCP

      External service port

      443

      Map to IPv4 port

      443

    3. Click OK.

  2. Configure a firewall policy to allow VIP:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Firewall Policy and click Create New.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      WAN_to_FAC

      Type

      Standard

      Incoming Interface

      port3

      Outgoing Interface

      port2

      Source

      All

      ZTNA Server

      FAC-VIP

      Schedule

      Always

      Service

      HTTP. HTTPS

      Action

      Accept

      NAT

      disabled

    3. Click OK.

Example 1 - Applying SAML and MFA to ZTNA HTTPS access proxy

In this HTTPS access proxy example, two real servers are implemented with round robin load balancing performed between them. The HTTPS access proxy is configured on the same ZTNA server as was configured in the authentication step. The same ZTNA rule and firewall policy also apply.

To configure the ZTNA server for HTTPS access proxy with load balancing:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA and select the ZTNA Servers tab.

  2. Edit the ZTNA-access server.

  3. In the Service/server mapping table, click Create New:

    1. Set Service to HTTPS.

    2. Set Virtual Host to Any Host.

    3. In the Servers table click Create New:

      1. Set IP to 10.88.0.3.

      2. Set Port to 9443.

      3. Set Status to Active.

      4. Click OK.

    4. Create a second server with IP 10.88.0.4.

    5. Click OK.

  4. Enable Load balancing, and select the Round Robin algorithm.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click OK again to finish.

Testing and verification:

From the remote endpoint, user Tom Smith attempts to connect to the web server over ZTNA:

  1. On the remote Windows computer, open FortiClient and register to the EMS server.

    Note

    It is not necessary to configure a ZTNA Destination on the FortiClient for the HTTPS access proxy use case. In fact, configuring a ZTNA Destination rule for the website may interfere with its operation.

  2. Open a browser and attempt to connect to the web server at https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443.

  3. Device authentication prompts the user for their device certificate. Select the certificate issued by EMS and click OK.

  4. FortiGate receives the SAML request and redirects the user to the IdP login screen. Enter the username and password for Tom Smith and click Login.

  5. A second prompt opens asking for the Token Code. Enter the code then click Verify.

  6. The FortiAuthenticator IdP verifies the login, then sends the SAML assertion back to the user.

  7. The browser redirects the assertion to the FortiGate SP, which decides if the user is allowed access.

  8. On a successful log in, FortiGate redirects the user to the web page that they are trying to access.

Logs and debugs:

On the FortiGate, a successful connection can be seen in Log & Report > Forward Traffic log, or by using the CLI:

# execute log filter category 0
# execute log filter field subtype srcip 
# execute log display
...
2: date=2023-05-09 time=00:47:56 eventtime=1683618475812847145 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17201 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.4 dstport=9443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=141588 service="tcp/9443" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=83 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" authserver="ZTNA-FAC-SAML" gatewayid=1 realserverid=2 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=316227 rcvdbyte=316227 wanout=6477 lanin=14843 sentbyte=14843 lanout=315122 appcat="unscanned"
…
8: date=2023-05-09 time=00:46:09 eventtime=1683618369392379538 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17177 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.3 dstport=9443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=141526 service="tcp/9443" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" poluuid="08a04362-ee38-51ed-77fa-737e2656f04a" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=63 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" authserver="ZTNA-FAC-SAML" gatewayid=1 realserverid=1 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=313997 rcvdbyte=313997 wanout=4894 lanin=14676 sentbyte=14676 lanout=314865 appcat="unscanned"
…
10: date=2023-05-09 time=00:45:26 eventtime=1683618326285366024 tz="-0700" logid="0000000013" type="traffic" subtype="forward" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17181 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstip=10.0.3.7 dstport=443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" srccountry="Reserved" dstcountry="Reserved" sessionid=141539 proto=6 action="client-rst" policyid=6 policytype="policy" poluuid="2e840d4e-1184-51ec-63b9-9b805a8b7344" policyname="WAN_to_FAC" service="HTTPS" trandisp="dnat" tranip=10.88.0.7 tranport=443 duration=10 sentbyte=3449 rcvdbyte=4372 sentpkt=13 rcvdpkt=13 appcat="unscanned"

Log number ten shows that authentication first passes through the WAN_to_FAC policy. Log numbers two and eight show the traffic allowed through the ZTNA proxy-policy over two successive sessions. Note that they have different destination IP addresses (dstip), indicating that ZTNA was performing server load balancing.

Use the following command to show if the FortiGate's WAD process has an active record of the SAML user login:

# diagnose wad user list 

ID: 8, VDOM: root, IPv4: 10.0.3.2
  user name   : tsmith
  worker      : 1
  duration    : 332
  auth_type   : Session
  auth_method : SAML
  pol_id      : 1
  g_id        : 4
  user_based  : 0
  expire      : 390
  LAN:
    bytes_in=29519 bytes_out=629987
  WAN:
    bytes_in=958636 bytes_out=19201

Example 2 - Applying SAML and MFA to a ZTNA TCP forwarding access proxy for RDP connections

In this TCP forwarding access proxy example, RDP connections are allowed to be forwarded to the Windows/EMS server. Traffic to TCP/3389 is allowed through the ZTNA proxy.

To configure the ZTNA server for TCP forwarding on TCP/3389:
  1. Create a firewall address for the Windows/EMS server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Addresses and click Create New > Address.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      winserver

      Type

      Subnet

      IP/Netmask

      10.88.0.1/32

      Interface

      any

    3. Click OK.

  2. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA and select the ZTNA Servers tab.

  3. Edit the ZTNA-access server.

  4. In the Service/server mapping table, click Create New:

    1. Set Service to TCP Forwarding.

    2. In the Servers table click Create New:

      1. Set Address to winserver.

      2. Set Ports to 3389.

      3. Click OK.

    3. Click OK.

  5. Click OK.

Testing and verification:

On the remote endpoint, manually configure a ZTNA destination to forward RDP traffic to the ZTNA application gateway. The rules can also be pushed from the EMS server; for details see Provisioning ZTNA TCP forwarding rules via EMS.

Configure the ZTNA Destination:

  1. On the remote Windows computer, open FortiClient.

  2. Register to the EMS server.

  3. On the ZTNA Destination tab, click Add Destination to add a TCP forwarding rule.

  4. Configure the following:

    Rule Name

    RDP-server

    Destination Host

    10.88.0.1:3389

    Proxy Gateway

    10.0.3.10:9443

    Mode

    Transparent

    Encryption

    Disabled

    Encryption can be enabled or disabled. When it is disabled, the client to access proxy connection is not encrypted in HTTPS. Because RDP is encrypted by default, disabling Encryption does not reduce security.

  5. Click Create.

Connect over RDP:

  1. On the remote PC, open a new RDP connection.

  2. Enter the IP address 10.88.0.1. By default, RDP session use port 3389.

    When the connection to the ZTNA application gateway is established, FortiGate will redirect the SAML login request to the FortiAuthenticator IdP.

    A FortiClient prompt will open with the FortiAuthenticator login screen.

  3. Enter the username and password then click Login.

  4. A second prompt opens asking for the Token Code. Enter the code from your FortiToken app, then click Verify.

  5. FortiAuthenticator verifies the token code, determines if the login is successful, then sends the SAML assertion back to the client.

  6. The client redirects the response back to the FortiGate SP.

  7. If the log in was successful, the user can now log on to the RDP session.

Logs and debugs:

On the FortiGate, a successful connection can be seen in Log & Report > Forward Traffic log, or by using the CLI:

# execute log filter category 0
# execute log filter field srcip 10.0.3.2
# execute log display
...
8: date=2023-05-09 time=01:14:34 eventtime=1683620074907124357 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17556 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.1 dstport=3389 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=142359 service="RDP" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" poluuid="08a04362-ee38-51ed-77fa-737e2656f04a" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=85 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" gatewayid=3 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=0 rcvdbyte=0 wanout=0 lanin=3639 sentbyte=3639 lanout=3797 appcat="unscanned"

9: date=2023-05-09 time=01:14:16 eventtime=1683620056835075857 tz="-0700" logid="0000000013" type="traffic" subtype="forward" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17571 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstip=10.0.3.7 dstport=443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" srccountry="Reserved" dstcountry="Reserved" sessionid=142389 proto=6 action="client-rst" policyid=6 policytype="policy" poluuid="2e840d4e-1184-51ec-63b9-9b805a8b7344" policyname="WAN_to_FAC" service="HTTPS" trandisp="dnat" tranip=10.88.0.7 tranport=443 duration=10 sentbyte=3368 rcvdbyte=4376 sentpkt=13 rcvdpkt=13 appcat="unscanned"

Use the following command to show if the FortiGate's WAD process has an active record of the SAML user login:

# diagnose wad user list

ID: 9, VDOM: root, IPv4: 10.0.3.2
  user name   : tsmith
  worker      : 1
  duration    : 164
  auth_type   : Session
  auth_method : SAML
  pol_id      : 1
  g_id        : 4
  user_based  : 0
  expire      : no
  LAN:
    bytes_in=80950 bytes_out=233010
  WAN:
    bytes_in=219973 bytes_out=58315

Example 3 - Applying SAML and MFA to a ZTNA SSH access proxy

In this SSH access proxy example, SSH connections can be forwarded to the FortiAnalyzer (10.88.0.2).

To configure the ZTNA server for SSH access proxy:
  1. Create a firewall address for the web server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Addresses and click Create New > Address.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      FAZ

      Type

      Subnet

      IP/Netmask

      10.88.0.2/32

      Interface

      any

    3. Click OK.

  2. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA and select the ZTNA Servers tab.

  3. Edit the ZTNA-access server.

  4. In the Service/server mapping table, edit the TCP Forwarding entry:

    1. In the Servers table click Create New:

      1. Set Address to FAZ.

      2. Set Ports to 22.

      3. Optionally, enable Additional SSH Options to configure other SSH options as needed.

      4. Click OK.

    2. Click OK.

  5. Click OK.

Testing and verification:

On the remote endpoint, manually configure ZTNA destination to forward SSH traffic to the ZTNA access proxy. The destination can also be pushed from the EMS server; for details see Provisioning ZTNA TCP forwarding rules via EMS.

Configure the ZTNA Destination:

  1. On the remote Windows computer, open FortiClient.

  2. Register to the EMS server.

  3. On the ZTNA Destination tab, click Add Destination to add a TCP forwarding rule.

  4. Configure the following:

    Rule Name

    SSH-FAZ

    Destination Host

    10.88.0.2:22

    Proxy Gateway

    10.0.3.10:9443

    Mode

    Transparent

    Encryption

    Disabled

  5. Click Create.

Connect over SSH:

  1. On the remote PC, open a new SSH connection.

  2. Enter the host admin@10.88.0.2 on port 22.

    When the connection to the ZTNA application is established, FortiGate will redirect the SAML login request to the FortiAuthenticator IdP.

    A FortiClient prompt will open with the FortiAuthenticator login screen.

  3. Enter the username and password then click Login.

  4. A second prompt opens asking for the Token Code. Enter the code from your FortiToken app, then click Verify.

  5. FortiAuthenticator verifies the token code, determines if the login is successful, then sends the SAML assertion back to the client.

  6. The client redirects the response back to the FortiGate SP.

  7. If the log in was successful, the user can now log on to the SSH session.

Logs and debugs:

On the FortiGate, a successful connection can be seen in Log & Report > Forward Traffic log, or by using the CLI:

# execute log filter category 0
# execute log filter field srcip 10.0.3.2
# execute log display
...
5: date=2023-05-09 time=10:06:04 eventtime=1683651963820802005 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=22536 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.2 dstport=22 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=151696 service="SSH" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=9 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" gatewayid=3 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=2981 rcvdbyte=2981 wanout=2753 lanin=4663 sentbyte=4663 lanout=5247 appcat="unscanned"

Use the following command to show if the FortiGate's WAD process has an active record of the SAML user login:

# diagnose wad user list

ID: 10, VDOM: root, IPv4: 10.0.3.2
  user name   : tsmith
  worker      : 1
  duration    : 387
  auth_type   : Session
  auth_method : SAML
  pol_id      : 1
  g_id        : 4
  user_based  : 0
  expire      : no
  LAN:
    bytes_in=23261 bytes_out=14024
  WAN:
    bytes_in=3242 bytes_out=2541

ZTNA application gateway with SAML and MFA using FortiAuthenticator example

ZTNA application gateway with SAML and MFA using FortiAuthenticator example

ZTNA application gateway supports device verification using device certificates that are issued by EMS. To authenticate users, administrators can use either basic or SAML authentication. An advantage of SAML authentication is that multi-factor authentication (MFA) can be provided by the SAML Identity Provider (IdP).

In these examples, a FortiAuthenticator is used as the IdP, and MFA is applied to user authentication for remote users accessing the web, RDP, and SSH resources over the ZTNA application gateway. It is assumed that the FortiGate EMS fabric connector has already been successfully connected.

DNS resolutions:

  • webserver.ztnademo.com:9443 -> 10.0.3.10:9443

  • fac.ztnademo.com -> 10.0.3.7

The FortiAuthenticator (FAC) integrates with Active Directory (AD) on the Windows Domain Controller, which is also acting as the EMS server. Users are synchronized from the AD to the FAC, and remote users are configured with token-based authentication. SAML authentication is configured on the FortiGate, pointing to the FAC as the SAML IdP. The SAML server is applied to the ZTNA application gateway authentication scheme and rule, to provide the foundation for applying user authentication on individual ZTNA policies.

Configuring the FortiAuthenticator

First configure the FortiAuthenticator to synchronize users from AD using LDAP, apply MFA to individual remote users, and be the IdP.

To create a remote authentication server pointing to the Windows AD:
  1. Go to Authentication > Remote Auth. Servers > LDAP and click Create New.

  2. Configure the following:

    Name

    FortiAD

    Primary server name / IP

    10.88.0.1

    Port

    389 (or another port if using LDAPS)

    Based distinguished name

    DC=fortiad,DC=info

    Bind type

    Regular

    Username

    <user account used for LDAP bind>

    Password

    <password of user>

    Server Type

    Microsoft Active Directory

    User object class

    person (default)

    Username attribute

    sAMAccountName (default)

    Group object class

    group (default)

    Obtain group membership from

    User attribute

    Group membership attribute

    memberOf (default)

    Secure connection

    Enable if using LDAPS or STARTTLS

  3. Click OK.

  4. Edit the FortiAD entry.

  5. At the bottom, click Import users.

  6. On the Import Remote LDAP User screen, configure the following settings:

    1. For Remote LDAP Server, select FortiAD.

    2. For Action, select Import users.

      1. Click Go.

      2. Select the users to import.

      3. Click OK.

    The screen displays the users that are imported.

    For more details, see LDAP in the FortiAuthenticator Administration Guide.

To configure a remote LDAP user to use MFA:
  1. Go to Authentication > User Management > Remote Users, and edit a user.

  2. Enable One-Time Password (OTP) authentication.

    1. Set Deliver token codes from.

    2. Set Deliver token by.

    For this example, select FortiToken > Mobile, select the Token from the drop-down list, and set the Activation delivery method to email.

  3. In the User Information section, add the email address that will be used for the FortiToken activation.

  4. Click OK.

    An activation email is sent to the user that they can use to install the token to their FortiToken Mobile app.

    For more details, see Remote users in the FortiAuthenticator Administration Guide.

To configure SAML IdP:
  1. Go to Authentication > SAML IdP > General and enable Enable SAML Identity Provider portal.

  2. The Server address is the device FQDN or IP address (configured in the System Information widget at System > Dashboard > Status). In this example, it is fac.ztnademo.com.

  3. Set Username input format to username@realm.

  4. Click Add a realm in the Realms table:

    1. Set Realm to the just created LDAP realm (FortiAD).

    2. Optionally, enable Filter and select the required users groups. In this example, Sales is configured.

  5. Set Default IdP certificate to the certificate that will be used in the HTTPS connection to the IdP portal.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Go to Authentication > SAML IdP > Service Providers, and click Create New to create a service provider (SP) for the FortiGate SP.

  8. Configure the following, which must match what will be configured on the FortiGate:

    SP name

    saml-service-provider

    IdP prefix

    ztna

    Server certificate

    Use default setting in SAML IdP > General page.

    SP entity ID

    http://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/metadata/

    SP ACS (login) URL

    https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/login

    SP SLS (logout) URL

    https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/logout

    Participate in single logout

    Enable

    Where the SP entity ID, SP ACS (login) URL, and SP SLS (logout) URL break down as follows:

    • webserver.ztnademo.com - The FQDN that resolves to the FortiGate SP.

    • 9443 - The port that is used to map to the FortiGate's SAML SP service.

    • /remote/saml - The custom, user defined fields.

    • /metadata, /login, and /logout - The standard convention used to identify the SP entity, log in portal, and log out portal.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Edit the just created SP object and, under Assertion Attribute, click Add Assertion Attribute.

  11. Set SAML attribute to the username and set User attribute to Username, then click OK.

  12. Click OK.

For more details, see Configuring SAML settings in the SAML Interoperability Guide.

Configuring the FortiGate SAML settings

On the FortiGate, a SAML user is used to define the SAML SP and IdP settings. This user is then applied to the ZTNA proxy using an authentication scheme, rule, and settings. A ZTNA server is then created to allow access to the SAML SP server so that end users can reach the FortiGate SP's captive portal. The SAML user must then be added to a ZTNA policy to trigger authentication when accessing the ZTNA application gateway.

To create a new SAML user/server from the GUI:
  1. On the FortiGate, go to User & Authentication > Single Sign-On.

  2. Click Create New.

  3. Set Name to ZTNA-FAC-SAML.

  4. Set Address to webserver.ztnademo.com:9443.

    The Entity ID, Assertion consumer service URL and Single logout service URL will be updated. These should be the same URLs you inputted into FAC.

  5. Enable Certificate, then select the certificate used for the client.

    In this example, the ztna-wildcard certificate is a local certificate that is used to sign SAML messages that are exchanged between the client and the FortiGate SP.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Use the settings from the Identity Provider to fill the custom Identity Provider Details. In this example, we select Fortinet Product, and fill in the fields as follows:

    Address fac.ztnademo.com
    Prefix ztna
    IdP certificate REMOTE_Cert_1
    • Where the REMOTE_Cert_1 certificate is a remote certificate that is used to identify the IdP; in this example, fac.ztnademo.com.

  8. Set Attribute used to identify users to username. Attributes to identify users and groups are case sensitive.

  9. Click Submit to save the settings.

To create a new SAML user/server from the CLI:
config user saml
    edit "ZTNA-FAC-SAML"
        set cert "ztna-wildcard"
        set entity-id "http://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/metadata/"
        set single-sign-on-url "https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/login"
        set single-logout-url "https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443/remote/saml/logout"
        set idp-entity-id "http://fac.ztnademo.com/saml-idp/ztna/metadata/"
        set idp-single-sign-on-url "https://fac.ztnademo.com/saml-idp/ztna/login/"
        set idp-single-logout-url "https://fac.ztnademo.com/saml-idp/ztna/logout/"
        set idp-cert "REMOTE_Cert_1"
        set user-name "username"
        set digest-method sha1
    next
end
To create a user group for the SAML user object:
  1. Under User & Authentication > User Groups, click Create New.

  2. Set Name to ztna-saml-users.

  3. Under Remote Groups, click Add.

  4. For Remote Server, select ZTNA-FAC-SAML.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click OK again to save.

To apply the SAML server to proxy authentication from the GUI:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Authentication Rules.

  2. Click Create New > Authentication Scheme.

  3. Set the name to ZTNA-SAML-scheme.

  4. Set Method to SAML.

  5. Set SAML SSO server to ZTNA-FAC-SAML.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Go to Policy & Objects > Authentication Rules.

  8. Click Create New > Authentication Rule.

  9. Set the Name to ZTNA-SAML-rule.

  10. Set Source Address to all.

  11. Set Incoming interface to port3.

  12. Set Protocol to HTTP.

  13. Enable Authentication Scheme and select ZTNA-SAML-scheme.

  14. Set IP-based Authentication to Disable.

  15. Click OK.

To apply the SAML server to proxy authentication from the CLI:
config authentication scheme
    edit "ZTNA-SAML-scheme"
        set method saml
        set saml-server "ZTNA-FAC-SAML"
    next
end
config authentication rule
    edit "ZTNA-SAML-rule"
        set srcintf "port3"
        set srcaddr "all"
        set ip-based disable
        set active-auth-method "ZTNA-SAML-scheme"
        set web-auth-cookie enable
    next
end

Assign an active authentication scheme and captive portal to serve the log in page for the SAML requests.

To configure the active authentication scheme and captive portal from the GUI:
  1. Go to User & Authentication > Authentication Settings.

  2. Enable Authentication scheme.

  3. Select ZTNA-SAML-scheme.

  4. Set Captive portal type to FQDN.

  5. Enable Captive Portal.

  6. Select the firewall address webserver.ztnademo.com. If this has not be created, create this firewall address.

  7. Click Apply to save.

To configure the active authentication scheme and captive portal from the CLI:
config firewall address
    edit "webserver.ztnademo.com"
        set type fqdn
        set fqdn "webserver.ztnademo.com"
    next
end
config authentication setting
    set active-auth-scheme "ZTNA-SAML-scheme"
    set captive-portal "webserver.ztnademo.com"
end
To configure a ZTNA application gateway to allow SAML authentication requests to the SP:
  1. Configure the ZTNA server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA, select the ZTNA Servers tab, and click Create New.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      ZTNA-access

      External interface

      Any

      External IP

      10.0.3.10

      External port

      9443

      SAML

      Enabled

      SAML SSO Server

      ZTNA-FAC-SAML

      Default certificate

      ztna-wildcard

    3. Click OK.

  2. Define the full ZTNA policy to allow access to the ZTNA server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Proxy policy and click Create New.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      ZTNA-Rule

      Type

      ZTNA

      Incoming Interface

      port3

      Source (Address)

      all

      Source (User)

      ztna-saml-users

      Destination

      all

      ZTNA Server

      ZTNA-access

      Action

      Accept

      Log Allowed Traffic

      All Sessions

    3. Click OK.

To configure a VIP and a firewall policy to forward IdP authentication traffic to the FortiAuthenticator:

Remote clients connect to the FortiAuthenticator IdP behind the FortiGate using a VIP. In this example, users connect to the FQDN fac.ztnademo.com that resolves to the VIP's external IP address.

  1. Configure the VIP to forward traffic to the FortiAuthenticator:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Virtual IPs and click Create New > Virtual IP.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      FAC-VIP

      Interface

      Any

      External IP address

      10.0.3.7

      Map to > IPv4 address/range

      10.88.0.7

      Port Forwarding

      Enabled

      Protocol

      TCP

      External service port

      443

      Map to IPv4 port

      443

    3. Click OK.

  2. Configure a firewall policy to allow VIP:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Firewall Policy and click Create New.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      WAN_to_FAC

      Type

      Standard

      Incoming Interface

      port3

      Outgoing Interface

      port2

      Source

      All

      ZTNA Server

      FAC-VIP

      Schedule

      Always

      Service

      HTTP. HTTPS

      Action

      Accept

      NAT

      disabled

    3. Click OK.

Example 1 - Applying SAML and MFA to ZTNA HTTPS access proxy

In this HTTPS access proxy example, two real servers are implemented with round robin load balancing performed between them. The HTTPS access proxy is configured on the same ZTNA server as was configured in the authentication step. The same ZTNA rule and firewall policy also apply.

To configure the ZTNA server for HTTPS access proxy with load balancing:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA and select the ZTNA Servers tab.

  2. Edit the ZTNA-access server.

  3. In the Service/server mapping table, click Create New:

    1. Set Service to HTTPS.

    2. Set Virtual Host to Any Host.

    3. In the Servers table click Create New:

      1. Set IP to 10.88.0.3.

      2. Set Port to 9443.

      3. Set Status to Active.

      4. Click OK.

    4. Create a second server with IP 10.88.0.4.

    5. Click OK.

  4. Enable Load balancing, and select the Round Robin algorithm.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click OK again to finish.

Testing and verification:

From the remote endpoint, user Tom Smith attempts to connect to the web server over ZTNA:

  1. On the remote Windows computer, open FortiClient and register to the EMS server.

    Note

    It is not necessary to configure a ZTNA Destination on the FortiClient for the HTTPS access proxy use case. In fact, configuring a ZTNA Destination rule for the website may interfere with its operation.

  2. Open a browser and attempt to connect to the web server at https://webserver.ztnademo.com:9443.

  3. Device authentication prompts the user for their device certificate. Select the certificate issued by EMS and click OK.

  4. FortiGate receives the SAML request and redirects the user to the IdP login screen. Enter the username and password for Tom Smith and click Login.

  5. A second prompt opens asking for the Token Code. Enter the code then click Verify.

  6. The FortiAuthenticator IdP verifies the login, then sends the SAML assertion back to the user.

  7. The browser redirects the assertion to the FortiGate SP, which decides if the user is allowed access.

  8. On a successful log in, FortiGate redirects the user to the web page that they are trying to access.

Logs and debugs:

On the FortiGate, a successful connection can be seen in Log & Report > Forward Traffic log, or by using the CLI:

# execute log filter category 0
# execute log filter field subtype srcip 
# execute log display
...
2: date=2023-05-09 time=00:47:56 eventtime=1683618475812847145 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17201 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.4 dstport=9443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=141588 service="tcp/9443" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=83 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" authserver="ZTNA-FAC-SAML" gatewayid=1 realserverid=2 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=316227 rcvdbyte=316227 wanout=6477 lanin=14843 sentbyte=14843 lanout=315122 appcat="unscanned"
…
8: date=2023-05-09 time=00:46:09 eventtime=1683618369392379538 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17177 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.3 dstport=9443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=141526 service="tcp/9443" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" poluuid="08a04362-ee38-51ed-77fa-737e2656f04a" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=63 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" authserver="ZTNA-FAC-SAML" gatewayid=1 realserverid=1 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=313997 rcvdbyte=313997 wanout=4894 lanin=14676 sentbyte=14676 lanout=314865 appcat="unscanned"
…
10: date=2023-05-09 time=00:45:26 eventtime=1683618326285366024 tz="-0700" logid="0000000013" type="traffic" subtype="forward" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17181 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstip=10.0.3.7 dstport=443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" srccountry="Reserved" dstcountry="Reserved" sessionid=141539 proto=6 action="client-rst" policyid=6 policytype="policy" poluuid="2e840d4e-1184-51ec-63b9-9b805a8b7344" policyname="WAN_to_FAC" service="HTTPS" trandisp="dnat" tranip=10.88.0.7 tranport=443 duration=10 sentbyte=3449 rcvdbyte=4372 sentpkt=13 rcvdpkt=13 appcat="unscanned"

Log number ten shows that authentication first passes through the WAN_to_FAC policy. Log numbers two and eight show the traffic allowed through the ZTNA proxy-policy over two successive sessions. Note that they have different destination IP addresses (dstip), indicating that ZTNA was performing server load balancing.

Use the following command to show if the FortiGate's WAD process has an active record of the SAML user login:

# diagnose wad user list 

ID: 8, VDOM: root, IPv4: 10.0.3.2
  user name   : tsmith
  worker      : 1
  duration    : 332
  auth_type   : Session
  auth_method : SAML
  pol_id      : 1
  g_id        : 4
  user_based  : 0
  expire      : 390
  LAN:
    bytes_in=29519 bytes_out=629987
  WAN:
    bytes_in=958636 bytes_out=19201

Example 2 - Applying SAML and MFA to a ZTNA TCP forwarding access proxy for RDP connections

In this TCP forwarding access proxy example, RDP connections are allowed to be forwarded to the Windows/EMS server. Traffic to TCP/3389 is allowed through the ZTNA proxy.

To configure the ZTNA server for TCP forwarding on TCP/3389:
  1. Create a firewall address for the Windows/EMS server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Addresses and click Create New > Address.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      winserver

      Type

      Subnet

      IP/Netmask

      10.88.0.1/32

      Interface

      any

    3. Click OK.

  2. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA and select the ZTNA Servers tab.

  3. Edit the ZTNA-access server.

  4. In the Service/server mapping table, click Create New:

    1. Set Service to TCP Forwarding.

    2. In the Servers table click Create New:

      1. Set Address to winserver.

      2. Set Ports to 3389.

      3. Click OK.

    3. Click OK.

  5. Click OK.

Testing and verification:

On the remote endpoint, manually configure a ZTNA destination to forward RDP traffic to the ZTNA application gateway. The rules can also be pushed from the EMS server; for details see Provisioning ZTNA TCP forwarding rules via EMS.

Configure the ZTNA Destination:

  1. On the remote Windows computer, open FortiClient.

  2. Register to the EMS server.

  3. On the ZTNA Destination tab, click Add Destination to add a TCP forwarding rule.

  4. Configure the following:

    Rule Name

    RDP-server

    Destination Host

    10.88.0.1:3389

    Proxy Gateway

    10.0.3.10:9443

    Mode

    Transparent

    Encryption

    Disabled

    Encryption can be enabled or disabled. When it is disabled, the client to access proxy connection is not encrypted in HTTPS. Because RDP is encrypted by default, disabling Encryption does not reduce security.

  5. Click Create.

Connect over RDP:

  1. On the remote PC, open a new RDP connection.

  2. Enter the IP address 10.88.0.1. By default, RDP session use port 3389.

    When the connection to the ZTNA application gateway is established, FortiGate will redirect the SAML login request to the FortiAuthenticator IdP.

    A FortiClient prompt will open with the FortiAuthenticator login screen.

  3. Enter the username and password then click Login.

  4. A second prompt opens asking for the Token Code. Enter the code from your FortiToken app, then click Verify.

  5. FortiAuthenticator verifies the token code, determines if the login is successful, then sends the SAML assertion back to the client.

  6. The client redirects the response back to the FortiGate SP.

  7. If the log in was successful, the user can now log on to the RDP session.

Logs and debugs:

On the FortiGate, a successful connection can be seen in Log & Report > Forward Traffic log, or by using the CLI:

# execute log filter category 0
# execute log filter field srcip 10.0.3.2
# execute log display
...
8: date=2023-05-09 time=01:14:34 eventtime=1683620074907124357 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17556 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.1 dstport=3389 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=142359 service="RDP" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" poluuid="08a04362-ee38-51ed-77fa-737e2656f04a" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=85 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" gatewayid=3 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=0 rcvdbyte=0 wanout=0 lanin=3639 sentbyte=3639 lanout=3797 appcat="unscanned"

9: date=2023-05-09 time=01:14:16 eventtime=1683620056835075857 tz="-0700" logid="0000000013" type="traffic" subtype="forward" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=17571 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstip=10.0.3.7 dstport=443 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" srccountry="Reserved" dstcountry="Reserved" sessionid=142389 proto=6 action="client-rst" policyid=6 policytype="policy" poluuid="2e840d4e-1184-51ec-63b9-9b805a8b7344" policyname="WAN_to_FAC" service="HTTPS" trandisp="dnat" tranip=10.88.0.7 tranport=443 duration=10 sentbyte=3368 rcvdbyte=4376 sentpkt=13 rcvdpkt=13 appcat="unscanned"

Use the following command to show if the FortiGate's WAD process has an active record of the SAML user login:

# diagnose wad user list

ID: 9, VDOM: root, IPv4: 10.0.3.2
  user name   : tsmith
  worker      : 1
  duration    : 164
  auth_type   : Session
  auth_method : SAML
  pol_id      : 1
  g_id        : 4
  user_based  : 0
  expire      : no
  LAN:
    bytes_in=80950 bytes_out=233010
  WAN:
    bytes_in=219973 bytes_out=58315

Example 3 - Applying SAML and MFA to a ZTNA SSH access proxy

In this SSH access proxy example, SSH connections can be forwarded to the FortiAnalyzer (10.88.0.2).

To configure the ZTNA server for SSH access proxy:
  1. Create a firewall address for the web server:

    1. Go to Policy & Objects > Addresses and click Create New > Address.

    2. Configure the following:

      Name

      FAZ

      Type

      Subnet

      IP/Netmask

      10.88.0.2/32

      Interface

      any

    3. Click OK.

  2. Go to Policy & Objects > ZTNA and select the ZTNA Servers tab.

  3. Edit the ZTNA-access server.

  4. In the Service/server mapping table, edit the TCP Forwarding entry:

    1. In the Servers table click Create New:

      1. Set Address to FAZ.

      2. Set Ports to 22.

      3. Optionally, enable Additional SSH Options to configure other SSH options as needed.

      4. Click OK.

    2. Click OK.

  5. Click OK.

Testing and verification:

On the remote endpoint, manually configure ZTNA destination to forward SSH traffic to the ZTNA access proxy. The destination can also be pushed from the EMS server; for details see Provisioning ZTNA TCP forwarding rules via EMS.

Configure the ZTNA Destination:

  1. On the remote Windows computer, open FortiClient.

  2. Register to the EMS server.

  3. On the ZTNA Destination tab, click Add Destination to add a TCP forwarding rule.

  4. Configure the following:

    Rule Name

    SSH-FAZ

    Destination Host

    10.88.0.2:22

    Proxy Gateway

    10.0.3.10:9443

    Mode

    Transparent

    Encryption

    Disabled

  5. Click Create.

Connect over SSH:

  1. On the remote PC, open a new SSH connection.

  2. Enter the host admin@10.88.0.2 on port 22.

    When the connection to the ZTNA application is established, FortiGate will redirect the SAML login request to the FortiAuthenticator IdP.

    A FortiClient prompt will open with the FortiAuthenticator login screen.

  3. Enter the username and password then click Login.

  4. A second prompt opens asking for the Token Code. Enter the code from your FortiToken app, then click Verify.

  5. FortiAuthenticator verifies the token code, determines if the login is successful, then sends the SAML assertion back to the client.

  6. The client redirects the response back to the FortiGate SP.

  7. If the log in was successful, the user can now log on to the SSH session.

Logs and debugs:

On the FortiGate, a successful connection can be seen in Log & Report > Forward Traffic log, or by using the CLI:

# execute log filter category 0
# execute log filter field srcip 10.0.3.2
# execute log display
...
5: date=2023-05-09 time=10:06:04 eventtime=1683651963820802005 tz="-0700" logid="0005000024" type="traffic" subtype="ztna" level="notice" vd="root" srcip=10.0.3.2 srcport=22536 srcintf="port3" srcintfrole="wan" dstcountry="Reserved" srccountry="Reserved" dstip=10.88.0.2 dstport=22 dstintf="port2" dstintfrole="dmz" sessionid=151696 service="SSH" proxyapptype="http" proto=6 action="accept" policyid=1 policytype="proxy-policy" policyname="ZTNA-Rule" duration=9 user="tsmith" group="ztna-saml-users" gatewayid=3 vip="ZTNA-access" accessproxy="ZTNA-access" clientdevicemanageable="manageable" wanin=2981 rcvdbyte=2981 wanout=2753 lanin=4663 sentbyte=4663 lanout=5247 appcat="unscanned"

Use the following command to show if the FortiGate's WAD process has an active record of the SAML user login:

# diagnose wad user list

ID: 10, VDOM: root, IPv4: 10.0.3.2
  user name   : tsmith
  worker      : 1
  duration    : 387
  auth_type   : Session
  auth_method : SAML
  pol_id      : 1
  g_id        : 4
  user_based  : 0
  expire      : no
  LAN:
    bytes_in=23261 bytes_out=14024
  WAN:
    bytes_in=3242 bytes_out=2541