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Configure Netskope IPSec with Viptela vEdge

This document provides Instructions for integrating Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) with Netskope to selectively steer traffic over an IPSec tunnel.

  1. In the Netskope UI, go to Settings > Security Cloud Platform > Traffic Steering > IPSec and click Add New Tunnel.

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  2. Configure these parameters:

    • Tunnel Name: Enter a tunnel name that makes sense to your topology.

    • Source IP Address: Enter the public IP of the Viptela tunnel.

    • Source Identity: Enter the FQDN string here, structured like an email address.

    • Primary Netskope POP: Select the POP closest to your vEdge from the dropdown list.

    • Failover Netskope POP: Select the POP second closest to your vEdge from the dropdown list.

    • Pre-Shared Key: Enter your pre-shared key.

    • Encryption Cipher: Select an encryption cipher from the dropdown list, like AES256-CBC.

    • Maximum Bandwidth: Select the bandwidth appropriate for your vEdge bandwidth capabilities.

  3. In the Viptela vEdge UI, go to Settings > Configuration Template > Feature > Basic Configuration.

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  4. Configure these IPsec Tunnel interface parameters:

    • Interface Name: Enter a tunnel interface name.

    • Tunnel IP Address: The tunnel IP address can be any /30 IP address and it is not required to be routable. Currently, IP unnumbered is not supported on IPsec tunnels.

    • Source: Select the Source Interface or Source IP address.

    • Destination: Select the destination IP address.

  5. Go to the IKE page.

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  6. Configure these IKE parameters:

    • IKE Version: 2

    • IKE Cipher Suite: AES-256-CBC-SHA2

    • IKE DH Group: 16 4096-bit modulus

    • Preshared key: Use the preshared key defined in the Netskope UI.

    • IKE Local ID : FQDN string.

    • IKE remote ID: FQDN string.

    • IPSec Cipher Suite: AES-256-CBC-SHA1

    • Perfect Forward Secrecy: Group-16 4096-bit modulus

  7. Go to Device > Basic Information.

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  8. VPN Interface IPsec: Attach the interface feature template you just configured.

  9. In the Netskope UI, go back to the IPSec page (Settings > Security Cloud Platform > Traffic Steering > IPSec). Within 5 minutes you should see the new IPSec tunnel represented as Up (a green arrow in the Status column).

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  10. Click on the Green Up Arrow to see the tunnel details.

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  11. Status should be green in the Viptela UI as well.

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  12. You can also see the status in the CLI using these commands:

    show ipsec ike sessions | tab
    show interface ipsec1 | tab
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  13. View the IPsec Tunnel configuration pushed to the v-Edge appliance:

    AWS-vEdge4# show running-config vpn 0 interface ipsec1
    vpn 0
    interface ipsec1
    ip address 10.10.10.1/30
    tunnel-source-interface ge0/0
    tunnel-destination      8.36.116.114
    ike
    version      2
    rekey        14400
    cipher-suite aes256-cbc-sha2
    group        16
    authentication-type
    pre-shared-key
    pre-shared-secret <pre-shared-key>
    local-id          <local-id>
    remote-id         8.36.116.114
    ipsec
    rekey                   3600
    replay-window           512
    cipher-suite            aes256-cbc-sha1
    perfect-forward-secrecy group-16
    no shutdown
  14. In Viptela, configure a Route Policy to match whichever traffic you want to route toward Netskope.