Zyxel VPN SecuExtender - if certificate expired in Nebula Firewall and SecuExtender VPN no longer connects.

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In this article, we'll explain the steps to take if the default certificate on your Security Gateway has expired, preventing you from establishing a VPN connection. 

The first step is identical for both clients 

Navigate to Nebula > Firewall > Configure > Remote Access VPN and submit a request to Nebula for the IKEv2 configuration script. Once the request is submitted, you will receive an email containing the configuration script for the subscription-based SecuExtender (version 7.7). The script will be named something similar to:
IKEv2-nebula-697744d4.d2ns-nbl.com.tgb


SecuExtender client v7.7 (Subscription-based)

Navigate to Configuration > Import and use the script file you received from Nebula. Once the script is successfully imported, you should be able to establish a connection with the remote Nebula gateway.

For perpetual SecuExtender (v3.8) 

  • Open the received tgb-file in a text editor and get a certificate from it. 
  • Change the file from .tgb to .txt and open it with Notepad.
  • Remain the content between "BEGIN CERTIFICATE" and "END CERTIFICATE" and delete the rest of the content, then save it as a .crt file



Then you'll have certificate in crt-file and can add new IKEv2 profile manually with the next modification:

  • IKE Auth
  • Remote Gateway = nebula-697744d4.d2ns-nbl.com
  • Integrity: EAP

    Cryptography:

  • Encryption = AES CBC 256
  • Integrity = SHA2 256
  • KeyGroup = DH19

Protocol

Remote ID = DNS nebula-697744d4.d2ns-nbl.com

Certificate 
Add a certificate from the just-created CRT file.

 

Select PEM format

Browse created CRT file

Apply

Modify Child SA Settings

  • Update Cryptography Settings:

Add script to open 2FA page in Automation tab:

 

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