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Panorama Administrator's Guide
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Table of Contents
Panorama Overview........................................................................................... 9
About Panorama........................................................................................................................................11
Panorama Models..................................................................................................................................... 12
Centralized Firewall Configuration and Update Management.......................................................14
Context Switch—Firewall or Panorama.................................................................................. 14
Templates and Template Stacks...............................................................................................14
Device Groups...............................................................................................................................16
Centralized Logging and Reporting...................................................................................................... 20
Managed Collectors and Collector Groups............................................................................20
Local and Distributed Log Collection...................................................................................... 21
Caveats for a Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors............................................ 22
Log Forwarding Options.............................................................................................................24
Centralized Reporting..................................................................................................................25
User-ID Redistribution Using Panorama............................................................................................. 26
Role-Based Access Control.................................................................................................................... 27
Administrative Roles....................................................................................................................27
Authentication Profiles and Sequences.................................................................................. 28
Access Domains............................................................................................................................29
Administrative Authentication.................................................................................................. 29
Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview Operations................................................................ 31
Plan Your Panorama Deployment........................................................................................................ 32
Deploy Panorama: Task Overview....................................................................................................... 34
Set Up Panorama..............................................................................................35
Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements.............................................................................37
Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance............................................................................................. 39
Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance................................................... 39
Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance...................................................................................41
Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance....................................68
Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector..............................................71
Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector................................... 76
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode................................................. 80
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode..................................80
Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance..................................81
Increase CPUs and Memory on the Panorama Virtual Appliance.................................... 98
Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup............................................................. 103
Set Up the M-Series Appliance...........................................................................................................104
M-Series Appliance Interfaces................................................................................................104
Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance.................................................106
M-Series Setup Overview........................................................................................................109
Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector........................................................... 111
Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance......................................................................117
Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces................................................................123
Register Panorama and Install Licenses............................................................................................130
Register Panorama.....................................................................................................................130
Activate a Panorama Support License..................................................................................131
Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual
Appliance is Internet-connected............................................................................................ 132
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Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual
Appliance is not Internet-connected.................................................................................... 132
Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance......... 135
Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama................................................................... 137
Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility...................... 137
Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration..................................................... 138
Install Updates for Panorama with an Internet Connection............................................139
Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected.......................................143
Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format.............................................................. 146
Transition to a Different Panorama Model......................................................................................148
Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series Appliance....................... 148
Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor.................................151
Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual Appliance....................... 154
Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance............................................158
Access and Navigate Panorama Management Interfaces.............................................................162
Log in to the Panorama Web Interface................................................................................162
Navigate the Panorama Web Interface................................................................................162
Log in to the Panorama CLI.................................................................................................... 163
Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama.................................................................................... 165
Configure an Admin Role Profile........................................................................................... 165
Configure an Access Domain..................................................................................................165
Configure Administrative Accounts and Authentication..................................................166
Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates.........................................................................177
How Are SSL/TLS Connections Mutually Authenticated?...............................................177
Configure Authentication Using Custom Certificates on Panorama............................. 178
Configure Authentication Using Custom Certificates on Managed Devices............... 179
Add New Client Devices..........................................................................................................181
Change Certificates................................................................................................................... 181
Manage Firewalls............................................................................................185
Add a Firewall as a Managed Device................................................................................................ 187
Manage Device Groups........................................................................................................................ 191
Add a Device Group................................................................................................................. 191
Create a Device Group Hierarchy......................................................................................... 192
Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy..............................................193
Revert to Inherited Object Values.........................................................................................194
Manage Unused Shared Objects........................................................................................... 195
Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects........................................................................... 195
Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group...........................196
Select a URL Filtering Vendor on Panorama...................................................................... 197
Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls........................................................................ 201
Manage the Rule Hierarchy.................................................................................................... 203
Manage Templates and Template Stacks......................................................................................... 205
Template Capabilities and Exceptions.................................................................................. 205
Add a Template.......................................................................................................................... 205
Configure a Template Stack....................................................................................................207
Configure a Template or Template Stack Variable............................................................209
Import and Overwrite Existing Template Stack Variables............................................... 211
Override a Template or Template Stack Value.................................................................. 212
Disable/Remove Template Settings...................................................................................... 214
Manage the Master Key from Panorama......................................................................................... 216
Redistribute User-ID Information to Managed Firewalls..............................................................219
Transition a Firewall to Panorama Management............................................................................222
Plan the Transition to Panorama Management..................................................................222
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Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management................................................................... 223
Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management....................................................226
Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama....................................................... 228
Device Monitoring on Panorama........................................................................................................231
Monitor Device Health.............................................................................................................231
Monitor Policy Rule Usage......................................................................................................232
Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama.............................................................................237
Device Groups in this Use Case............................................................................................ 237
Templates in this Use Case.....................................................................................................238
Set Up Your Centralized Configuration and Policies........................................................ 239
Manage Large-Scale Firewall Deployments.............................................245

Determine the Optimal Large-Scale Firewall Deployment Solution.......................................... 247
Increased Device Management Capacity for M-600 and Panorama Virtual Appliance.........248
Increased Device Management Capacity Requirements..................................................248
Deploy Panorama for Increased Device Management..................................................... 249
Panorama Interconnect......................................................................................................................... 252
Panorama Interconnect Overview.........................................................................................252
Panorama Interconnect Requirements................................................................................. 253
Enable Authentication Between the Panorama Controller and Nodes.........................255
Set Up the Panorama Interconnect Plugin.......................................................................... 259
Synchronize Panorama Interconnect.................................................................................... 262
Manage Firewalls with Panorama Interconnect.................................................................263
Upgrade the Panorama Interconnect Plugin.......................................................................272
Manage Log Collection................................................................................. 275

Configure a Managed Collector..........................................................................................................277
Manage Collector Groups.................................................................................................................... 280
Configure a Collector Group...................................................................................................280
Configure Authentication with Custom Certificates Between Log Collectors............ 282
Move a Log Collector to a Different Collector Group......................................................284
Remove a Firewall from a Collector Group.........................................................................285
Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama.......................................................................................... 286
Forward Logs to Cortex Data Lake................................................................................................... 290
Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama................................................................................................. 291
Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults.............................................................................293
Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations........................................295
Log Collection Deployments................................................................................................................297
Deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors.............................................................297
Deploy Panorama M-Series Appliances with Local Log Collectors............................... 302
Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors....................................307
Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances in Legacy Mode with Local Log Collection......311
Manage WildFire Appliances.......................................................................313

Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama.............................................. 315
Configure Basic WildFire Appliance Settings on Panorama........................................................ 318
Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates on WildFire Appliances and Clusters......319
Configure a Custom Certificate for a Panorama Managed WildFire Appliance..........319
Configure Authentication with a Single Custom Certificate for a WildFire
Cluster...........................................................................................................................................321
Apply Custom Certificates on a WildFire Appliance Configured through
Panorama..................................................................................................................................... 322
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Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama Management......................................................325
Manage WildFire Clusters....................................................................................................................326
Configure a Cluster Centrally on Panorama....................................................................... 326
View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama.................................................................. 336
Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama with an Internet Connection..................... 336
Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama without an Internet Connection............... 338
Manage Licenses and Updates................................................................... 343

Manage Licenses on Firewalls Using Panorama............................................................................. 345
Deploy Upgrades to Firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire Appliances Using
Panorama.................................................................................................................................................. 346
Supported Updates....................................................................................................................346
Schedule a Content Update Using Panorama.................................................................... 347
Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-Connected..................................348
Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected......................... 351
Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Internet-Connected............................................354
Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected....................................359
Revert Content Updates from Panorama............................................................................ 363
Monitor Network Activity............................................................................365

Use Panorama for Visibility................................................................................................................. 367
Monitor the Network with the ACC and AppScope.........................................................367
Analyze Log Data.......................................................................................................................369
Generate, Schedule, and Email Reports............................................................................... 369
Ingest Traps ESM Logs on Panorama................................................................................................372
Use Case: Monitor Applications Using Panorama..........................................................................374
Use Case: Respond to an Incident Using Panorama......................................................................377
Incident Notification................................................................................................................. 377
Review the Widgets in the ACC............................................................................................377
Review Threat Logs...................................................................................................................378
Review WildFire Logs............................................................................................................... 378
Review Data Filtering Logs..................................................................................................... 379
Update Security Rules.............................................................................................................. 379
Panorama High Availability.......................................................................... 381

Panorama HA Prerequisites................................................................................................................. 383
Priority and Failover on Panorama in HA........................................................................................ 385
Failover Triggers..................................................................................................................................... 386
HA Heartbeat Polling and Hello Messages......................................................................... 386
HA Path Monitoring..................................................................................................................386
Logging Considerations in Panorama HA.........................................................................................387
Logging Failover on a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode.............................387
Logging Failover on an M-Series Appliance or Panorama Virtual Appliance in
Panorama Mode......................................................................................................................... 388
Synchronization Between Panorama HA Peers..............................................................................389
Manage a Panorama HA Pair.............................................................................................................. 390
Set Up HA on Panorama......................................................................................................... 390
Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates Between HA Peers........................ 391
Test Panorama HA Failover.................................................................................................... 392
Switch Priority after Panorama Failover to Resume NFS Logging.................................393
Restore the Primary Panorama to the Active State.......................................................... 394
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Administer Panorama.................................................................................... 395
Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes.................................................................. 397
Manage Panorama and Firewall Configuration Backups.............................................................. 400
Schedule Export of Configuration Files............................................................................... 400
Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations................................................. 401
Revert Panorama Configuration Changes............................................................................403
Configure the Maximum Number of Configuration Backups on Panorama................ 405
Load a Configuration Backup on a Managed Firewall...................................................... 405
Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations............................................................................. 406
Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes.................................................................. 407
Add Custom Logos to Panorama........................................................................................................409
Use the Panorama Task Manager...................................................................................................... 410
Manage Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports.................................... 411
Log and Report Storage........................................................................................................... 411
Log and Report Expiration Periods....................................................................................... 412
Configure Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports.................... 412
Configure the Run Time for Panorama Reports.................................................................413
Monitor Panorama..................................................................................................................................414
Panorama System and Configuration Logs..........................................................................414
Monitor Panorama and Log Collector Statistics Using SNMP........................................ 414
Reboot or Shut Down Panorama....................................................................................................... 417
Configure Panorama Password Profiles and Complexity............................................................. 418
Panorama Plugins........................................................................................... 419

About Panorama Plugins...................................................................................................................... 421
Install Panorama Plugins.......................................................................................................... 422
VM-Series Plugin and Panorama Plugins..........................................................................................423
Install the VM-Series Plugin on Panorama.......................................................................... 423
Troubleshooting.............................................................................................. 425
Troubleshoot Panorama System Issues............................................................................................ 427
Generate Diagnostic Files for Panorama............................................................................. 427
Diagnose Panorama Suspended State..................................................................................427
Monitor the File System Integrity Check.............................................................................427
Manage Panorama Storage for Software and Content Updates....................................427
Recover from Split Brain in Panorama HA Deployments................................................ 428
Troubleshoot Log Storage and Connection Issues.........................................................................430
Verify Panorama Port Usage.................................................................................................. 430
Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group.............................................................. 432
Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance...............................................................432
Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server........................................................................433
Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air............................................................................... 433
Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode............................. 434
Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode................................... 439
Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High
Availability....................................................................................................................................445
Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High
Availability....................................................................................................................................451
Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama.................................457
Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs.............................................. 460
Replace an RMA Firewall..................................................................................................................... 461
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Partial Device State Generation for Firewalls.................................................................... 461
Before Starting RMA Firewall Replacement....................................................................... 461
Restore the Firewall Configuration after Replacement.................................................... 462
Troubleshoot Commit Failures............................................................................................................465
Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number Errors...................................................................... 466
Troubleshoot Reporting Errors........................................................................................................... 467
Troubleshoot Device Management License Errors........................................................................ 468
Complete Content Update When Panorama HA Peer is Down................................................. 469
View Task Success or Failure Status................................................................................................. 471
Test Policy Match and Connectivity for Managed Devices.........................................................472
Troubleshoot Policy Rule Traffic Match.............................................................................. 472
Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources........................................................... 473
Downgrade from Panorama 9.0......................................................................................................... 475
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Panorama Overview
The Panorama™ management server provides centralized monitoring and management
of multiple Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls and of WildFire appliances and
appliance clusters. It provides a single location from which you can oversee all applications,
users, and content traversing your network, and then use this knowledge to create application
enablement policies that protect and control the network. Using Panorama for centralized
policy and firewall management increases operational efficiency in managing and maintaining
a distributed network of firewalls. Using Panorama for centralized WildFire appliance and
WildFire appliance cluster management increases the number of firewalls a single network
supports, provides high availability for fault tolerance, and increases management efficiency.
> About Panorama

> Panorama Models
> Centralized Firewall Configuration and Update Management
> Centralized Logging and Reporting
> User-ID Redistribution Using Panorama
> Role-Based Access Control
> Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview Operations
> Plan Your Panorama Deployment
> Deploy Panorama: Task Overview
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About Panorama
Panorama enables you to effectively configure, manage, and monitor your Palo Alto Networks firewalls with
central oversight. The three main areas in which Panorama adds value are:
• Centralized configuration and deployment—To simplify central management and rapid deployment
of the firewalls and WildFire appliances on your network, use Panorama to pre-stage the firewalls
and WildFire appliances for deployment. You can then assemble the firewalls into groups, and create
templates to apply a base network and device configuration and use device groups to administer globally
shared and local policy rules. See Centralized Firewall Configuration and Update Management.
• Aggregated logging with central oversight for analysis and reporting—Collect information on activity
across all the managed firewalls on the network and centrally analyze, investigate and report on the
data. This comprehensive view of network traffic, user activity, and the associated risks empowers you
to respond to potential threats using the rich set of policies to securely enable applications on your
network. See Centralized Logging and Reporting.
• Distributed administration—Enables you to delegate or restrict access to global and local firewall
configurations and policies. See Role-Based Access Control for delegating appropriate levels of access
for distributed administration.
Five Panorama Models are available: the Panorama virtual appliance, M-600 appliance, M-500 appliance,
M-200 appliance, and M-100 appliance (M-100 appliances are supported in PAN-OS 9.0 only if they have
been upgraded to 32 GB memory from the default 16 GB). Panorama Centralized Management illustrates
how you can deploy Panorama in a high availability (HA) configuration to manage firewalls.
Figure 1: Panorama Centralized Management
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Panorama Models
Panorama is available as one of the following virtual or physical appliances, each of which supports licenses
for managing up to 25, 100, or 1,000 firewalls. Additionally, M-600 appliances, and similarly resourced
Panorama virtual appliances, also supports licenses for managing up to 5,000 firewalls:
• Panorama virtual appliance—This model provides simple installation and facilitates server consolidation
for sites that need a virtual management appliance. You can install Panorama on Amazon Web Services
(AWS), AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), KVM, Hyper-V, a VMware ESXi
server, or on VMware vCloud Air. The virtual appliance can collect firewall logs locally at rates of up to
10,000 logs per second and can manage Dedicated Log Collectors for higher logging rates. The virtual
appliance can function as a dedicated management server, a Panorama management server with local
log collection capabilities, or as a Dedicated Log Collector. For the supported interfaces, log storage
capacity, and maximum log collection rates, see Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
You can deploy the virtual appliance in the following modes:
• Panorama mode—In this mode, the Panorama virtual appliance supports a local Log Collector with 1
to 12 virtual logging disks (see Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors). Each
logging disk has 2TB of storage capacity for a total maximum of 24TB on a single virtual appliance
and 48TB on a high availability (HA) pair. Only Panorama mode enables you to add multiple virtual
logging disks without losing logs on existing disks. Panorama mode also provides the benefit of faster
report generation. In Panorama mode, the virtual appliance does not support NFS storage.
As a best practice, deploy the virtual appliance in Panorama mode to optimize log
storage and report generation.
• Legacy mode (ESXi and vCloud Air only)—In this mode, the Panorama virtual appliance receives and
stores firewall logs without using a local Log Collector (see Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances in
Legacy Mode with Local Log Collection). By default, the virtual appliance in Legacy mode has one
disk partition for all data. Approximately 11GB of the partition is allocated to log storage. If you need
more local log storage, you can add one virtual disk of up to 8TB on ESXi 5.5 and later versions or on
vCloud Air. Earlier ESXi versions support one virtual disk of up to 2TB. If you need more than 8TB,
you can mount the virtual appliance in Legacy mode to an NFS datastore but only on the ESXi server,
not in vCloud Air. This mode is only available if your Panorama virtual appliance is in Legacy mode
on upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0. On upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0, Legacy mode is no longer available if you
change to any other mode. If you change your Panorama virtual appliance from Legacy mode to one
of the available modes, you will no longer be able to change back into Legacy mode.
• Management Only mode—In this mode, the Panorama virtual appliance is a dedicated management
appliance for your managed devices and Dedicated Log Collectors and, in this mode, an appropriately
resourced Panorama virtual appliance can manage up to 5,000 firewalls. The Panorama virtual
appliance has no log collection capabilities except for config and system logs and requires a
Dedicated Log Collector to these store logs. By default, the virtual appliance in Management Only
mode has only one disk partition for all data so all logs forwarded to a Panorama virtual appliance
in Management Only mode are dropped. Therefore, to store the log data from your managed
appliances, you must configure log forwarding in order to store the log data from your managed
devices. For more information, see Increased Device Management Capacity Requirements.
• Log Collector mode—The Panorama virtual appliance functions as a Dedicated Log Collector. If
multiple firewalls forward large volumes of log data, a Panorama virtual appliance in Log Collector
mode provides increased scale and performance. In this mode, the appliance does not have a web
interface for administrative access; it has only a command line interface (CLI). However, you can
manage the appliance using the web interface of the Panorama management server. CLI access to a
Panorama virtual appliance in Log Collector mode is necessary only for initial setup and debugging.
For configuration details, see Deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors.

• M-Series appliance—The M-100, M-200, M-500, and M-600 appliances are dedicated hardware
appliances intended for large-scale deployments. In environments with high logging rates (over 10,000
logs per second) and log retention requirements, these appliances enable scaling of your log collection
infrastructure. For the supported interfaces, log storage capacity, and maximum log collection rates, see
M-Series Appliance Interfaces. All M-Series models share the following attributes:
• RAID drives to store firewall logs and RAID 1 mirroring to protect against disk failures
• SSD to store the logs that Panorama and Log Collectors generate
• MGT, Eth1, Eth2, and Eth3 interfaces that support 1Gbps throughput
• Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies (except for the M-100 appliance)
• front-to-back airflow
M-100 appliances are supported in PAN-OS 9.0 only if they have been upgraded to 32GB
memory from the default 16GB. See M-100 Memory Upgrade Guide for more information.
The M-600 and M-500 appliances have the following additional attributes, which make them more
suitable for data centers:
• Eth4 and Eth5 interfaces that support 10Gbps throughput
Additionally, the following attribute makes the M-600 appliance more suitable for large-scale firewall
deployments:
• The M-600 appliance in Management Only mode can manage up to 5,000 firewalls.
You can deploy the M-Series appliances in the following modes:
• Panorama mode—The appliance functions as a Panorama management server to manage firewalls
and Dedicated Log Collectors. The appliance also supports a local Log Collector to aggregate firewall
logs. Panorama mode is the default mode. For configuration details, see Deploy Panorama M-Series
Appliances with Local Log Collectors.
• Management Only mode—The Panorama appliance is a dedicated management appliance for your
managed devices and Dedicated Log Collectors. The Panorama appliance has no log collection
capabilities except for config and system logs and your deployment requires a Dedicated Log
Collector to store these logs. By default, the Panorama appliance in Management Only mode has only
one disk partition for all data so all logs forwarded to a Panorama virtual appliance in Management
Only mode are dropped. Therefore, to store the log data from your managed appliances, you must
configure log forwarding in order to store the log data from your managed devices.
• Log Collector mode—The appliance functions as a Dedicated Log Collector. If multiple firewalls
forward large volumes of log data, an M-Series appliance in Log Collector mode provides increased
scale and performance. IIn this mode, the appliance does not have a web interface for administrative
access; it has only a command line interface (CLI). However, you can manage the appliance using
the web interface of the Panorama management server. CLI access to an M-Series appliance in Log
Collector mode is necessary only for initial setup and debugging. For configuration details, see Deploy
Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors.
For more details and specifications for the M-Series appliances, see the M-Series Appliance Hardware
Reference Guides.

Centralized Firewall Configuration and Update
Management
Panorama™ uses device groups and templates to group firewalls into logical sets that require similar
configuration. You use device groups and templates to centrally manage all configuration elements, policies,
and objects on the managed firewalls. Panorama also enables you to centrally manage licenses, software
(PAN-OS® software, SSL-VPN client software, GlobalProtect™ agent/app software), and content updates
(Applications, Threats, WildFire®, and Antivirus).
• Context Switch—Firewall or Panorama
• Templates and Template Stacks
• Device Groups
Context Switch—Firewall or Panorama

The Panorama™ web interface enables you to toggle between a Panorama-centric view and a firewall-
centric view using the Context drop-down at the top-left of every tab. Set the Context to Panorama to
manage firewalls centrally or switch context to the web interface of a specific firewall to configure it locally.
The similarity of the Panorama and firewall web interfaces enables you to seamlessly move between them
to monitor and manage firewalls.
The Context drop-down lists only the firewalls that are connected to Panorama. For a Device Group
and Template administrator, the drop-down lists only the connected firewalls that are within the Access
Domains assigned to that administrator. To search a long list, use the Filters within the drop-down.
For firewalls in a high availability (HA) configuration, the icons have colored backgrounds to indicate the
HA state (as follows). Knowing the HA state is useful when selecting a firewall context. For example, you
generally make firewall-specific configuration changes on an active firewall.
• Green—Active.
• Yellow—Passive or the firewall is initiating (the initiating state lasts for up to 60 seconds after boot up).
• Red—The firewall is non-functional (error state), suspended (an administrator disabled the firewall), or
tentative (for a link or path monitoring event in an active/active HA configuration).
Templates and Template Stacks

You use templates and template stacks to configure the settings that enable firewalls to operate on the
network. Templates are the basic building blocks you use to configure the Network and Device tabs on
Panorama™. You can use templates to define interface and zone configurations, to manage the server
profiles for logging and syslog access, or to define VPN configurations. Template stacks give you the ability
to layer multiple templates and create a combined configuration. Template stacks simplify management
because they allow you to define a common base configuration for all devices attached to the template
stack and they give you the ability to layer templates to create a combined configuration. This enables you
to define templates with location- or function-specific settings and then stack the templates in descending
order of priority so that firewalls inherit the settings based on the order of the templates in the stack.
Both templates and template stacks support variables. Variables allow you to create placeholder
objects with their value specified in the template or template stack based on your configuration needs.
Create a template or template stack variable to replace IP addresses, Group IDs, and interfaces in your
configurations. Template variables are inherited by the template stack and you can override them to create
a template stack variable. However, templates do not inherit variables defined in the template stack. When
a variable is defined in the template or template stack and pushed to the firewall, the value defined for the
variable is displayed on the firewall.

To accommodate firewalls that have unique settings, you can use templates to override the template
stack configuration. Alternatively, you can push a broader, common base configuration and then override
certain pushed settings with firewall-specific values on individual firewalls. When you override a setting
on the firewall, the firewall saves that setting to its local configuration and Panorama no longer manages
the setting. To restore template values after you override them, use Panorama to force the template or
template stack configuration onto the firewall. For example, after you define a common NTP server in a
template and override the NTP server configuration on a firewall to accommodate a local time zone, you
can later revert to the NTP server defined in the template.
When defining a template stack, consider assigning firewalls that are the same hardware model and
require access to similar network resources, such as gateways and syslog servers. This enables you to
avoid the redundancy of adding every setting to every template stack. The following figure illustrates an
example configuration in which you assign data center firewalls in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to a
stack with global settings, one template with APAC-specific settings, and one template with data center-
specific settings. To manage firewalls in an APAC branch office, you can then re-use the global and APAC-
specific templates by adding them to another stack that includes a template with branch-specific settings.
Templates in a stack have a configurable priority order that ensures Panorama pushes only one value for
any duplicate setting. Panorama evaluates the templates listed in a stack configuration from top to bottom
with higher templates having priority. The following figure illustrates a data center stack in which the data
center template has a higher priority than the global template: Panorama pushes the idle timeout value from
the data center template and ignores the value from the global template.
Figure 2: Template Stacks
You cannot use templates or template stacks to set firewall modes: virtual private network (VPN) mode,
multiple virtual systems (multi-vsys) mode, or operational modes (normal or FIPS-CC mode). For details, see
Template Capabilities and Exceptions. However, you can assign firewalls that have non-matching modes to
the same template or stack. In such cases, Panorama pushes mode-specific settings only to firewalls that
support those modes. As an exception, you can configure Panorama to push the settings of the default
vsys in a template to firewalls that don’t support virtual systems or that don’t have any virtual systems
configured.
For the relevant procedures, see Manage Templates and Template Stacks.

Device Groups
To use Panorama effectively, you have to group the firewalls in your network into logical units called
device groups. A device group enables grouping based on network segmentation, geographic location,
organizational function, or any other common aspect of firewalls that require similar policy configurations.
Using device groups, you can configure policy rules and the objects they reference. You can organize device
group hierarchically, with shared rules and objects at the top, and device group-specific rules and objects at
subsequent levels. This enables you to create a hierarchy of rules that enforce how firewalls handle traffic.
For example, you can define a set of shared rules as a corporate acceptable use policy. Then, to allow only
regional offices to access peer-to-peer traffic such as BitTorrent, you can define a device group rule that
Panorama pushes only to the regional offices (or define a shared security rule and target it to the regional
offices). For the relevant procedures, see Manage Device Groups. The following topics describe device
group concepts and components in more detail:
• Device Group Hierarchy
• Device Group Policies
• Device Group Objects
Device Group Hierarchy

You can Create a Device Group Hierarchy to nest device groups in a tree hierarchy of up to four levels, with
lower-level groups inheriting the settings (policy rules and objects) of higher-level groups. At the bottom
level, a device group can have parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent device groups (ancestors). At
the top level, a device group can have child, grandchild, and great-grandchild device groups (descendants).
All device groups inheriting settings from the Shared location—a container at the top of the hierarchy for
configurations that are common to all device groups.
Creating a device group hierarchy enables you to organize firewalls based on common policy requirements
without redundant configuration. For example, you could configure shared settings that are global to all
firewalls, configure device groups with function-specific settings at the first level, and configure device
groups with location-specific settings at lower levels. Without a hierarchy, you would have to configure
both function- and location-specific settings for every device group in a single level under Shared.
Figure 3: Device Group Hierarchy
For details on the order in which firewalls evaluate policy rules in a device group hierarchy, see Device
Group Policies. For details on overriding the values of objects that device groups inherit from ancestor
device groups, see Device Group Objects.

Device Group Policies
Device groups provide a way to implement a layered approach for managing policies across a network
of managed firewalls. A firewall evaluates policy rules by layer (shared, device group, and local) and by
type (pre-rules, post-rules, and default rules) in the following order from top to bottom. When the firewall
receives traffic, it performs the action defined in the first evaluated rule that matches the traffic and
disregards all subsequent rules. To change the evaluation order for rules within a particular layer, type, and
rulebase (for example, shared Security pre-rules), see Manage the Rule Hierarchy.
Whether you view rules on a firewall or in Panorama, the web interface displays them in evaluation order.
All the shared, device group, and default rules that the firewall inherits from Panorama are shaded orange.
Local firewall rules display between the pre-rules and post-rules.
Evaluation Order Rule Scope and Description Administration Device
Shared pre-rules Panorama pushes shared pre-rules to These rules are visible on firewalls
all the firewalls in all device groups. but you can only manage them in
Device group pre- Panorama pushes device group- Panorama.
rules specific pre-rules to all the firewalls
in a particular device group and its
descendant device groups.
If a firewall inherits rules from device
groups at multiple levels in the
device group hierarchy, it evaluates
pre-rules in the order of highest to
lowest level. This means the firewall
first evaluates shared rules and last
evaluates the rules of device groups
with no descendants.
You can use pre-rules to enforce
the acceptable use policy of an
organization. For example, a pre-rule
might block access to specific URL
categories or allow Domain Name
System (DNS) traffic for all users.
Local firewall rules Local rules are specific to a single A local firewall administrator, or a
firewall or virtual system (vsys). Panorama administrator who switches

Evaluation Order Rule Scope and Description Administration Device
to a local firewall context, can edit local
firewall rules.
Device group post- Panorama pushes shared post-rules These rules are visible on firewalls
rules to all the firewalls in all device groups. but you can only manage them in
Panorama pushes device group- Panorama.
Shared post-rules specific post-rules to all the firewalls
in a particular device group and its
descendant device groups.
If a firewall inherits rules from device
groups at multiple levels in the device
group hierarchy, it evaluates post-rules
in the order of lowest to highest level.
This means the firewall first evaluates
the rules of device groups with no
descendants and last evaluates shared
rules.
Post-rules typically include rules
to deny access to traffic based on
the App-ID™ signatures, User-ID™
information (users or user groups), or
service.
intrazone-default The default rules apply only to the Default rules are initially read-only,
Security rulebase, and are predefined either because they are part of the
interzone-default
on Panorama (at the Shared level) and predefined configuration or because
the firewall (in each vsys). These rules Panorama pushed them to firewalls.
specify how PAN-OS handles traffic However, you can override the rule
that doesn’t match any other rule. settings for tags, action, logging,
and security profiles. The context
The intrazone-default rule allows all
determines the level at which you can
traffic within a zone. The interzone-
override the rules:
default rule denies all traffic between
zones. • Panorama—At the Shared or device
group level, you can override
If you override default rules, their order
default rules that are part of the
of precedence runs from the lowest
predefined configuration.
context to the highest: overridden
settings at the firewall level take • Firewall—You can override default
precedence over settings at the device rules that are part of the predefined
group level, which take precedence configuration on the firewall or
over settings at the Shared level. vsys, or that Panorama pushed from
the Shared location or a device
group.
Device Group Objects

Objects are configuration elements that policy rules reference, for example: IP addresses, URL categories,
security profiles, users, services, and applications. Rules of any type (pre-rules, post-rules, default rules,
and rules locally defined on a firewall) and any rulebase (Security, NAT, QoS, Policy Based Forwarding,
Decryption, Application Override, Captive Portal, and DoS Protection) can reference objects. You can reuse
an object in any number of rules that have the same scope as that object in the Device Group Hierarchy.

For example, if you add an object to the Shared location, all rules in the hierarchy can reference that shared
object because all device groups inherit objects from Shared. If you add an object to a particular device
group, only the rules in that device group and its descendant device groups can reference that device group
object. If object values in a device group must differ from those inherited from an ancestor device group,
you can Override inherited object values (see Step Override inherited object values.). You can also Revert
to Inherited Object Values at any time. When you Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy
once and use them many times, you reduce administrative overhead and ensure consistency across firewall
policies.
You can configure how Panorama handles objects system-wide:
• Pushing unused objects—By default, Panorama pushes all objects to firewalls regardless of whether any
shared or device group policy rules reference the objects. Optionally, you can configure Panorama to
push only referenced objects. For details, see Manage Unused Shared Objects.
• Precedence of ancestor and descendant objects—By default, when device groups at multiple levels
in the hierarchy have an object with the same name but different values (because of overrides, as an
example), policy rules in a descendant device group use the object values in that descendant instead of
object values inherited from ancestor device groups or Shared. Optionally, you can reverse this order of
precedence to push values from Shared or the highest ancestor containing the object to all descendant
device groups. For details, see Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects.

Centralized Logging and Reporting
Panorama aggregates logs from all managed firewalls and provides visibility across all the traffic on the
network. It also provides an audit trail for all policy modifications and configuration changes made to the
managed firewalls. In addition to aggregating logs, Panorama can forward them as SNMP traps, email
notifications, syslog messages, and HTTP payloads to an external server.
For centralized logging and reporting, you also have the option to use the cloud-based Cortex Data Lake
that is architected to work seamlessly with Panorama. The Cortex Data Lake allows your managed firewalls
to forward logs to the Cortex Data Lake infrastructure instead of to Panorama or to the managed Log
Collectors, so you can augment your existing distributed log collection setup or to scale your current logging
infrastructure without having to invest time and effort yourself.
The Application Command Center (ACC) on Panorama provides a single pane for unified reporting across
all the firewalls. It enables you to centrally Monitor Network Activity, to analyze, investigate, and report on
traffic and security incidents. On Panorama, you can view logs and generate reports from logs forwarded
to the Cortex Data Lake, Panorama or to the managed Log Collectors, if configured, or you can query the
managed firewalls directly. For example, you can generate reports about traffic, threat, and/or user activity
in the managed network based on logs stored on Panorama (and the managed collectors) or by accessing
the logs stored locally on the managed firewalls, or in the Cortex Data Lake.
If you don’t Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama or the Cortex Data Lake, you can schedule reports to
run on each managed firewall and forward the results to Panorama for a combined view of user activity and
network traffic. Although reports don’t provide a granular drill-down on specific information and activities,
they still provide a unified monitoring approach.
• Managed Collectors and Collector Groups
• Local and Distributed Log Collection
• Caveats for a Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors
• Log Forwarding Options
• Centralized Reporting
Managed Collectors and Collector Groups

Panorama uses Log Collectors to aggregate logs from managed firewalls. When generating reports,
Panorama queries the Log Collectors for log information, providing you visibility into all the network activity
that your firewalls monitor. Because you use Panorama to configure and manage Log Collectors, they are
also known as managed collectors. Panorama can manage two types of Log Collectors:
• Local Log Collector—This type of Log Collector runs locally on the Panorama management server. Only
an M-600, M-500 appliance, M-200, M-100 appliance, or Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode
supports a local Log Collector.
If you forward logs to a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, it stores the logs
locally without a Log Collector.
• Dedicated Log Collector—This is an M-600, M-500, M-200, M-100 appliance or Panorama virtual
appliance in Log Collector mode. You can use an M-Series appliance in Panorama mode or a Panorama
virtual appliance in Panorama or Legacy (ESXi and vCloud Air) mode to manage Dedicated Log
Collectors. To use the Panorama web interface for managing Dedicated Log Collectors, you must add
them as managed collectors. Otherwise, administrative access to a Dedicated Log Collector is only
available through its CLI using the predefined administrative user (admin) account. Dedicated Log
Collectors don’t support additional administrative user accounts.
You can use either or both types of Log Collectors to achieve the best logging solution for your
environment (see Local and Distributed Log Collection).

A Collector Group is 1 to 16 managed collectors that operate as a single logical log collection unit. If the
Collector Group contains Dedicated Log Collectors, Panorama uniformly distributes the logs across all
the disks in each Log Collector and across all Log Collectors in the group. This distribution optimizes the
available storage space. To enable a Log Collector to receive logs, you must add it to a Collector Group.
You can enable log redundancy by assigning multiple Log Collectors to a Collector Group (see Caveats for a
Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors). The Collector Group configuration specifies which managed
firewalls can send logs to the Log Collectors in the group.
To configure Log Collectors and Collector Groups, see Manage Log Collection.
Local and Distributed Log Collection

Before you Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama, you must decide whether to use local Log Collectors,
Dedicated Log Collectors, or both.
A local Log Collector is easy to deploy because it requires no additional hardware or virtual machine
instance. In a high availability (HA) configuration, you can send logs to the local Log Collector on both
Panorama peers; the passive Panorama doesn’t wait for failover to start collecting logs.
For local log collection, you can also forward logs to a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy
mode, which stores the logs without using a Log Collector as a logical container.
Dedicated Log Collectors are M-600, M-500, M-200, or M-100 appliances in Log Collector mode. Because
they perform only log collection, not firewall management, Dedicated Log Collectors allow for a more
robust environment than local Log Collectors. Dedicated Log Collectors provide the following benefits:
• Enable the Panorama management server to use more resources for management functions instead of
logging.
• Provide high-volume log storage on a dedicated hardware appliance.
• Enable higher logging rates.
• Provide horizontal scalability and redundancy with RAID 1 storage.
• Optimize bandwidth resources in networks where more bandwidth is available for firewalls to send logs
to nearby Log Collectors than to a remote Panorama management server.
• Enable you to meet regional regulatory requirements (for example, regulations might not allow logs to
leave a particular region).
Distributed Log Collection illustrates a topology in which the Panorama peers in an HA configuration
manage the deployment and configuration of firewalls and Dedicated Log Collectors.
You can deploy the Panorama management server in an HA configuration but not the
Dedicated Log Collectors.

Figure 4: Distributed Log Collection
Caveats for a Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors

You can Configure a Collector Group with multiple Log Collectors (up to 16) to ensure log redundancy,
increase the log retention period, and accommodate logging rates that exceed the capacity of a single
Log Collector (see Panorama Models for capacity information). In any single Collector Group, all the Log
Collectors must run on the same Panorama model: all M-600 appliances, all M-500 appliances, all, M-200
appliances all M-100 appliances, or all Panorama virtual appliances. For example, if a single managed firewall
generates 48TB of logs, the Collector Group that receives those logs will require at least six Log Collectors
that are M-100 appliances or two Log Collectors that are M-500 appliances or Panorama virtual appliances.
A Collector Group with multiple Log Collectors uses the available storage space as one logical unit and
uniformly distributes the logs across all its Log Collectors. The log distribution is based on the disk capacity
of the Log Collectors (see Panorama Models) and a hash algorithm that dynamically decides which Log
Collector owns the logs and writes to disk. Although Panorama uses a preference list to prioritize the list of
Log Collectors to which a managed firewall can forward logs, Panorama does not necessarily write the logs
to the first Log Collector specified in the preference list. For example, consider the following preference list:
Managed Firewall Log Forwarding Preference List Defined in a Collector Group
FW1 L1,L2,L3
FW2 L4,L5,L6
Using this list, FW1 will forward logs to L1 so long as that primary Log Collector is available. However,
based on the hash algorithm, Panorama might choose L2 as the owner that writes the logs to its disks. If L2
becomes inaccessible or has a chassis failure, FW1 will not know because it can still connect to L1.

Figure 5: Example - Typical Log Collector Group Setup
In the case where a Collector Group has only one Log Collector and the Log Collector fails, the firewall
stores the logs to its HDD/SSD (the available storage space varies by firewall model). As soon as
connectivity is restored to the Log Collector, the firewall resumes forwarding logs where it left off before
the failure occurred.
In the case of a Collector Group with multiple Log Collectors, the firewall does not buffer logs to its local
storage if only one Log Collector is down. In the example scenario where L2 is down, FW1 continues
sending logs to L1, and L1 stores the log data that would be sent to L2. Once L2 is back up, L1 no longer
stores log data intended for L2 and distribution resumes as expected. If one of the Log Collectors in a
Collector Group goes down, the logs that would be written to the down Log Collector are redistributed to
the next Log Collector in the preference list.
Figure 6: Example - When a Log Collector Fails
Palo Alto Networks recommends the following mitigations if using multiple Log Collectors in a Collector
Group:
• Enable log redundancy when you Configure a Collector Group. This ensures that no logs are lost if any
one Log Collector in the Collector Group becomes unavailable. Each log will have two copies and each
copy will reside on a different Log Collector. Log redundancy is available only if each Log Collector has
the same number of logging disks.
Because enabling redundancy creates more logs, this configuration requires more
storage capacity. When a Collector Group runs out of space, it deletes older logs.
Enabling redundancy doubles the log processing traffic in a Collector Group, which
reduces its maximum logging rate by half, as each Log Collector must distribute a copy of
each log it receives.
• Obtain an On-Site-Spare (OSS) to enable prompt replacement if a Log Collector failure occurs.
• In addition to forwarding logs to Panorama, configure forwarding to an external service as backup
storage. The external service can be a syslog server, email server, SNMP trap server, or HTTP server.

Log Forwarding Options
By default, each firewall stores its log files locally. To use Panorama for centralized log monitoring and
report generation, you must Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama. Panorama supports forwarding logs
to either a Log Collector, the Cortex Data Lake, or both in parallel. You can also use external services for
archiving, notification, or analysis by forwarding logs to the services directly from the firewalls or from
Panorama. External services include the syslog servers, email servers, SNMP trap servers, or HTTP-based
services. In addition to forwarding firewall logs, you can forward the logs that the Panorama management
server and Log Collectors generate. The Panorama management server, Log Collector, or firewall that
forwards the logs converts them to a format that is appropriate for the destination (syslog message, email
notification, SNMP trap, or HTTP payload).
Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Panorama support the following log forwarding options. Before choosing
an option, consider the logging capacities of your Panorama Models and Determine Panorama Log Storage
Requirements.
• Forward logs from firewalls to Panorama and from Panorama to external services—This configuration is
best for deployments in which the connections between firewalls and external services have insufficient
bandwidth to sustain the logging rate, which is often the case when the connections are remote. This
configuration improves firewall performance by offloading some processing to Panorama.
You can configure each Collector Group to forward logs to different destinations.
Figure 7: Log Forwarding to Panorama and then to External Services
• Forward logs from firewalls to Panorama and to external services in parallel—In this configuration, both
Panorama and the external services are endpoints of separate log forwarding flows; the firewalls don’t
rely on Panorama to forward logs to external services. This configuration is best for deployments in
which the connections between firewalls and external services have sufficient bandwidth to sustain the
logging rate, which is often the case when the connections are local.

Figure 8: Log Forwarding to External Services and Panorama in Parallel
Centralized Reporting
Panorama aggregates logs from all managed firewalls and enables reporting on the aggregated data for
a global view of application use, user activity, and traffic patterns across the entire network. As soon as
the firewalls are added to Panorama, the ACC can display all traffic traversing your network. With logging
enabled, clicking into a log entry in the ACC provides direct access to granular details about the application.
For generating reports, Panorama uses two sources: the local Panorama database and the remote firewalls
that it manages. The Panorama database refers to the local storage on Panorama that is allocated for storing
both summarized logs and some detailed logs. If you have a distributed Log Collection deployment, the
Panorama database includes the local storage on Panorama and all the managed Log Collectors. Panorama
summarizes the information—traffic, application, threat— collected from all managed firewalls at 15-minute
intervals. Using the local Panorama database allows for faster response times, however, if you prefer to not
forward logs to Panorama, Panorama can directly access the remote firewall and run reports on data that is
stored locally on the managed firewalls.
Panorama offers more than 40 predefined reports that can be used as is, or they can be customized by
combining elements of other reports to generate custom reports and report groups that can be saved.
Reports can be generated on demand, on a recurring schedule, and can be scheduled for email delivery.
These reports provide information on the user and the context so that you correlate events and identify
patterns, trends, and potential areas of interest. With the integrated approach to logging and reporting, the
ACC enables correlation of entries from multiple logs relating to the same event.
For more information, see Monitor Network Activity.

User-ID Redistribution Using Panorama
One of the key benefits of the Palo Alto Networks firewall is that it can enforce policies and generate
reports based on usernames instead of IP addresses. The challenge for large-scale networks is ensuring
every firewall that enforces policies and generates reports has the IP address-to-username mappings for
your entire user base. Additionally, every firewall that enforces Authentication Policy requires a complete,
identical set of authentication timestamps for your user base. Whenever users authenticate to access
services and applications, individual firewalls record the associated timestamps but don’t automatically
share them with other firewalls to ensure consistency. User-ID™ solves these challenges for large-scale
networks by enabling you to redistribute information (user mappings and timestamps). However, instead of
setting up extra connections to redistribute the User-ID information between firewalls, you can leverage
your Panorama and distributed log collection infrastructure to Redistribute User-ID Information to Managed
Firewalls. The infrastructure has existing connections that enable you to redistribute User-ID information in
layers, from firewalls to Log Collectors to Panorama. Panorama can then redistribute the information to the
firewalls that enforce policies and generate reports for all your users.
Each firewall, Log Collector, or Panorama management server can receive User-ID information from up
to 100 redistribution points. The redistribution points can be Windows-based User-ID agents or other
firewalls, Log Collectors, and Panorama management servers. Panorama and Log Collectors as User-ID
Redistribution Points illustrates a redistribution sequence where the firewalls perform user mapping by
directly monitoring information sources such as directory servers and syslog senders. However, you can
also use Windows-based User-ID agents to perform the mapping and redistribute the information to
firewalls. Only the firewalls record authentication timestamps when user traffic matches Authentication
policy rules.
You can redistribute user mappings collected through any method except Terminal Services
(TS) agents. You cannot redistribute username-to-group mapping or HIP match information.
Figure 9: Panorama and Log Collectors as User-ID Redistribution Points

Role-Based Access Control
Role-based access control (RBAC) enables you to define the privileges and responsibilities of administrative
users (administrators). Every administrator must have a user account that specifies a role and authentication
method. Administrative Roles define access to specific configuration settings, logs, and reports within
Panorama and firewall contexts. For Device Group and Template administrators, you can map roles to
Access Domains, which define access to specific device groups, templates, and firewalls (through context
switching). By combining each access domain with a role, you can enforce the separation of information
among the functional or regional areas of your organization. For example, you can limit an administrator
to monitoring activities for data center firewalls but allow that administrator to set policies for test lab
firewalls. By default, every Panorama appliance (virtual appliance or M-Series appliance) has a predefined
administrative account (admin) that provides full read-write access (superuser access) to all functional areas
and to all device groups, templates, and firewalls. For each administrator, you can define an authentication
profile that determines how Panorama verifies user access credentials.
Instead of using the default account for all administrators, it is a best practice to create a
separate administrative account for each person who needs access to the administrative
or reporting functions on Panorama. This provides better protection against unauthorized
configuration changes and enables Panorama to log and identify the actions of each
administrator.
• Administrative Roles
• Authentication Profiles and Sequences
• Access Domains
• Administrative Authentication
Administrative Roles
You configure administrator accounts based on the security requirements of your organization, any existing
authentication services that your network uses, and the required administrative roles. A role defines the
type of system access that is available to an administrator. You can define and restrict access as broadly
or granularly as required, depending on the security requirements of your organization. For example, you
might decide that a data center administrator can have access to all device and networking configurations,
but a security administrator can control only security policy definitions, while other key individuals can have
limited CLI or XML API access. The role types are:
• Dynamic Roles—These are built-in roles that provide access to Panorama and managed firewalls. When
new features are added, Panorama automatically updates the definitions of dynamic roles; you never
need to manually update them. The following table lists the access privileges associated with dynamic
roles.
Dynamic Role Privileges
Superuser Full read-write access to Panorama
Superuser (read-only) Read-only access to Panorama
Panorama Full access to Panorama except for the following actions:

administrator
• Create, modify, or delete Panorama or firewall administrators and roles.
• Export, validate, revert, save, load, or import a configuration in the Device >
Setup > Operations page.

Dynamic Role Privileges
• Configure Scheduled Config Export functionality in the Panorama tab.
• Admin Role Profiles—To provide more granular access control over the functional areas of the web
interface, CLI, and XML API, you can create custom roles. When new features are added to the product,
you must update the roles with corresponding access privileges: Panorama does not automatically
add new features to custom role definitions. You select one of the following profile types when you
Configure an Admin Role Profile.
Admin Role Profile Description
Panorama For these roles, you can assign read-write access, read-only access, or no
access to all the Panorama features that are available to the superuser dynamic
role except the management of Panorama administrators and Panorama roles.
For the latter two features, you can assign read-only access or no access, but
you cannot assign read-write access.
An example use of a Panorama role would be for security administrators who
require access to security policy definitions, logs, and reports on Panorama.
Device Group and For these roles, you can assign read-write access, read-only access, or no
Template access to specific functional areas within device groups, templates, and firewall
contexts. By combining these roles with Access Domains, you can enforce
the separation of information among the functional or regional areas of your
organization. Device Group and Template roles have the following limitations:
• No access to the CLI or XML API
• No access to configuration or system logs
• No access to VM information sources
• In the Panorama tab, access is limited to:
• Device deployment features (read-write, read-only, or no access)
• The device groups specified in the administrator account (read-write,
read-only, or no access)
• The templates and managed firewalls specified in the administrator
account (read-only or no access)
An example use of this role would be for administrators in your operations
staff who require access to the device and network configuration areas of the
web interface for specific device groups and/or templates.
Authentication Profiles and Sequences

An authentication profile defines the authentication service that validates the login credentials of
administrators when they access Panorama. The service can be local authentication or an external
authentication service. Some services (SAML, TACACS+, and RADIUS) provide the option to manage both
authentication and authorization for administrative accounts on the external server instead of on Panorama.
In addition to the authentication service, the authentication profile defines options such as Kerberos single
sign-on (SSO) and SAML single logout (SSO).
Some networks have multiple databases (such as TACACS+ and LDAP) for different users and user groups.
To authenticate administrators in such cases, configure an authentication sequence—a ranked order of
authentication profiles that Panorama matches an administrator against during login. Panorama checks

against each profile in sequence until one successfully authenticates the administrator. An administrator is
denied access only if authentication fails for all the profiles in the sequence.
Access Domains
Access domains control administrative access to specific Device Groups and templates, and also control
the ability to switchcontext to the web interface of managed firewalls. Access domains apply only to
administrators with Device Group and Template roles. Mapping Administrative Roles to access domains
enables very granular control over the information that administrators access on Panorama. For example,
consider a scenario where you configure an access domain that includes all the device groups for firewalls
in your data centers and you assign that access domain to an administrator who is allowed to monitor data
center traffic but who is not allowed to configure the firewalls. In this case, you would map the access
domain to a role that enables all monitoring privileges but disables access to device group settings.
You configure access domains in the local Panorama configuration and then assign them to administrative
accounts and roles. You can perform the assignment locally or use an external SAML, TACACS+, or RADIUS
server. Using an external server enables you to quickly reassign access domains through your directory
service instead of reconfiguring settings on Panorama. To use an external server, you must define a server
profile that enables Panorama to access the server. You must also define Vendor-Specific Attributes (VSAs)
on the RADIUS or TACACS+ server, or SAML attributes on the SAML IdP server.
For example, if you use a RADIUS server, you would define a VSA number and value for each administrator.
The value defined has to match the access domain configured on Panorama. When an administrator tries to
log in to Panorama, Panorama queries the RADIUS server for the administrator access domain and attribute
number. Based on the response from the RADIUS server, the administrator is authorized for access and
is restricted to the firewalls, virtual systems, device groups, and templates that are assigned to the access
domain.
For the relevant procedures, see:
• Configure an Access Domain.
• Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators.
• Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators.
• Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators.
Administrative Authentication
You can configure the following types of authentication and authorization (Administrative Roles and Access
Domains) for Panorama administrators:
Authentication Authorization Description

Method Method
Local Local The administrative account credentials and authentication mechanisms

are local to Panorama. You use Panorama to assign administrative roles
and access domains to the accounts. To further secure the accounts,
you can create a password profile that defines a validity period for
passwords and set Panorama-wide password complexity settings. For
details, see Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama
Administrators.
SSH Keys Local The administrative accounts are local to Panorama, but authentication
to the CLI is based on SSH keys. You use Panorama to assign
administrative roles and access domains to the accounts. For details, see

Authentication Authorization Description
Method Method
Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the
CLI.
Certificates Local The administrative accounts are local to Panorama, but authentication
to the web interface is based on client certificates. You use Panorama
to assign administrative roles and access domains to the accounts. For
details, see Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based
Authentication for the Web Interface.
External Local The administrative accounts you define locally on Panorama serve
service as references to the accounts defined on an external Multi-Factor
Authentication, SAML, Kerberos, TACACS+, RADIUS, or LDAP server.
The external server performs authentication. You use Panorama to
assign administrative roles and access domains to the accounts. For
details, see Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama
Administrators.
External External The administrative accounts are defined only on an external SAML,
service TACACS+, or RADIUS server. The server performs both authentication
and authorization. For authorization, you define Vendor-Specific
Attributes (VSAs) on the TACACS+ or RADIUS server, or SAML
attributes on the SAML server. Panorama maps the attributes to
administrator roles and access domains that you define on Panorama.
For details, see:
• Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators
• Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators
• Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators

Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview
Operations
When you are ready to activate changes that you made to the candidate configuration on Panorama or to
push changes to the devices that Panorama manages (firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances and
appliance clusters), you can Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes. For example, if you add
a Log Collector to the Panorama configuration, firewalls cannot send logs to that Log Collector until you
commit the change to Panorama and then push the change to the Collector Group that contains the Log
Collector.
You can filter changes by administrator or location and then commit, push, validate, or preview only those
changes. The location can be specific device groups, templates, Collector Groups, Log Collectors, shared
settings, or the Panorama management server.
When you commit changes, they become part of the running configuration. Changes that you haven’t
committed are part of the candidate configuration. Panorama queues commit requests so that you can
initiate a new commit while a previous commit is in progress. Panorama performs the commits in the order
they are initiated but prioritizes auto-commits that are initiated by Panorama (such as FQDN refreshes).
However, if the queue already has the maximum number of administrator-initiated commits (10), you must
wait for Panorama to finish processing a pending commit before initiating a new one. You can Use the
Panorama Task Manager ( ) to cancel pending commits or to see details about commits that are
pending, in progress, completed, or failed. To check which changes a commit will activate, you can run a
commit preview.
When you initiate a commit, Panorama checks the validity of the changes before activating them. The
validation output displays conditions that block the commit (errors) or that are important to know
(warnings). For example, validation could indicate an invalid route destination that you need to fix for the
commit to succeed. The validation process enables you to find and fix errors before you commit (it makes
no changes to the running configuration). This is useful if you have a fixed commit window and want to be
sure the commit will succeed without errors.
For details on candidate and running configurations, see Manage Panorama and Firewall
Configuration Backups.
To prevent multiple administrators from making configuration changes during concurrent
sessions, see Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes.
When pushing configurations to managed devices, Panorama pushes the running
configuration. Because of this, Panorama does not let you push changes to managed
devices until you first commit the changes to Panorama.

Plan Your Panorama Deployment
Determine the management approach. Do you plan to use Panorama to centrally configure and manage
the policies, to centrally administer software, content and license updates, and/or centralize logging and
reporting across the managed firewalls in the network?
If you already deployed and configured the Palo Alto Networks firewalls on your network, determine
whether to transition the firewalls to centralized management. This process requires a migration of
all configuration and policies from your firewalls to Panorama. For details, see Transition a Firewall to
Panorama Management.
Verify the Panorama and firewall software versions. Panorama can manage firewalls running PAN-
OS versions that match the Panorama version or are earlier than the Panorama version. For example,
Panorama 8.0 cannot manage firewalls running PAN-OS 8.1. Additionally, Panorama 8.1 cannot manage
firewalls running PAN-OS 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 and cannot manage firewalls that run a later PAN-OS
version than the Panorama version.
Plan to use the same URL filtering database (BrightCloud or PAN-DB) across all managed firewalls. If
some firewalls are using the BrightCloud database and others are using PAN-DB, Panorama can only
manage security rules for one or the other URL filtering database. URL filtering rules for the other
database must be managed locally on the firewalls that use that database.
Determine your authentication method between Panorama and its managed devices and high availability
peer. By default, Panorama uses predefined certificates to authenticate the SSL connections used for
management and inter-device communication. However, you can configure custom certificate-based
authentication to enhance the security of the SSL connections between Panorama, firewalls, and log
collectors. By using custom certificates, you can establish a unique chain of trust to ensure mutual
authentication between Panorama and the devices it manages. You can import the certificates from your
enterprise public key infrastructure (PKI) or generate it on Panorama.
Plan to use Panorama in a high availability configuration; set it up as an active/passive high availability
pair. See Panorama High Availability.
Plan how to accommodate network segmentation and security requirements in a large-scale
deployment. By default, Panorama running on an M-Series appliance uses the management (MGT)
interface for administrative access to Panorama and for managing devices (firewalls, Log Collectors, and
WildFire appliances and appliance clusters), collecting logs, communicating with Collector Groups, and
deploying software and content updates to devices. However, to improve security and enable network
segmentation, you can reserve the MGT interface for administrative access and use dedicated M-Series
Appliance Interfaces (Eth1, Eth2, Eth3, Eth4, and Eth5) for the other services.
For meaningful reports on network activity, plan a logging solution:
• Verify the resource allocation for your Panorama virtual appliance deployed in Log Collector mode
on AWS or Azure. The Panorama virtual appliance does not retain Log Collector mode if resized. This
results in log data loss.
• Estimate the log storage capacity your network needs to meet security and compliance requirements.
Consider such factors as the logging capacities of your Panorama Models, network topology, number
of firewalls sending logs, type of log traffic (for example, URL Filtering and Threat logs versus Traffic
logs), the rate at which firewalls generate logs, and the number of days for which you want to store
logs on Panorama. For details, see Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements.
• Do you need to forward logs to external services (such as a syslog server) in addition to Panorama?
See Log Forwarding Options.
• Do you want to own or manage your own log storage on premises, or do you want to leverage the
Cortex Data Lake provided by Palo Alto Networks?
• If you need a long-term storage solution, do you have a Security Information and Event Management
(SIEM) solution, such as Splunk or ArcSight, to which you can forward logs?
• Do you need redundancy in logging?

If you configure a Collector Group with multiple Log Collectors, you can enable redundancy to ensure
that no logs are lost if any one Log Collector becomes unavailable (see Caveats for a Collector Group
with Multiple Log Collectors).
If you deploy Panorama virtual appliances in Legacy mode in an HA configuration, the managed
firewalls can send logs to both HA peers so that a copy of each log resides on each peer. This
redundancy option is enabled by default (see Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults).
• Will you log to a Network File System (NFS)? If the Panorama virtual appliance is in Legacy mode and
does not manage Dedicated Log Collectors, NFS storage is the only option for increasing log storage
capacity beyond 8TB. NFS storage is available only if Panorama runs on an ESXi server. If you use
NFS storage, keep in mind that the firewalls can send logs only to the primary peer in the HA pair;
only the primary peer is mounted to the NFS and can write to it.
Determine which role-based access privileges administrators require to access managed firewalls and
Panorama. See Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama.
Plan the required Device Groups. Consider whether to group firewalls based on function, security policy,
geographic location, or network segmentation. An example of a function-based device group is one
that contains all the firewalls that a Research and Development team uses. Consider whether to create
smaller device groups based on commonality, larger device groups to scale more easily, or a Device
Group Hierarchy to simplify complex layers of administration.
Plan a layering strategy for administering policies. Consider how firewalls inherit and evaluate policy
rules within the Device Group Hierarchy, and how to best implement shared rules, device-group rules,
and firewall-specific rules to meet your network needs. For visibility and centralized policy management,
consider using Panorama for administering rules even if you need firewall-specific exceptions for shared
or device group rules. If necessary, you can Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls within a device
group.
Plan the organization of your firewalls based on how they inherit network configuration settings from
Templates and Template Stacks. For example, consider assigning firewalls to templates based on
hardware models, geographic proximity, and similar network needs for time zones, a DNS server, and
interface settings.

Deploy Panorama: Task Overview
The following task list summarizes the steps to get started with Panorama. For an example of how to use
Panorama for central management, see Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama.
STEP 1 | (M-Series appliance only) Rack mount the appliance.
STEP 2 | Perform initial configuration to enable network access to Panorama. See Set Up the Panorama
Virtual Appliance or Set Up the M-Series Appliance.
STEP 3 | Register Panorama and Install Licenses.
STEP 4 | Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
STEP 5 | (Recommended) Set up Panorama in a high availability configuration. See Panorama High
Availability.
STEP 6 | Add a Firewall as a Managed Device.
STEP 7 | Add a Device Group or Create a Device Group Hierarchy, Add a Template, and (if applicable)
Configure a Template Stack.
STEP 8 | (Optional) Configure log forwarding to Panorama and/or to external services. See Manage Log
Collection.
STEP 9 | Monitor Network Activity using the visibility and reporting tools on Panorama.

Set Up Panorama
For centralized reporting and cohesive policy management across all the firewalls on your
network, you can deploy the Panorama™ management server as a virtual appliance or as a
hardware appliance (the M-100, M-200, M-500 or M-600 appliance).
M-100 appliances are supported in PAN-OS 9.0 only if they have been
upgraded to 32GB memory from the default 16GB. See M-100 Memory
Upgrade Guide for more information.
The following topics describe how to set up Panorama on your network:
> Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements

> Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance
> Set Up the M-Series Appliance
> Register Panorama and Install Licenses
> Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama
> Transition to a Different Panorama Model
> Access and Navigate Panorama Management Interfaces
> Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama
> Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates
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Determine Panorama Log Storage
Requirements
When you Plan Your Panorama Deployment, estimate how much log storage capacity Panorama requires
to determine which Panorama Models to deploy, whether to expand the storage on those appliances
beyond their default capacities, whether to deploy Dedicated Log Collectors, and whether to Configure
Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations. When log storage reaches the maximum capacity,
Panorama automatically deletes older logs to create space for new ones.
Perform the following steps to determine the approximate log storage that Panorama requires. For details
and use cases, refer to Panorama Sizing and Design Guide.
STEP 1 | Determine the log retention requirements of your organization.

Factors that affect log retention requirements include:
• IT policy of your organization
• Log redundancy—If you enable log redundancy when you Configure a Collector Group, each log will
have two copies, which doubles your required log storage capacity.
• Regulatory requirements, such as those specified by the Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS), Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA).
If your organization requires the removal of logs after a certain period, you can set the
expiration period for each log type. You can also set a storage quota for each log type as
a percentage of the total space if you need to prioritize log retention by type. For details,
see Manage Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports.
STEP 2 | Determine the average daily logging rates.

Do this multiple times each day at peak and non-peak times to estimate the average. The more often you
sample the rates, the more accurate your estimate.
1. Display the current log generation rate in logs per second:
• If Panorama is not yet collecting logs, access the CLI of each firewall, run the following command,
and calculate the total rates for all the firewalls. This command displays the number of logs
received in the last second.
> debug log-receiver statistics
• If Panorama is already collecting logs, run the following command at the CLI of each appliance
that receives logs (Panorama management server or Dedicated Log Collector) and calculate the
total rates. This command gives the average logging rate for the last five minutes.
> debug log-collector log-collection-stats show incoming-logs
You can also use an SNMP manager to determine the logging rates of Log Collectors
(see the panLogCollector MIB, OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.1.1.6) and firewalls (see the
panDeviceLogging, OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.7).
2. Calculate the average of the sampled rates.
3. Calculate the daily logging rate by multiplying the average logs-per-second by 86,400.
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STEP 3 | Estimate the required storage capacity.
This formula provides only an estimate; the exact amount of required storage will differ
from the formula result.
Use the formula:

<required_storage_duration> x <average_log_size> x <average_logging_rate>
The average log size varies considerably by log type. However, you can use 500 bytes as an approximate
average log size.
For example, if Panorama must store logs for 30 days and the average total logging rate for all
firewalls is 21,254,400 logs per day, then the required log storage capacity is: 30 x 500 x 21,254,400 =
318,816,000,000 bytes (approximately 318GB).
STEP 4 | Next steps...

If you determine that Panorama requires more log storage capacity:
• Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
• Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.

Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance
The Panorama virtual appliance enables you to use your existing VMware virtual infrastructure to centrally
manage and monitor Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Dedicated Log Collectors. You can install the virtual
appliance on an ESXi server, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
Platform (GCP), KVM, Hyper-V, or in vCloud Air. In addition to or instead of deploying Dedicated Log
Collectors, you can forward firewall logs directly to the Panorama virtual appliance. For greater log storage
capacity and faster reporting, you have the option to switch the virtual appliance from Legacy mode to
Panorama mode and configure a local Log Collector. For more details about the Panorama virtual appliance
and its modes, see Panorama Models.
These topics assume you are familiar with the public and private hypervisor products
required to create the virtual appliance, and don’t cover any related concepts or terminology.
• Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance

• Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector
• Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector
• Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
• Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode
• Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Increase CPUs and Memory on the Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup
Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance

Complete the following tasks before you Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance:
Use your browser to access the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site and Register Panorama
You will need the Panorama serial number that you received in the order fulfillment email. After
registering Panorama, you can access the Panorama software downloads page.
Review the supported Panorama hypervisors to verify the hypervisor meets the minimum version
requirements to deploy Panorama.
If you will install Panorama on a VMware ESXi server, verify that the server meets the minimum
requirements as listed in the System Requirements for the Panorama Virtual Appliance. These
requirements apply to Panorama 5.1 and later releases. The requirements vary based on whether you
will run the virtual appliance in Panorama mode or Management Only mode. For details on the modes,
see Panorama Models.
If you install Panorama on VMware vCloud Air, you set the system settings during
installation.
Review the minimum resource requirements for deploying the Panorama virtual appliance on Amazon
Web Services (AWS), AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Hyper-V, KVM, and
VMware ESXi to ensure that the virtual machine meets the minimum required resources for the desired
mode (Panorama, Management Only, or Log Collector). The minimum resource requirements for the
Panorama virtual appliance are designed to help you achieve the maximum number of logs per second
(LPS) for log collection in Panorama and Log Collector mode. If you add or remove virtual logging disks that
results in a configuration that does not meet or exceed the number of virtual logging disks recommended
(below), your LPS will be reduced.

If the minimum resource requirements are not met for Panorama mode when you Install the Panorama
Virtual Appliance, Panorama defaults to Management Only mode for all supported public (AWS, AWS
GovCloud, Azure, and GCP) and private (Hyper-V, KVM, and VMware ESXi) hypervisors. If the minimum
resource requirements are not met for Management Only mode, Panorama defaults to Maintenance
mode for all supported public hypervisors, Hyper-V, and KVM. If the minimum resource requirements for
Management Only mode are not met when you Install Panorama on VMware, Panorama defaults to Legacy
mode.
It is recommended to deploy the Panorama management server in Panorama mode for

both device management and log collection capabilities. While still supported, Legacy
mode is not recommended for production environments but may still be used in lab or demo
environments. Additionally, you can no longer switch Panorama to Legacy mode. For more
information on supported modes, see Panorama Models.
Table 1: System Requirements for the Panorama Virtual Appliance
Requirements Panorama Virtual Appliance Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Virtual Appliance
in Management Only Mode Panorama Mode in Log Collector Mode
Virtual • VMware ESXi and vCloud Air—64-bit kernel-based VMware ESXi 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, or 6.7.
hardware The supported version of the virtual hardware family type (also known as the VMware
version virtual hardware version) on the ESXi server is vmx-09
• Hyper-V—Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V role or Hyper-V 2016
• KVM—Ubuntu version 16.04 or CentOS7
In Panorama mode, the virtual appliance running on any ESXi version supports up to 12
virtual logging disks with 2TB of log storage each, for a total maximum capacity of 24TB.
(VMware ESXi and vCloud Air only) In Legacy mode, the virtual appliance supports one
virtual logging disk. ESXi 5.5 and later versions supports one disk of up to 8TB. Earlier
ESXi versions support one disk of up to 2TB.
(ESXi and To install the Panorama virtual appliance and manage its resources, you must install a
vCloud Air VMware vSphere Client or VMware Infrastructure Client that is compatible with your
only) ESXi server.
Client
computer
System disk 81GB • 81GB • 81GB

For log storage, Panorama For log storage, Panorama
uses virtual logging disks uses virtual logging disks
instead of the system disk or instead of the system disk
an NFS datastore. or an NFS datastore.
CPUs, • Manage up to 500 • Up to 10,000 logs/sec: • Up to 15,000 log/sec

memory, managed devices
•16 CPUs • 16 CPUs
and logging
• 16 CPUs •32GB memory • 32GB memory
disks
• 32GB memory •4x2TB logging disks • 4x2TB logging disks
• Local log storage not •Manage up to 500 • Up to 25,000 logs/sec
supported managed devices
• 32 CPUs
• Manage up to 1,000 • Up to 20,000 log/sec
managed devices • 128GB memory
• 32 CPUs

Requirements Panorama Virtual Appliance Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Virtual Appliance
in Management Only Mode Panorama Mode in Log Collector Mode
• 32 CPUs • 128GB memory • 8x2TB logging disks
• 128GB memory • 8x2TB logging disks
• Local log storage not • Manage up to 1,000
supported managed devices
• To manage more than
1,000 firewalls, see
Increased Device
Management Capacity
Requirements.
Log storage Panorama in Management 2TB to 24TB 2TB to 24TB

capacity Only mode requires log
forwarding to a Dedicated
Log Collector.
Supported Interfaces
Interfaces can be used for device management, log collection, Collector Group communication, licensing
and software updates.
Function Amazon Web Microsoft Google KVM Hyper-V VMware

Services (AWS) and Azure Cloud (ESXi, vCloud
AWS GovCloud Platform Air)
(GCP)
Device MGT MGT MGT MGT Any Any Any

Management interface interface interface interface interface interface interface
only only only only supported supported supported
Device Log MGT MGT MGT MGT Any Any Any

Collection interface interface interface interface interface interface interface
only only only only supported supported supported
Collector MGT MGT MGT MGT Any Any Any

Group interface interface interface interface interface interface interface
Communication only only only only supported supported supported
Licensing MGT MGT MGT MGT Any Any Any

and Software interface interface interface interface interface interface interface
Updates only only only only supported supported supported
Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance

Before installation, decide whether to run the virtual appliance in Panorama mode, Management
Only mode, Log Collector mode, or Legacy mode (VMware only). Each mode has different resource
requirements, as described in Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance. You must complete
the prerequisites before starting the installation.

As a best practice, install the virtual appliance in Panorama mode to optimize log storage
and report generation. For details on Panorama and Legacy mode, see Panorama Models.
• Install Panorama on VMware

• Install Panorama on AWS
• Install Panorama on AWS GovCloud
• Install Panorama on Azure
• Install Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
• Install Panorama on KVM
• Install Panorama on Hyper-V
Install Panorama on VMware

You can install the Panorama virtual appliance on the ESXi and vCloud Air VMware platforms.
• Install Panorama on an ESXi Server
• Install Panorama on vCloud Air
• Support for VMware Tools on the Panorama Virtual Appliance
Install Panorama on an ESXi Server
Use these instructions to install a new Panorama virtual appliance on a VMware ESXi server. For upgrades
to an existing Panorama virtual appliance, skip to Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
STEP 1 | Download the Panorama 9.0 base image Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file.
1. Go to the Palo Alto Networks software downloads site. (If you can’t log in, go to the Palo Alto
Networks Customer Support web site for assistance.)
2. In the Download column in the Panorama Base Images section, download the latest version of the
Panorama release OVA file (Panorama-ESX-9.0.0.ova).
STEP 2 | Install Panorama.

1. Launch the VMware vSphere Client and connect to the VMware server.
2. Select File > Deploy OVF Template.
3. Browse to select the Panorama OVA file and click Next.
4. Confirm that the product name and description match the downloaded version, and click Next.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the Panorama virtual appliance, and click Next.
6. Select a datastore location (system disk) on which to install the Panorama image. The system disk
must have exactly 81GB storage for the virtual appliance in Panorama mode and 52GB for the virtual
appliance in Legacy mode. After selecting the datastore, click Next.
7. Select Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed as the disk format, and click Next.
8. Specify which networks in the inventory to use for the Panorama virtual appliance, and click Next.
9. Confirm the selected options, click Finish to start the installation process, and click Close when it
finishes. Do not power on the Panorama virtual appliance yet.
STEP 3 | Configure resources on the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.
2. In the Hardware settings, allocate the CPUs and memory as necessary.
The virtual appliance boots up in Panorama mode if you allocate sufficient CPUs
and Memory and add a virtual logging disk (later in this procedure). Otherwise, the
appliance boots up in Legacy mode. For details on the modes, see Panorama Models.
3. Set the SCSI Controller to LSI Logic Parallel.
4. Add a virtual logging disk.

In Panorama mode, this step is required because the virtual appliance can store logs
only on a dedicated logging disk.
In Legacy mode, the appliance uses approximately 11GB on the system disk for logging by default, so
adding a dedicated logging disk to increase storage capacity is optional.
1. Add a disk, select Hard Disk as the hardware type, and click Next.
2. Create a new virtual disk and click Next.
3. Set the Disk Size to exactly 2TB.
In Panorama mode, you can later add additional logging disks (for a total of 12) with
2TB of storage each. Expanding the size of a logging disk that is already added to
Panorama is not supported.
4. Select your preferred Disk Provisioning disk format.
Consider your business needs when selecting the disk provisioning format. For more information
regarding the disk provisioning performance considerations, refer to the VMware Thick vs Thin
Disks and All Flash Arrays document, or additional VMware documentation.
When adding multiple logging disks, it is a best practice to select the same Disk
Provisioning format for all disks to avoid any unexpected performance issues that
may arise.
5. Select Specify a datastore or datastore structure as the location, Browse to a datastore that has
sufficient storage, click OK, and click Next.
6. Select a SCSI Virtual Device Node (you can use the default selection) and click Next.
Panorama will fail to boot if you select a format other than SCSI.
7. Verify that the settings are correct and click Finish.

5. Click OK to save your changes.
STEP 4 | Power on the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. In the vSphere Client, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On. Wait
for Panorama to boot up before continuing.
2. Verify that the virtual appliance is running in the correct mode:
1. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Open Console.
2. Enter your username and password to log in (default is admin for both).
3. Display the mode by running the following command:
> show system info
In the output, the system-mode indicates either panorama or legacy mode.
You are now ready to Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
Install Panorama on vCloud Air
Use these instructions to install a new Panorama virtual appliance in VMware vCloud Air. If you are
upgrading a Panorama virtual appliance deployed in vCloud Air, skip to Install Content and Software
Updates for Panorama.
STEP 1 | Download the Panorama 8.1 base image Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file.

1. Go to the Palo Alto Networks software downloads site. (If you can’t log in, go to the Palo Alto
Networks Customer Support web site for assistance.)
2. In the Download column in the Panorama Base Images section, download the Panorama 8.1 release
OVA file (Panorama-ESX-8.1.0.ova).
STEP 2 | Import the Panorama image to the vCloud Air catalog.

For details on these steps, refer to the OVF Tool User’s Guide.
1. Install the OVF Tool on your client system.
2. Access the client system CLI.
3. Navigate to the OVF Tool directory (for example, C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool).
4. Convert the OVA file to an OVF package:
ovftool.exe <OVA#file#pathname> <OVF#file#pathname>

5. Use a browser to access the vCloud Air web console, select your Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
location, and record the browser URL. You will use the URL information to complete the next
step. The URL format is: https://<virtual#cloud#location>.vchs.vmware.com/
compute/cloud/org/<vCloud#account#number>/#/catalogVAppTemplateList?
catalog=<catalog#ID>.
6. Import the OVF package, using the information from the vCloud Air URL to complete the
<virtual#cloud#location>, <vCloud#account#number>, and <catalog#ID> variables. The other
variables are your vCloud Air username and domain <user>@<domain>, a virtual data center
<datacenter>, and a vCloud Air template <template>.
ovftool.exe -st="OVF" "<OVF#file#pathname>"

"vcloud://<user>@<domain>:password@<virtual-cloud-
location>.vchs.vmware.com?vdc=<datacenter>&org=<vCloud-account-
number>&vappTemplate=<template>.ovf&catalog=default-catalog"
STEP 3 | Install Panorama.

1. Access the vCloud Air web console and select your Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand region.
2. Create a Panorama virtual machine. For the steps, refer to Add a Virtual Machine from a Template in
the vCloud Air Documentation Center. Configure the CPU, Memory and Storage as follows:
• Set the CPU and Memory based on whether the virtual appliance will be in Panorama mode or
Legacy mode: see CPUs and memory.
• Set the Storage to exactly 81GB for the virtual appliance in Panorama mode and 52GB for the
virtual appliance in Legacy mode. For better logging and reporting performance, select the SSD-
Accelerated option.
The Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode uses approximately 11GB for log storage. To
increase the log storage capacity, you must Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air. In
Panorama mode, the virtual appliance does not use the system disk for log storage; you must add
a virtual logging disk.
STEP 4 | Create vCloud Air NAT rules on the gateway to allow inbound and outbound traffic for the
Panorama virtual appliance.
Refer to Add a NAT Rule in the vCloud Air Documentation Center for the detailed instructions:
1. Add a NAT rule that allows Panorama to receive traffic from the firewalls and allows administrators
to access Panorama.
2. Add a NAT rule that allows Panorama to retrieve updates from the Palo Alto Networks update server
and to access the firewalls.

STEP 5 | Create a vCloud Air firewall rule to allow inbound traffic on the Panorama virtual appliance.
Outbound traffic is allowed by default.
Refer to Add a Firewall Rule in the vCloud Air Documentation Center for the detailed instructions.
STEP 6 | Power on the Panorama virtual appliance if it isn’t already on.

In the vCloud Air web console, select the Virtual Machines tab, select the Panorama virtual machine, and
click Power On.
You are now ready to Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
Support for VMware Tools on the Panorama Virtual Appliance

VMware Tools is bundled with the software image (ovf) for the Panorama virtual appliance. The support for
VMware Tools allows you to use the vSphere environment—vCloud Director and vCenter server—for the
following:
• View the IP address assigned to the Panorama management interface.
• View resource utilization metrics on hard disk, memory, and CPU. You can use these metrics to enable
alarms or actions on the vCenter server or vCloud Director.
• Graceful shutdown and restart of Panorama using the power off function on the vCenter server or
vCloud Director.
• Enables a heartbeat mechanism between the vCenter server and Panorama for verifying that Panorama
is functioning, or if the firewall/Panorama is rebooting. If the firewall goes into maintenance mode,
heartbeats are disabled so that the vCenter server does not shut down the firewall. Disabling heartbeats
allows the firewall to stay operational in maintenance mode when it cannot not send heartbeats to the
vCenter server.
Install Panorama on AWS

You can now deploy Panorama™ and a Dedicated Log Collector on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Panorama
deployed on AWS is Bring Your Own License (BYOL), supports all deployment modes (Panorama, Log
Collector, and Management Only), and shares the same processes and functionality as the M-Series
hardware appliances. For more information on Panorama modes, see Panorama Models.
STEP 1 | Log in to AWS Web Service console and select the EC2 Dashboard.
• Amazon Web Service Console
• AWS GovCloud Web Service Console
STEP 2 | Set up the VPC for your network needs.

Whether you launch the Panorama virtual appliance in an existing VPC or you create a new VPC, the
Panorama virtual appliance must be able to receive traffic from the EC2 instances and perform inbound
and outbound communication between the VPC and the internet.
Refer to the AWS VPC documentation for instructions on creating a VPC and setting it up for access.
1. Create a new VPC or use an existing VPC. Refer to the AWS Getting Started documentation.
2. Verify that the network and security components are appropriately defined.
• Enable communication to the internet. The default VPC includes an internet gateway and, if you
install the Panorama virtual appliance in the default subnet, the VPC can access to the internet.
• Create subnets. Subnets are segments of the IP address range assigned to the VPC in which you
can launch the EC2 instances. The Panorama virtual appliance must belong to the public subnet so
that you can configure it to access the internet.
• Create a Security Group as needed to manage inbound and outbound traffic from the EC2
instances or subnets.

• Add routes to the route table for a private subnet to ensure that you can route traffic can be
routed across subnets and security groups in the VPC as applicable.
STEP 3 | Deploy Panorama on Amazon Web Services.

1. On the EC2 Dashboard, click Instances > Launch Instance.
2. Select AWS Marketplace, search for Palo Alto Networks Panorama, and Select the Panorama
AMI and Continue.
3. Choose the EC2 instance type for allocating the resources required for the Panorama virtual
appliance, and click Next: Configure Instance Details. Review the Setup Prerequisites for the
Panorama Virtual Appliance for resource requirements.
If you plan to use the Panorama virtual appliance as a Dedicated Log Collector,
ensure that you configure the appliance with the required resources during initial
deployment. The Panorama virtual appliance does not remain in Log Collector mode if
you resize the virtual machine after you deploy it, and this results in a loss of log data.
4. Configure the instance details.
1. Select Next: Configure Instance Details.
2. Select the Network you created in the previous step or use the default VPC provided by AWS. If
3. Select the Subnet you created in the previous step or use the default subnets provided by AWS.
4. To Auto-assign Public IP select Enable.
This IP must be accessible by the firewalls you plan to manage using Panorama. This allows you
to obtain a publicly accessible IP address for the management interface of the Panorama virtual
appliance. You can later attach an Elastic IP address to the management interface. Unlike the
public IP address that is disassociated from the virtual appliance when the instance is terminated,
the Elastic IP address provides persistence and you can the IP address to a new (or replacement)
instance of the Panorama virtual appliance without the need to reconfigure the IP address
whenever the Panorama virtual appliance instance is powered off.
5. Configure any additional instance details as needed.
5. Configure the Panorama virtual appliance storage.
1. Select Next: Add Storage.
2. Add New Volume to add additional log storage.
If you intend to use the Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or as a Dedicated Log
Collector, add the virtual logging disks during the initial deployment. By default, the Panorama
virtual appliance is in Panorama mode for the initial deployment when you meet the Panorama
mode resource requirements and have added at least one virtual logging disk. Otherwise, the
Panorama virtual appliance defaults to Management Only mode. Change the Panorama virtual
appliance to Management Only mode if you just want to manage devices and Dedicated Log
Collectors, and to not collect logs locally.
The Panorama virtual appliance on AWS only supports 2TB logging disks, and in total supports
up to 24TB of log storage. You are unable to add a logging disk smaller than 2TB, or a logging
disk with a size not divisible by the 2TB logging disk requirement. The Panorama virtual appliance
partitions logging disks larger than 2TB into 2TB partitions.
6. (Optional) Select Next: Add Tags and add one or more tags as metadata to help you identify and
group the Panorama virtual appliance. For example, add a Name tag with a Value that helps you
identify which firewalls the Panorama virtual appliance manages.
7. Configure the instance security group.
1. Select Next: Configure Security Group.
2. Create a new Security Group or select an existing one with HTTPS and SSH enabled at a
minimum. This security group is for restricting access to the management interface.

8. Review and Launch the Panorama virtual appliance instance to verify that your selections are
accurate before you Launch.
9. Select an existing key pair or create a new one and acknowledge the disclaimer.
If you created a new key from AWS, download and save the key to a safe location.
The file extension is .pem. You must load the public key into PuTTYgen and save it in
.ppk format. You cannot regenerate this key if lost.
It takes about 30 minutes to finish deploying the Panorama virtual appliance after you launch it on
AWS. Deploying the Panorama virtual appliance may take longer depending on the number and
size of the disks attached to the instance. View the Launch Time by selecting the Panorama virtual
appliance instance (Instances).
ensure that you the appliance with the required resources. The Panorama virtual
appliance does not remain in Log Collector mode if you resize the virtual machine after
you deploy it, and this results in a loss of log data.
STEP 4 | Shut down the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. On the EC2 Dashboard, select Instances.
2. Select the Panorama virtual appliance and click Actions > Instance State > Stop.
STEP 5 | Create or assign an Elastic IP (EIP) address to the management interface.

Only the management interface is supported for log collection and device management.
1. In the AWS Console, select Elastic IPs and Allocate New Address.
2. Click Allocate to generate a new EIP address, click Actions, and Associate address.
3. Select Instance, select the Panorama virtual appliance instance to which to assign the EIP address,
and enter the Private IP address associated with the management interface and click Associate.

1. On the EC2 Dashboard, select Instance.
2. From the list, select the Panorama virtual appliance and click Actions > Instance State > Start.
STEP 7 | Configure a new administrative password for the Panorama virtual appliance.
You must configure a unique administrative password before you can access the web interface of the
Panorama virtual appliance. To access the CLI, the private key used to launch the Panorama virtual
appliance is required.
• If you have an SSH service installed on your computer:
1. Enter the following command to log into the Panorama virtual appliance:
ssh -i <private_key.ppk> admin@<public-ip_address>

2. Configure a new password using the following commands and follow the on screen prompts:
admin> configure
admin# set mgt-config users admin password
3. If you need to activate a BYOL, set the DNS server IP address so that the Panorama virtual appliance
can access the Palo Alto Networks licensing server. Enter the following command to set the DNS
server IP address:
admin# set deviceconfig system dns-setting servers primary <ip_address>

4. Commit your changes with the command:
admin# commit
5. Terminate the SSH session.
• If you are using PuTTY to SSH into the Panorama virtual appliance:
1. If you are using an existing key pair and have the .ppk file available, continue to the Step 7.3. If you
created a new key pair or have only the .pem file of the existing key pair, open PuTTYgen and Load
the .pem file.
2. Save the private key to a local accessible destination.
3. Open PuTTY and select SSH > Auth and then Browse to the .ppk file you saved in the previous step.

4. Select Sessions and enter the public IP address of the Panorama virtual appliance. Click Open and
click Yes when the security prompt appears.
5. Log in as admin when prompted.
6. Configure a new password using the following commands and follow the onscreen prompts:
admin> configure
7. Set the DNS server IP address so that the Panorama virtual appliance can access the Palo Alto
Networks licensing server. Enter the following command to set the DNS server IP address:

admin# commit
STEP 8 | Activate the device management license and support license on the Panorama virtual
appliance.
• Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-
connected
• Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is not
Internet-connected
• Activate a Panorama Support License
STEP 9 | Complete configuring the Panorama virtual appliance for your deployment needs.
• (Management Only mode) Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode.
• (Log Collector mode) Begin at Step 6 to Switch from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode.
Enter the Public IP address of the Dedicated Log Collector when you Add the Log
Collector as a managed collector to the Panorama management server. You cannot
specify the IP Address, Netmask, or Gateway.
• (Panorama and Management Only mode) Configure a Managed Collector to add a Dedicated Log
Collector to the Panorama virtual appliance. Management Only mode does not support local log
collection, and requires a Dedicated Log Collector to store managed device logs.
Install Panorama on AWS GovCloud

You can now deploy Panorama™ and a Dedicated Log Collector on Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud.
AWS GovCloud is an isolated AWS region that meets the regulatory and compliance requirements of
the US government agencies and customers. Panorama deployed on AWS GovCloud is Bring Your Own
License (BYOL), supports all deployment modes (Panorama, Log Collector, and Management Only). For
more information on Panorama modes, see Panorama Models.
To secure your workloads that contain all categories of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) data
and government-oriented, publicly available data in the AWS GovCloud (US) region, the Panorama virtual
appliance provides the same security features offered in the standard AWS public cloud on AWS GovCloud.
The Panorama virtual appliance on AWS GovCloud and the standard AWS public cloud support the same
features and capabilities.

Review the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance to review the supported EC2 instance
types. Once you are ready, refer to Install Panorama on AWS to install the Panorama virtual appliance on
AWS GovCloud.
See the following procedures to add additional logging storage to your Panorama virtual appliance, or to
increase the allocated CPU cores and memory:
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS
Install Panorama on Azure

You can now deploy Panorama™ and a Dedicated Log Collector on Microsoft Azure. Panorama deployed
on Azure is Bring Your Own License (BYOL), supports all deployment modes (Panorama, Log Collector, and
Management Only), and shares the same processes and functionality as the M-Series hardware appliances.
For more information on Panorama modes, see Panorama Models.
STEP 1 | Log into to the Microsoft Azure portal.
STEP 2 | Deploy the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. In the Azure Dashboard, select Virtual machines and Add a new virtual machine.
2. Search for Palo Alto Networks and select the latest Panorama virtual appliance image.
3. Create the Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 3 | Configure the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. Select your Azure Subscription.
2. Select the Azure Resource Group to contain all your Azure instance resources.
3. Enter a Virtual machine name for the Panorama virtual appliance.
4. Select the Region for the Panorama virtual appliance to be deployed in.
5. (Optional) Select the Availability options. See How to use availability sets for more information.
6. Select the Image used to deploy the Panorama management server. Browse all public and private
images to deploy the Panorama management server from the Panorama image on the Azure
marketplace.
7. Configure the Panorama virtual appliance size. Review the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama
Virtual Appliance for sizing requirements.
8. Enter a Username for the Panorama virtual appliance administrator. To ensure that your username is
secure, admin is not a valid entry.
9. Enter a Password or copy and paste an SSH public key for securing administrative access to the
10.Configure the Panorama virtual appliance instance Networking
1. Select an existing Virtual network or create a new virtual network.
2. Configure the Subnet. The subnet is dependent on the virtual network you selected or created in
the previous step. If you selected an existing virtual network, you can choose one of the subnets
for the selected virtual network.
3. Select an existing Public IP address or create a new one. This creates the management interface
used to access your Panorama virtual appliance.

Only the management interface is currently supported for log collection and device
management.
4. Select an existing NIC network security group or create a new security group. Network security
groups control traffic to the virtual machine. Make sure that HTTPS and SSH are allowed for the
Inbound rules.
11.Configure the instance Management settings.
1. Select whether to enable Auto-shutdown. Auto-shutdown allows you to configure a daily time
to automatically shut down the virtual machine that you disable auto-shutdown to avoid the
possibility that a new public IP address gets assigned to the virtual machine, that logs are dropped,
that logs are not or that you are unable to manage your firewalls while the Panorama virtual
appliance is shut down.
2. Select whether to enable boot Monitoring. Select the Diagnostic storage account if enabled.
Monitoring automatically sends boot-up diagnostic logs to your Diagnostics storage account. For
more information, see Overview of Monitoring in Microsoft Azure.
3. Configure any other settings as needed.
12.Review the summary, accept the terms of use and privacy policy, and Create the Panorama virtual
appliance.
STEP 4 | Verify that you the Panorama virtual appliance has been successfully deployed.
1. Select Dashboard > Resource Groups and select the resource group containing the Panorama virtual
appliance.
2. Under Settings, select Deployments for the virtual machine deployment status.
It takes about 30 minutes to deploy the Panorama virtual appliance. Launching the
Panorama virtual appliance may take longer depending on the resources configured
for the virtual machine. Microsoft Azure does not permit the ICMP protocol to test
whether it deployed successfully.
ensure that you correctly configured the appliance the required resources. The
Panorama virtual appliance does not remain in Log Collector mode if you resize the
virtual machine after you deploy it and this results in a loss of log data.
STEP 5 | Configure a static Public IP address.

1. On the Azure portal, select Virtual machines and select the Panorama virtual machine.
2. Select Overview and click the Public IP address.
3. Under Assignment, select Static and Save the new IP address configuration.
STEP 6 | Log in to the web interface of the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. On the Azure portal, in All Resources, select the Panorama virtual appliance and view the public IP
address located in the Overview section.

2. Use a secure (https) connection from your web browser to log in to the Panorama virtual appliance
using the public IP address.
3. Enter the username and password of the Panorama virtual appliance. You are prompted with a
certificate warning. Accept the certificate warning and continue to the web page.
appliance.
connected
Internet-connected
1. Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure. By default, the 81GB system disk is automatically created
during the initial deployment.
Adding a virtual logging disk is required before you can change the Panorama virtual appliance to
Panorama mode or Log Collector mode.
By default, the Panorama virtual appliance on Azure is in Management Only mode on initial
deployment. If you intend to use the Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or as a Dedicated
Log Collector, add the virtual logging disks after successfully deploying Panorama on Azure.
The Panorama virtual appliance on Azure only supports 2TB logging disks, and in total supports up
to 24TB of log storage. You are unable to add a logging disk smaller than 2TB, or a logging disk with
a size not divisible by the 2TB logging disk requirement. The Panorama virtual appliance partitions
logging disks larger than 2TB into 2TB partitions.
2. Change the Panorama virtual appliance mode.
By default, the Panorama virtual appliance on Azure is deployed in Management Only mode. To
change to Panorama mode or Log Collector mode, you must add at least one logging disk after the
initial deployment. Keep the Panorama virtual appliance set to Management Only mode if you just
want to manage devices and Dedicated Log Collectors and you do not want to collect logs locally.
• Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode.
Enter the Public IP address of the Dedicated Log Collector when you Add the
Log Collector as a managed collector to the Panorama management server. You
cannot specify the IP Address, Netmask, or Gateway.
3. (Panorama and Management Only mode) Configure a Managed Collector to add a Dedicated Log
collection and requires a Dedicated Log Collector to store managed device logs.
Install Panorama on Google Cloud Platform

You can now deploy Panorama™ and a Dedicated Log Collector on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Panorama
deployed on GCP is Bring Your Own License (BYOL), supports all deployment modes (Panorama, Log
Collector, and Management Only), and shares the same processes and functionality as the M-Series
hardware appliances. For more information on Panorama modes, see Panorama Models.
To deploy the Panorama virtual appliance on GCP, you need to build a custom image. To begin this process,
you must download the Panorama tar.gz from the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support portal and
upload it to a GCP storage bucket. You can then create the custom image and use the image to deploy the
Panorama virtual appliance on GCP.

STEP 1 | Download the Panorama virtual appliance image.
1. Log in to the Palo Alto Networks Support Portal.
2. Select Updates > Software Updates and filter by Panorama Base Images.
3. Download the latest version of the Panorama on GCP tar.gz image.
STEP 2 | Upload the Panorama virtual appliance image to the Google Cloud Platform.
1. Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
2. From the Products and Services menu, select Storage.
3. Click Create Bucket, configure the new storage bucket and click Create.
4. Select the storage bucket you created in the previous step, click Upload files, and select the
Panorama virtual appliance image you downloaded.
5. From the Products and Services menu, select Compute Engine > Images.
6. Click Create Image and create the Panorama virtual appliance image:
1. Name the Panorama virtual appliance image.
2. In the Source field, select Cloud Storage file from the drop-down menu.
3. Click Browse and navigate to the storage bucket where you uploaded the Panorama virtual
appliance image, and Select the uploaded image.
4. Create the Panorama virtual appliance image.

STEP 3 | Configure the Panorama virtual appliance.
1. From the Products and Services menu and select the Compute Engine.
2. Click Create Instance to begin deploying the Panorama virtual appliance.
3. Add a descriptive Name to easily identify the Panorama virtual appliance.
4. Select the Region and Zone where you want to deploy the Panorama virtual appliance.
5. Allocate the Machine Type and Customize the CPU cores, memory and CPU platform. Review the
Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance for minimum resource requirements.
The GCP zone selection determines the CPU platforms available to you. For more
information, refer to Regions and Zones for details.

6. For the Boot Disk, click Change > Custom image, select the Panorama image file you uploaded in
Step 2, and click Select.
7. Under Identity and API access, select Allow full access to all Cloud APIs.
8. Under Firewall, select Allow HTTPS traffic.
STEP 4 | Expand Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy .
STEP 5 | Enable access to the serial port so you can manage the Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Select Management.
2. Enter the following name-value pair as Metadata:
serial-port-enable true
STEP 6 | Reserve a static IP address for the management interface.

Reserve static internal and external IP addresses for the management interface in the event that if the
Panorama virtual appliance is rebooted, your managed devices do not lose connection to the Panorama
virtual appliance when the IP addresses are reassigned.
For more information on how to reserve IP addresses, refer to Reserving a Static Internal IP Address and
Reserving a Static External IP Address.
Only the single management interface is supported for log collection and device
management.
1. Select Networking.

2. Edit the network interface.
3. Select the Panorama virtual appliance Network.

4. Select the Panorama virtual appliance Subnetwork. Instances in the same subnetwork will
communicate with each other using their internal IP addresses.
5. Set the Primary internal IP address.
• Ephemeral (Automatic)— Automatically assign a primary internal IP address.
• Ephemeral (Custom)—Configure a custom IP range that GCP uses to assign a primary internal IP
address.
• Reserve a static internal IP address—Manually configure a static primary internal IP address.
6. Set the External IP address.
• Ephemeral—Automatically assign an external IP address from a shared IP pool.
• Select an existing reserved external IP address.
• Create IP address—Reserve an external IP address.
7. Set IP forwarding to On to allow the Panorama virtual appliance to receive packets from non-
matching destinations or source IP addresses.
STEP 7 | Configure the SSH key. You need an SSH key to access the Panorama virtual appliance CLI to
configure the administrative user password after the initial deployment.
1. Select Security.
2. Select the Block project-wide SSH keys box. Only instance keys are currently supported for logging
in to the Panorama virtual appliance after initial deployment.
3. Paste the SSH key in the comment box. For information on the correct SSH key format and how to
generate SSH keys for GCP, refer to Managing SSH keys in Metadata.
When generating the SSH key, save the private key in .ppk format. The private key is
required to log in to the Panorama virtual appliance after the initial deployment before
you can configure the administrative password.

STEP 8 | (Panorama and Log Collector mode) Add additional storage for log collection. Repeat this step as
needed to add additional virtual logging disks.
If you intend to use the Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or as a Dedicated Log Collector,
add the virtual logging disks during initial deployment. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is in
Panorama mode for the initial deployment when you meet the Panorama mode resource requirements
and have added at least one virtual logging disk. Otherwise, the Panorama virtual appliance defaults to
Management Only mode in which you can manage devices and Dedicated Log Collectors, and cannot
collect logs locally.
The Panorama virtual appliance on GCP only supports 2TB logging disks, and in total supports up to
24TB of log storage. You are unable to add a logging disk smaller than 2TB, or a logging disk with a size
not divisible by the 2TB logging disk requirement. The Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging
disks larger than 2TB into 2TB partitions.
1. Select Disks > Add new disk.
2. Enter the Name.

3. Expand the Type drop-down menu and select the desired type.
4. For the Source type, select Blank disk.
5. For the Mode, select Read/write.
6. Select the Deletion rule to configure whether to delete the virtual logging disk if the Panorama virtual
appliance instance is deleted. To
7. Set the Size (GB) of the virtual logging disk.
8. Set your preferred Encryption solution for the data on the virtual logging disk.
9. Click Done.

STEP 9 | Create the Panorama virtual appliance. The Panorama virtual appliances takes roughly 10
minutes to boot up after initial deployment.
STEP 10 | Configure a new administrative password for the Panorama virtual appliance.
You must configure a unique administrative password before you can access the web interface of
the Panorama virtual appliance. To access the CLI, use the private key to launch the Panorama virtual
appliance.
• If you have an SSH service installed on your computer:
1. Enter the following command to log into the Panorama virtual appliance:
ssh -i <private_key.ppk> admin@<public-ip_address>

2. Configure a new password using the following commands and follow the onscreen prompts:
admin> configure
3. If you have a BYOL that you need to, set the DNS server IP address so that the Panorama virtual
appliance can access the Palo Alto Networks licensing server. Enter the following command to set the
DNS server IP address:

4. Commit your changes:
admin# commit

• If you are using PuTTY to SSH into the Panorama virtual appliance:
1. If you are using an existing key pair and have the .ppk file available, continue to Step 11.3. If you
created a new key pair or only have the .pem file of the existing key pair, open PuTTYgen and Load
the .pem file.
2. Save the private key to a local accessible destination.
3. Open PuTTY and select SSH > Auth and Browse for the .ppk file saved in the previous step.
4. Select Sessions and enter the public IP address of the Panorama virtual appliance. Then Open and
click Yes when the security prompt appears.
5. Login as admin when prompted.
6. Configure a new password using the following commands and follow the on screen prompts:
admin> configure
7. Set the DNS server IP address so that the Panorama virtual appliance can access the Palo Alto
Networks licensing server. Enter the following command to set the DNS server IP address:

admin# commit
appliance.
connected
Internet-connected

Install Panorama on KVM

You can now deploy Panorama™ and a Dedicated Log Collector on KVM. Panorama deployed on KVM
is Bring Your Own License (BYOL), supports all deployment modes (Panorama, Log Collector, and
For more information on Panorama modes, see Panorama Models.
STEP 1 | Download the Panorama virtual appliance image for KVM.

2. Select Software Updates and find the Panorama for KVM Base image.
3. Download the latest available Panorama .qcow2 file.
STEP 2 | Create a new virtual machine image and add the Panorama virtual appliance image for KVM to
the Virtual Machine Manager.
1. On the Virtual Machine Manager, select Create a new virtual machine.
2. Select Import Existing disk image and click Forward.
3. Browse and select the Panorama virtual appliance image volume and Choose volume.
4. Click Forward.

STEP 3 | Configure the memory and CPU settings.
Review the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance for minimum resource requirements.
If you plan to use the Panorama virtual appliance as a Dedicated Log Collector, ensure
that you configure the appliance with the required resources during initial deployment.
The Panorama virtual appliance does not remain in Log Collector mode if you resize the
virtual machine after you deploy it, and this results in a loss of log data.
1. Configure the Memory based on the requirements for the desired operational mode.
The Virtual Machine Manager may use MiB (mebibyte) to allocate memory depending
on the version you are running. If MiB is used, be sure to correctly convert your
required memory allocation to avoid under provisioning the Panorama virtual
appliance.
2. Configure the CPU based on the requirements for the desired operational mode.
3. Click Forward.
STEP 4 | Name the Panorama virtual appliance, enable configuration customization, and select the
management interface bridge.
1. Enter a descriptive Name for the Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Customize configuration before install.
3. Make a Network selection—select the bridge for the management interface and accept the default
settings.
4. Click Finish.

STEP 5 | Configure the virtual system disk settings.
1. Select IDE Disk 1, go to Advanced options, and select the following:
• Disk Bus—VirtIO or IDE, depending on your configuration.
• Storage format—qcow2
2. Go to Performance options and set Cache mode to writethrough. This setting improves installation
time and execution speed on the Panorama virtual appliance.
3. Click Apply.
STEP 6 | Configure the virtual machine console display to use the VNC server to interact with the virtual
machine.
1. Select Display Spice.
Continue to the next step if Display VNC is listed in the Hardware list because the
virtual machine is already configured to use the VNC server for the display.
2. In the Type drop-down, select VNC server.
3. Click Apply.

STEP 7 | (Panorama and Log Collector mode) Add additional storage for log collection. Repeat this step as
needed to add additional virtual logging disks.
add the virtual logging disks during the initial deployment. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is
in Panorama mode for the initial deployment when you meet the Panorama mode resource requirements
Management Only mode. Change the Panorama virtual appliance to Management Only mode if you just
want to manage devices and Dedicated Log Collectors, and to not collect logs locally.
The Panorama virtual appliance on KVM only supports 2TB logging disks, and in total supports up to
24TB of log storage. You are unable to add a logging disk smaller than 2TB, or a logging disk with a size
not divisible by the 2TB logging disk requirement. The Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging
1. Add Hardware.
2. Configure the new Storage disk:
1. Create a disk image for a virtual machine and configure the virtual disk storage capacity to
14901.2 GiB (this is equivalent to 2TB).
The Virtual Machine Manager may use GiB (gibibyte) to allocate memory
depending on the version you are running. If GiB is used, be sure to correctly
convert the required storage capacity to avoid under provisioning the virtual logging
disk and sending the Panorama virtual appliance into maintenance mode.
2. Set the Device type to Disk device.
3. Set the Bus type to VirtIO or IDE, depending on your configuration.
4. Go to Advanced options and set Cache mode to writethrough.
3. Click Finish.

STEP 8 | Begin Installation ( ). The Panorama virtual appliances takes approximately 10
minutes to boot.
STEP 9 | Configure the network access settings for the management interface.
1. Open a connection to the console.
2. Log in to the firewall using the default username and password: admin/admin.
3. Enter configuration mode using the following command:
admin> configure
4. Use the following commands to configure and enable access to the management interface:
admin# set deviceconfig system type static

admin# set deviceconfig system ip-address <Panorama-IP> netmask <netmask>
default-gateway <gateway-IP> dns-setting servers primary <DNS-IP>
where <Panorama-IP> is the IP address you want to assign to the management interface, <netmask>
is the subnet mask, <gateway-IP> is the IP address of the network gateway, and <DNS-IP> is the IP
address of the DNS server.
admin# commit
appliance.
connected
Internet-connected

Install Panorama on Hyper-V

You can now deploy Panorama™ and a Dedicated Log Collector on Hyper-V. Panorama deployed on
Hyper-V is Bring Your Own License (BYOL), supports all deployment modes (Panorama, Log Collector, and
For more information on Panorama modes, see Panorama Models. Panorama virtual appliance and virtual
Dedicated Log Collector on Hyper-V is available only on PAN-OS 8.1.3 and later releases.
STEP 1 | Download the VHDX file.

2. Select Updates > Software Updates, filter by Panorama Base Images, and download the VHDX file.
STEP 2 | Set up any vSwitch(es) that you will need. For more information, review the Virtual Switch
Types for more information.
1. From Hyper-V Manager, select the host and select Action > Virtual Switch Manager to open the
Virtual Switch Manager window.
2. Under Create virtual switch, select the type of vSwitch to create and click Create Virtual Switch.
STEP 3 | Install the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. On the Hyper-V Manager, select the host and select Action > New > Virtual Machine. Configure the
following settings in the New Virtual Machine Wizard:
1. Choose a Name and Location for the Panorama virtual appliance. The Panorama virtual appliance
stores the VHDX file at the specified location.
2. Choose Generation 1. This is the default option and the only version supported.

3. For Startup Memory, assign the memory based on the intended system mode. See the Setup
Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance for the memory requirements for each mode.
Do not enable dynamic memory; the Panorama virtual appliance requires static
memory allocation.
4. Configure Networking. Select an external vSwitch to connect the management interface on the
firewall.
5. To connect the Virtual Hard Disk, select Use an existing virtual hard disk and browse to the
VHDX file you downloaded earlier.
6. Review the summary and click Finish.
STEP 4 | Allocate the Panorama virtual appliance CPU cores.

Review the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance for minimum resource requirements.
If you plan to use the Panorama virtual appliance as a Dedicated Log Collector, ensure
that you configure the appliance with the required resources during initial deployment.
The Panorama virtual appliance does not remain in Log Collector mode if you resize the
virtual machine after you deploy it, and this results in a loss of log data.
1. In the Hardware list, select Processor.

2. Edit the currently allocated Number of virtual processors.
STEP 5 | Connect at least one network adapter for the dataplane interface on the firewall. Repeat this to
create additional network interfaces on the Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Select Settings > Hardware > Add Hardware and select the Hardware type for your network
adapter.
Legacy Network Adapter and SR-IOV are not supported. If selected, the VM-Series
firewall will boot into maintenance mode.
2. Click OK.

STEP 6 | (Panorama and Log Collector mode) Add additional storage for log collection. Repeat this step
as needed to add additional virtual logging disks. If you want to deploy the Panorama virtual
appliance in Management Only mode, continue to Step 6.
add the virtual logging disks during the initial deployment. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is
in Panorama mode for the initial deployment when you meet the Panorama mode resource requirements
Management Only mode. Change the Panorama virtual appliance to Management Only mode if you just
want to manage devices and Dedicated Log Collectors, and to not collect logs locally.
The Panorama virtual appliance on Hyper-V only supports 2TB logging disks, and in total supports up
to 24TB of log storage. You are unable to add a logging disk smaller than 2TB, or a logging disk with a
size not divisible by the 2TB logging disk requirement. The Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging
1. On the Hyper-V Manager, select the host and select Action > New > Hard Disk.
2. If you see the Before You Begin prompt, click Next to begin adding the virtual logging disk.
3. For the Disk Format, select VHDX. Click Next. to continue
4. For the Disk Type, select Fixed Size or Dynamically Expanding based on your needs. Click Next to
continue.
5. Specify the Name and Location for the virtual logging disk file. Click Next to continue.
6. To configure the disk, select Create a new virtual hard disk and enter the disk size. Click Next to
continue.
7. Review the Summary and Finish adding the virtual hard logging disk.

1. Select the Panorama virtual appliance instance from the list of Virtual Machines.
2. Select Action > Start to power on the Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 8 | Configure the IP address of the management interface.

If you have a DHCP service enabled on the virtual switch network, you can skip this step.
1. In the Virtual Machines list, select the Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Select Actions > Connect and enter the username and password to log in (default is admin for both).
3. Enter the following commands, where <Panorama-IP> is the IP address you want to assign to the
Panorama management interface, <netmask> is the subnet mask, <gateway-IP> is the IP address of
the network gateway, and <DNS-IP> is the IP address of the DNS server:
admin> configure
admin# set deviceconfig system ip-address <Panorama-IP> netmask <netmask>
admin# commit
admin# exit

4. Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources to verify network access to external services
required for firewall management, such as the default gateway, DNS server, and the Palo Alto
Networks Update Server, as shown in the following example:
appliance.
connected
Internet-connected
Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance

Based on your Panorama model, use the AWS, Azure, or GCP web interface, KVM Virtual Machine
Manager, Hyper-V Manager, VMware vSphere Client, or vCloud Air web console to set up network access
to the Panorama virtual appliance. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is deployed in Panorama
mode. For unified reporting, consider using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC) as the uniform time zone across Panorama and all the managed firewalls and Log Collectors.

STEP 1 | Gather the required information from your network administrator.
Collect the following information for the management (MGT) interface:
IP address for the management (MGT) interface
Netmask
Default gateway
DNS server IP address
To complete the configuration of the MGT interface, you must specify the IP address,
netmask (for IPv4) or prefix length (for IPv6), and default gateway. If you omit settings
(such as the default gateway), you can access Panorama only through the console
port for future configuration changes. As a best practice, always commit a complete
MGT interface configuration.
STEP 2 | Access the console of the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. Access the console.
On an ESXi server:
1. Launch the VMware vSphere Client.
2. Select the Console tab for the Panorama virtual appliance and press enter to access the login
screen.
On vCloud Air:
2. Select the Virtual Machines tab, right-click the Panorama virtual machine, and select Open In
Console.
2. Enter your username and password to log in (default is admin for both).
On AWS, Azure, GCP, KVM, and Hyper-V:
• Log in to the Panorama CLI.
STEP 3 | Change the default administrator password.
Starting with PAN-OS 9.0.4, the predefined, default administrator password (admin/
admin) must be changed on the first login on a device. The new password must be
a minimum of eight characters and include a minimum of one lowercase and one
uppercase character, as well as one number or special character.
Be sure to use the best practices for password strength to ensure a strict password and
review the password complexity settings.
To ensure that the management interface remains secure, configure the Minimum
Password Complexity (Panorama > Setup > Management).
1. Click the admin link on the left side of the web interface footer.
2. Enter the Old Password and the New Password and record the new password in a safe location.
3. Click OK.
STEP 4 | Configure the network access settings for the MGT interface.
Panorama uses the MGT interface for management traffic, high availability synchronization, log
collection, and communication within Collector Groups.

1. Enter the following commands, where <Panorama-IP> is the IP address you want to assign to the
Panorama management interface, <netmask> is the subnet mask, <gateway-IP> is the IP address of
the network gateway, and <DNS-IP> is the IP address of the DNS server:
> configure
# set deviceconfig system ip-address <Panorama-IP> netmask <netmask>
# commit
# exit
2. Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources to verify network access to external services
required for firewall management, such as the default gateway, DNS server, and the Palo Alto
Networks Update Server, as shown in the following example:
STEP 5 | Configure the general settings.

1. Using a secure connection (HTTPS) from a web browser, log in to the Panorama web interface using
the IP address and password you assigned to the management interface (https://<IP address>).
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the General Settings.
3. Enter a Hostname for the server and enter the network Domain name. The domain name is just a
label; Panorama doesn’t use it to join the domain.
4. Align the clock on Panorama and the managed firewalls to use the same Time Zone, for example
GMT or UTC. If you plan to use the Cortex Data Lake, you must configure NTP so that Panorama can
stay in sync with the Cortex Data Lake.
Timestamps are recorded when Panorama receives the logs and the managed firewalls generate
the logs. Aligning the time zones on Panorama and the firewalls ensures that the timestamps are
synchronized and the process of querying logs and generating reports on Panorama is harmonious.
5. Enter the Latitude and Longitude to enable accurate placement of the Panorama management server
on the world map.
6. Enter the Serial Number you received in the order fulfillment email.

STEP 6 | (Optional) Modify the management interface settings.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Interfaces and click Management.
2. If your firewalls connect to the Panorama management server using a public IP address that is
translated to a private IP address (NAT), enter the public IP in the Public IP Address field, and the
private IP in the IP Address field to push both addresses to your firewalls.
3. Select which Network Connectivity Services to allow on the interface (such as SSH access).
Don’t select Telnet or HTTP. These services use plaintext and are less secure than
the other services.
4. Click OK to save your changes to the interface.
STEP 7 | Commit your configuration changes.

Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.

1. If necessary, Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
2. (Best Practice) Replace the default certificate that Panorama uses to secure HTTPS traffic over the
management (MGT) interface.
3. Activate a Panorama Support License
4. Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-
connected
5. Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
6. Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama.
Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector

If you want a dedicated virtual appliance for log collection, configure a Panorama virtual appliance on ESXi,
AWS, AWS GovCloud, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, KVM, or Hyper-V in Log Collector mode. To do
this, you first perform the initial configuration of the virtual appliance in Panorama mode, which includes
licensing, installing software and content updates, and configuring the management (MGT) interface.
You then switch the Panorama virtual appliance to Log Collector mode and complete the Log Collector
configuration. Additionally, if you want to use dedicated M-Series Appliance Interfaces (recommended)
instead of the MGT interface for log collection and Collector Group communication, you must first
configure the interfaces for the Panorama management server, then configure them for the Log Collector,
and then perform a Panorama commit followed by a Collector Group commit.
Perform the following steps to set up a new virtual appliance as a Log Collector or to convert an existing
virtual appliance that was previously deployed as a Panorama management server.
Switching the virtual appliance from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode reboots the
appliance, deletes the local Log Collector, deletes any existing log data, and deletes all
configurations except the management access settings. Switching the mode does not delete
licenses, software updates, or content updates.
STEP 1 | Set up the Panorama virtual appliance management server that will manage the Log Collector if
you have not already done so.
Perform one of the following tasks:
• Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Set Up the M-Series Appliance

STEP 2 | Record the management IP addresses of the Panorama management server.
If you deployed Panorama in a high availability (HA) configuration, you need the IP address of each HA
peer.
1. Log in to the web interface of the Panorama management server.
2. Record the IP Address of the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama by selecting Panorama >
Setup > Management and checking the Management Interface Settings.
3. For an HA deployment, record the Peer HA IP Address of the passive Panorama by selecting
Panorama > High Availability and checking the Setup section.
STEP 3 | Set up the Panorama virtual appliance that will serve as a Dedicated Log Collector.
If you previously deployed this appliance as a Panorama management server, you can skip this step
because the MGT interface is already configured and the licenses and updates are already installed.
The Panorama virtual appliance in Log Collector mode does not have a web interface for configuration
tasks, only a CLI. Therefore, before changing the mode on the Panorama virtual appliance, use the web
interface in Panorama mode to:
1. Set up the Panorama virtual appliance in one of the following supported hypervisors:
• Install Panorama on an ESXi Server
• Install Panorama on AWS.
• Install Panorama on AWS GovCloud
• Install Panorama on Azure.
• Install Panorama on Google Cloud Platform.
• Install Panorama on Hyper-V
2. Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
3. Register Panorama and Install Licenses.
STEP 4 | (Panorama on Azure only) Modify the admin password.

The Dedicated Log Collector supports only the admin Administrator user in order to change in to Log
Collector mode. Modify the admin password to allow you to log in using the admin Administrator user.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface.
2. Select Panorama > Administrators and select admin.
3. Enter the Password, Confirm Password and click OK.
4. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
STEP 5 | (Panorama on AWS and Azure only) Delete all users, except for the admin user.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface as admin.
2. Select Panorama > Administrators.
3. Select the existing Administrators, except admin, and Delete.
STEP 6 | Log in to the Panorama CLI.
STEP 7 | Switch from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode.

1. Switch to Log Collector mode by entering the following command:
> request system system-mode logger

2. Enter Y to confirm the mode change. The virtual appliance reboots. If the reboot process terminates
your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the virtual appliance to see the Panorama
login prompt.
If you see a CMS Login prompt, this means the Log Collector has not finished
rebooting. Press Enter at the prompt without typing a username or password.
3. Log back in to the CLI.
4. Verify that the switch to Log Collector mode succeeded:
> show system info | match system-mode
If the mode change succeeded, the output displays:
system-mode: logger
STEP 8 | Enable connectivity between the Log Collector and Panorama management server.
Enter the following commands at the Log Collector CLI, where <IPaddress1> is for the MGT interface of
the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama and <IPaddress2> is for the MGT interface of the passive
(HA) Panorama, if applicable.
> configure
# set deviceconfig system panorama-server <IPaddress1> panorama-
server-2 <IPaddress2>
# commit
# exit
STEP 9 | Record the serial number of the Log Collector.

You need the serial number to add the Log Collector as a managed collector on the Panorama
management server.
1. At the Log Collector CLI, enter the following command to display its serial number.
> show system info | match serial

2. Record the serial number.
STEP 10 | Add the Log Collector as a managed collector to the Panorama management server.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add a managed collector.
2. In the General settings, enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for the Log Collector.
3. In the Panorama Server IP field, enter the IP address or FQDN of the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA)
Panorama. For HA deployments, enter the IP address or FQDN of the passive Panorama peer in the
Panorama Server IP 2 field.
These IP addresses must specify a Panorama interface that has Device Management and Device
Log Collection services enabled. By default, these services are enabled only on the MGT interface.
However, you might have enabled the services on other interfaces when you Set Up the M-Series
Appliance that is a Panorama management server.
4. Select Interfaces, click Management, and enter the Public IP Addressof the Dedicated Log Collector.
5. Click OK twice to save your changes to the Log Collector.
6. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes to the Panorama configuration.

7. Verify that Panorama > Managed Collectors lists the Log Collector you added. The Connected
column displays a check mark to indicate that the Log Collector is connected to Panorama. You might
have to wait a few minutes before the page displays the updated connection status.
At this point, the Configuration Status column displays Out of Sync and the Run
Time Status column displays disconnected. The status will change to In Sync and
connected after you configure a Collector Group.
STEP 11 | Enable the logging disks.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and edit the Log Collector.
2. Select Disks and Add each disk.
STEP 12 | (Recommended) Configure the Ethernet1, Ethernet2, Ethernet3, Ethernet4, and Ethernet5
interfaces if the Panorama management server and Log Collector will use them for Device
Log Collection (receiving logs from firewalls) and Collector Group Communication.
If you previously deployed the Log Collector as a Panorama management server and configured these
interfaces, you must reconfigure them because switching to Log Collector mode would have deleted all
configurations except the management access settings.
1. Configure each interface on the Panorama management server (other than the MGT interface) if you
haven’t already:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Interfaces and click the Interface Name.
2. Select <interface-name> to enable the interface.
3. Complete one or both of the following field sets based on the IP protocols of your network:
• For ESXi
• IPv4—Public IP Address, IP Address, Netmask, and Default Gateway
IPv6—IPv6 Address/Prefix Length and Default IPv6 Gateway
• For AWS, Azure, and Google™ Cloud Platform
• Public IP address
4. Select the Device Management Services that the interface supports:
Device Management and Device Log Collection—You can assign one or more interfaces.
Collector Group Communication—You can assign only one interface.
Device Deployment (software and content updates)—You can assign only one interface.
2. Configure each interface on the Log Collector (other than the MGT interface):
2. Select Interfaces and click the name of the interface.
• For ESXi
• IPv4—Public IP Address, IP Address, Netmask, and Default Gateway
• For AWS and Azure
• Public IP address

Device Log Collection—You can assign one or more interfaces.
3. Click OK to save your changes to the Log Collector.
STEP 13 | (Optional) If your deployment is using custom certificates for authentication between
Panorama and managed devices, deploy the custom client device certificate. For more
information, see Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile and choose the certificate profile
from the drop-down or click New Certificate Profile to create one.
2. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication for a Log Collector.
3. Select the Secure Client Communication check box.
4. Select the type of device certificate the Type drop-down.
• If you are using a local device certificate, select the Certificate and Certificate Profile from the
respective drop-downs.
• If you are using SCEP as the device certificate, select the SCEP Profile and Certificate Profile from
the respective drop-downs.
5. Click OK.
STEP 14 | (Optional) Configure Secure Server Communication Sn a Log Collector. For more information,
see Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication.
2. Verify that the Custom Certificate Only check box is not selected. This allows you to continue
managing all devices while migrating to custom certificates.
When the Custom Certificate Only check box is selected, the Log Collector does not
authenticate and cannot receive logs from devices using predefined certificates.
3. Select the SSL/TLS service profile from the SSL/TLS Service Profile drop-down. This SSL/TLS service
profile applies to all SSL connections between the Log Collector and devices sending it logs.
4. Select the certificate profile from the Certificate Profile drop-down.
5. Select Authorize Client Based on Serial Number to have the server check clients against the serial
numbers of managed devices. The client certificate must have the special keyword $UDID set as the
CN to authorize based on serial numbers.
6. In Disconnect Wait Time (min), enter the number of minutes Panorama should wait before breaking
and reestablishing the connection with its managed devices. This field is blank by default and the
range is 0 to 44,640 minutes.
The disconnect wait time does not begin counting down until you commit the new
configuration.
7. (Optional) Configure an authorization list.
1. Click Add under Authorization List.
2. Select the Subject or Subject Alt Name as the Identifier type.
3. Enter an identifier of the selected type.
4. Click OK.
5. Select Check Authorization List to enforce the authorization list.
8. Click OK.
9. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama.

STEP 15 | Assign the Log Collector to a Collector Group.
1. Configure a Collector Group. You must perform a Panorama commit and then a Collector Group
commit to synchronize the Log Collector configuration with Panorama and to put the Eth1, Eth2,
Eth3, Eth4, and Eth5 interfaces (if you configured them) in an operational state on the Log Collector.
In any single Collector Group, all the Log Collectors must run on the same Panorama
model: all M-600 appliances, all M-500 appliances, all M-200 appliances, all M-100
appliances, or all Panorama virtual appliances.
As a best practice, Enable log redundancy across collectors if you add multiple Log
Collectors to a single Collector group. This option requires each Log Collector to have
2. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors to verify that the Log Collector configuration is synchronized
with Panorama.
The Configuration Status column should display In Sync and the Run Time Status column should
display connected.
3. Access the Log Collector CLI and enter the following command to verify that its interfaces are
operational:
> show interface all
The output displays the state as up for each interface that is operational.
4. If the Collector Group has multiple Log Collectors, Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources
to verify they can communicate with each other by performing a Ping connectivity test for each
interface that the Log Collectors use. For the source IP address, specify the interface of one of the
Log Collectors. For the host IP address, specify the matching interface of another Log Collector in
the same Collector Group.

To enable the Log Collector to receive firewall logs:
1. Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama.
2. Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama.
Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector

If the Panorama virtual appliance is in Legacy mode after you upgrade from a Panorama 8.0 or earlier
release to a Panorama 8.1 (or later) release, switch to Panorama mode in order to create a local Log
Collector, add multiple logging disks without losing existing logs. increase log storage up to 24TB, and
enable faster report generation.
Once you change from Legacy mode to Panorama mode, Legacy mode will no longer be
available.
After upgrading to Panorama 8.1, the first step is to increase the system resources on the virtual appliance
to the minimum required for Panorama mode. Panorama reboots when you increase resources, so perform
this procedure during a maintenance window. You must install a larger system disk (81GB), increase CPUs
and memory based on the log storage capacity, and add a virtual logging disk. The new logging disk must
have at least as much capacity as the appliance currently uses in Legacy mode and cannot be less than 2TB.
Adding a virtual disk enables you to migrate existing logs to the Log Collector and enables the Log Collector
to store new logs.

If Panorama is deployed in an HA configuration, perform the following steps on the secondary peer first and
then on the primary peer.
STEP 1 | Determine which system resources you need to increase before the virtual appliance can
operate in Panorama mode.
You must run the command specified in this step even if you have determined that
Panorama already has adequate resources.
1. Access the Panorama CLI:

1. Use terminal emulation software such as PuTTY to open an SSH session to the IP address that you
specified for the Panorama MGT interface.
2. Log in to the CLI when prompted.
2. Check the resources you must increase by running the following command:
> request system system-mode panorama
Enter y when prompted to continue. The output specifies the resources you must increase. For
example:
Panorama mode not supported on current system disk of size 52.0 GB.
Please attach a disk of size 81.0 GB, then use 'request system clone-
system-disk' to migrate the current system disk
Please add a new virtual logging disk with more than 50.00 GB of storage
capacity.
Not enough CPU cores: Found 4 cores, need 8 cores
STEP 2 | Increase the CPUs and memory, and replace the system disk with a larger disk.
1. Access the VMware ESXi vSphere Client, select Virtual Machines, right-click the Panorama virtual
appliance, and select Power > Power Off.
3. Select Memory and enter the new Memory Size.
4. Select CPUs and specify the number of CPUs (the Number of virtual sockets multiplied by the
Number of cores per socket).
5. Add a virtual disk.
You will use this disk to replace the existing system disk.
1. In the Hardware settings, Add a disk, select Hard Disk as the hardware type, and click Next.
3. Set the Disk Size to exactly 81GB and select the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed disk format.
4. Select Specify a datastore or datastore structure as the location, Browse to a datastore of at least
81GB, click OK, and click Next.
5. Select a SCSI Virtual Device Node (you can use the default selection) and click Next.
Panorama will fail to boot if you select a format other than SCSI.
6. Verify that the settings are correct and then click Finish and OK.
6. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On. Wait for Panorama to
reboot before continuing.
7. Return to the Panorama CLI and copy the data from the original system disk to the new system disk:

> request system clone-system-disk target sdb
Enter y when prompted to continue.

The copying process takes around 20 to 25 minutes, during which Panorama reboots. When the
process finishes, the output tells you to shut down Panorama.
8. Return to the vSphere Client console, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance, and select Power >
Power Off.
10.Select the original system disk, click Remove, select Remove from virtual machine, and click OK.
11.Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.
12.Select the new system disk, set the Virtual Device Node to SCSI (0:0), and click OK.
13.Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On. Before proceeding, wait for
Panorama to reboot on the new system disk (around 15 minutes).
STEP 3 | Add a virtual logging disk.

This is the disk to which you will migrate existing logs.
1. In the VMware ESXi vSphere Client, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power >
Power Off.
3. Repeat the steps to Add a virtual disk. Set the Disk Size to a multiple of 2TB based on the amount of
log storage you need. The capacity must be at least as large as the existing virtual disk or NFS storage
that Panorama currently uses for logs. The disk capacity must be a multiple of 2TB and can be up to
24TB. For example, if the existing disk has 5TB of log storage, you must add a new disk of at least
6TB.
After you switch to Panorama mode, Panorama will automatically divide the new disk into 2TB
partitions, each of which will function as a separate virtual disk.
4. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On. Wait for Panorama to
reboot before continuing.
STEP 4 | Switch from Legacy mode to Panorama mode.

After switching the mode, the appliance reboots again and then automatically creates a local Log
Collector and Collector Group. The existing logs won’t be available for querying or reporting until you
migrate them later in this procedure.
1. Return to the Panorama CLI and run the following command.
Enter y when prompted to continue. After rebooting, Panorama automatically creates a local Log
Collector (named Panorama) and creates a Collector Group (named default) to contain it. Panorama
also configures the virtual logging disk you added and divides it into separate 2TB disks. Wait for the
process to finish and for Panorama to reboot (around five minutes) before continuing.
2. Log in to the Panorama web interface.
3. In the Dashboard, General Information settings, verify that the Mode is now panorama.
In an HA deployment, the secondary peer is in a suspended state at this point because its mode
(Panorama) does not match the mode on the primary peer (Legacy). You will un-suspend the
secondary peer after switching the primary peer to Panorama mode later in this procedure.
4. Select Panorama > Collector Groupsto verify that the default collector group has been created, and
that the local Log Collector is part of the default collector group.

5. Push the configuration to the managed devices.
• If there are no pending changes:
1. Select Commit > Push to Devices and Edit Selections.
2. Select Collector Group and make sure the default collector group is selected.
3. Click OK and Push.
• If you have pending changes:
1. Select Commit > Commit and Push and Edit Selections.
2. Verify that your Device Group devices and Templates are included.
3. Select Collector Group and make sure the default collector group is selected.
4. Click OK and Commit and Push.
6. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and verify that the columns display the following information
for the local Log Collector:
• Collector Name—This defaults to the Panorama hostname. It should be listed under the default
Collector Group.
• Connected—Check mark
• Configuration Status—In sync
• Run Time Status—connected
STEP 5 | (HA only) Switch the primary Panorama from Legacy mode to Panorama mode.
This step triggers failover.
1. Repeat Step 1 through Step 4 on the primary Panorama.

Wait for the primary Panorama to reboot and return to an active HA state. If preemption is not
enabled, you must manually fail back: select Panorama > High Availability and, in the Operational
Commands section, Make local Panorama functional.
2. On the primary Panorama, select Dashboard and, in the High Availability section, Sync to peer, click
Yes, and wait for the Running Config to display Synchronized status.
3. On the secondary Panorama, select Panorama > High Availability and, in the Operational Commands
section, Make local Panorama functional.
This step is necessary to bring the secondary Panorama out of its suspended HA state.
STEP 6 | Migrate existing logs to the new virtual logging disks.

If you deployed Panorama in an HA configuration, perform this only on the primary peer.
1. Return to the Panorama CLI.
2. Start the log migration:
> request logdb migrate vm start
The process duration varies by the volume of log data you are migrating. To check the status of the
migration, run the following command:
> request logdb migrate vm status
When the migration finishes, the output displays: migration has been done.
3. Verify that the existing logs are available.

2. Select Panorama > Monitor, select a log type that you know matches some existing logs (for
example, Panorama > Monitor > System), and verify that the logs display.

Configure log forwarding to Panorama so that the Log Collector receives new logs from firewalls.
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode

Panorama mode allows the Panorama™ virtual appliance to operate as a Panorama management server
with local log collection capabilities. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is deployed in Panorama
mode when at least one virtual logging disk is attached to a Panorama virtual appliance on Amazon Web
Services (AWS), AWS GovCloud Azure, Google Cloud Platform, KVM, Hyper-V, ESXi or vCloud Air on initial
deployment.
STEP 2 | Switch to Panorama mode.

1. Change to Panorama mode:

2. Enter Y to confirm the mode change. The Panorama virtual appliance reboots. If the reboot process
terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the Panorama virtual appliance to
see the Panorama login prompt.
If you see a CMS Login prompt, this means the Panorama virtual appliance has not finished
STEP 3 | Verify that the switch to Panorama mode succeeded.

2. Verify that the switch to Panorama mode succeeded:
> system mode:panorama
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode

Management Only mode allows the Panorama virtual appliance to operate strictly as a Panorama
management server without local log collection capabilities. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is
in Panorama mode for the initial deployment. It is recommended to change the Panorama virtual appliance
to Management Only immediately after the initial deployment because changing to Management Only
mode requires that there are no logs being forwarded to the Panorama management server because the
Panorama virtual appliance in Management Only mode does not support log collection. After you change
to Management Only mode, any existing log data stored on the Panorama virtual appliance becomes
inaccessible, and the ACC and reporting features cannot query the logs stored on the Panorama virtual
appliance.

STEP 2 | Switch to Management Only mode.

1. Change to Management Only mode:
> request system system-mode management-only

2. Enter Y to confirm the mode change. The Panorama virtual appliance reboots. If the reboot process
terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the Panorama virtual appliance to
see the Panorama login prompt.
If you see a CMS Login prompt, this means the Panorama virtual appliance has not finished
STEP 3 | Verify that the switch to Management Only mode succeeded.

2. Verify that the switch to Management Only mode succeeded:
> system mode:management-only
Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance

After you Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance, the available log storage capacity
and the options for expanding it depend on the virtual platform (VMware ESXi, vCloud Air, AWS, AWS
GovCloud, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, KVM, or Hyper-V) and mode (Legacy, Panorama, or Log Collector
mode): see Panorama Models for details.
To expand the log storage capacity on the Panorama virtual appliance, you must add additional logging
disks. Expanding the log storage capacity of an existing logging disk is not supported, and Panorama does
not recognize the additional storage capacity. For example; if you added a 2TB logging disk, and then
expanded that existing logging disk to 4TB, Panorama continues to recognize the logging disk as having 2TB
of storage capacity and ignores the additional 2TB of storage capacity.
For additional log storage, you can also forward firewall logs to Dedicated Log Collectors
(see Configure a Managed Collector) or Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to
External Destinations.
Before expanding log storage capacity on Panorama, Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements.
• Preserve Existing Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on KVM
• Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Hyper-V
• Mount the Panorama ESXi Server to an NFS Datastore

Preserve Existing Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual
Appliance in Legacy Mode
The Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode can use only one virtual disk for logging. Therefore, if you
add a virtual disk that is dedicated for logging, Panorama stops using the default 11GB log storage on the
system disk and automatically copies any existing logs to the new logging disk. (Panorama continues using
the system disk for data other than logs.)
If you replace an existing dedicated logging disk of up to 2TB storage capacity with a disk of up to 8TB, you
will lose the logs on the existing disk. To preserve the logs, your choices are:
• Configure log forwarding to external destinations before you replace the virtual disk.
• Set up a new Panorama virtual appliance for the new 8TB disk and maintain access to the
Panorama containing the old disk for as long as you need the logs. To forward firewall logs to
the new Panorama virtual appliance, one option is to reconfigure the firewalls to connect with
the new Panorama IP address (select Device > Setup > Management and edit the Panorama
Settings), add the firewalls as managed devices to the new Panorama, and Configure Log
Forwarding to Panorama. To reuse the old Panorama IP address on the new Panorama, another
option is to export the configuration of the old Panorama and then import and load the
configuration on the new Panorama.
• Copy logs from the old disk to the new disk. Copying can take several hours, depending on
how many logs the disk currently stores, and Panorama cannot collect logs during the process.
Contact Palo Alto Networks Customer Support for instructions.
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server

To expand log storage capacity on the Panorama virtual appliance, you can add virtual logging disks. If the
appliance is in Panorama mode, you can add 1 to 12 virtual logging disks of 2TB each, for a maximum total
of 24TB. If the appliance is in Legacy mode, you can add one virtual logging disk of up to 8TB on ESXi 5.5
and later versions or one disk of up to 2TB on earlier ESXi versions. Additionally, it is recommended to add
logging disks with the same disk provisioning format to avoid any unexpected performance that may arise
from having multiple disk with different provisioning formats.
If Panorama loses connectivity to the new virtual disk, Panorama might lose logs during the
failure interval.
To allow for redundancy, use the virtual disk in a RAID configuration. RAID10 provides the
best write performance for applications with high logging characteristics.
If necessary, you can Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server.
STEP 1 | Add additional disks to Panorama
In all modes, the first logging disk on the Panorama VM must be at least 2TB in order to
add additional disks. If the first logging disk is smaller than 2TB, you will be unable to add
additional disk space.
1. Access the VMware vSphere Client and select Virtual Machines.

2. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power off.
3. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Edit Settings.

4. Click Add in the Hardware tab to launch the Add Hardware wizard.
5. Select Hard Disk as the hardware type and click Next.
7. Set the Disk Size. If the Panorama virtual appliance is in Panorama mode, set the size to at least 2TB.
If the appliance is in Legacy mode, you can set the size to as much as 8TB.
In Panorama mode, you can add disk sizes larger than 2TB and Panorama will
automatically create as many 2TB partitions as possible. For example, if disk sdc was
24TB, it will create 12 2TB partitions. These disks will be named sdc1-12.
8. Select the Disk Provisioning format and click Next.
9. Specify a datastore or datastore structure, Browse to a datastore with enough space for the
specified Disk Size, click OK, and click Next.
10.Select a SCSI Virtual Device Node (you can use the default selection) and click Next.
The selected node must be in SCSI format; Panorama will fail to boot if you select
another format.
11.Verify that the settings are correct and then click Finish and OK.
The new disk appears in the list of devices for the virtual appliance.
12.Repeat Step 4 through Step 11 to add additional disks to the Panorama virtual appliance if necessary.
13.Right click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On. The virtual disk initializes
for first-time use. The size of the new disk determines how long initialization takes.
STEP 2 | Configure each disk.

The following example uses the sdc virtual disk.
1. Log in to the Panorama CLI.
2. Enter the following command to view the disks on the Panorama virtual appliance:
show system disk details
The user will see the following response:
Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Reason : Admin enabled
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Reason : Admin disabled
3. Enter the following command and confirm the request when prompted for all disks with the
Reason : Admindisabled response:
request system disk add sdc
The requestsystem disk add command is not available on a Panorama

management server in Management Only mode because logging is not supported in
this mode. If you do not see the command, Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in
Panorama Mode to enable the logging disks. Once in Panorama mode, Log in to the
Panorama CLI and continue to Step 4 to verify the disk addition.
4. Enter the show system disk details command to verify the status of the disk addition.
Continue to Step 3 when all newly added disk responses display Reason : Adminenabled.

STEP 3 | Make disks available for logging.
3. Select Disks and Add each newly added disk.
4. Click OK.
5. Select Commit > Commit and Push and Commit and Push your changes.
STEP 4 | Configure Panorama to receive logs.

This step is intended for new Panorama deployments in Panorama mode. If you are adding logging disks
to an existing Panorama virtual appliance, continue to Step 5.
1. Configure a Managed Collector.
2. Configure a Collector Group.
STEP 5 | Verify that the Panorama Log Storage capacity has been increased.
2. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and select the Collector Group that the Panorama virtual
appliance belongs to.
3. Verify that the Log Storage capacity accurately displays the disk capacity.
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air

You can add virtual logging disks to expand log storage capacity on the Panorama™ virtual appliance. If the
appliance is in Panorama mode, you can add 1 to 12 virtual logging disks of 2TB each up to a maximum of
24TB. If the appliance is in Legacy mode, you can add one virtual logging disk of up to 8TB.
If Panorama loses connectivity to the new virtual disk, Panorama might lose logs for the
duration of the failure.
If necessary, you can Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air.
STEP 1 | Add additional disks to Panorama.
In all modes, the first logging disk on the Panorama VM must be at least 2TB to add
additional disks. If the first logging disk is less than 2TB, you will be unable to add
additional disk space.
1. Access the vCloud Air web console and select your Virtual Private Cloud On Demand region.
2. Select the Panorama virtual appliance in the Virtual Machines tab.
3. Add another disk (Actions > Edit Resources).
4. Set the Storage size. If the Panorama virtual appliance is in Panorama mode, set the size to at least
2TB. If the appliance is in Legacy mode, you can set the size to as much as 8TB.
In Panorama mode, you can add disk sizes larger than 2TB and Panorama will
automatically create as many 2TB partitions as possible. For example, if disk sdc
was 24TB, Panorama will create 12 2TB partitions. These disks will be named sdc1
through sdc12.
5. Set the storage tier to Standard or SSD-Accelerated.
6. Repeat the previous steps to add additional disks to the Panorama virtual appliance as needed.
7. Save your changes.

Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Reason : Admin disabled response:
The request system disk add command is not available on a Panorama

Continue to the next step when all newly added disk responses display Reason : Admin
enabled.

3. Select Disks and Add each new disk.
4. Click OK.
STEP 4 | Configure Panorama to receive logs.

This step is intended for new Panorama deployments in Panorama mode. If you are adding logging disks
to an existing virtual Panorama appliance, continue to the next step.
1. Configure a Managed Collector.
STEP 5 | Verify that the Panorama Log Storage capacity has been increased.
2. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and select the Collector Group to which the virtual Panorama
appliance belongs.
3. Verify that the Log Storage capacity accurately displays your new disk capacity.

Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
After you Install Panorama on AWS or Install Panorama on AWS GovCloud, add virtual logging disks to
the Panorama™ virtual appliance instance to provide storage for logs generated by managed firewalls. You
can add virtual disks to a local log Collector for a Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or for a
Dedicated Log Collector. To add virtual disks, you must have access to the Amazon Web Service Console,
the Panorama command-line interface (CLI), and the Panorama web interface.
The Panorama virtual appliance on AWS supports only 2TB logging disks and, in total, supports up to 24TB
of log storage. You cannot add a logging disk smaller than 2TB or a logging disk of a size that is not evenly
divisible by 2TB because the Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging disks in to 2TB partitions. For
example, if you attach a 4TB logging disk, Panorama will create two 2TB partitions. However, you cannot
add a 5TB logging disk because the leftover 1TB is not supported as a partition.
STEP 2 | Add a virtual logging disk to Panorama.

1. On the EC2 Dashboard, select Volumes and Create Volume:
• Select your preferred Volume Type. For general purpose use, select General Purpose SSD (GP2).
• Configure the size of the volume.
• Select the same Availability Zone that your Panorama virtual appliance instance is located in.
• (Optional) Encrypt the volume.
• (Optional) Add tags to your volume.
2. Click Create Volume.
3. In the Volumes page, select the volume you, select Actions > Attach Volume.
4. Attach the Panorama virtual appliance Instance.


Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available

enabled.

2. Edit a Log Collector (Panorama > Managed Collectors).
4. Click OK.
STEP 5 | (New Panorama deployments in Panorama mode only) Configure Panorama to receive logs.
If you are adding logging disks to an existing Panorama virtual appliance, skip to step 6.
STEP 6 | Verify that the Panorama Log Storage capacity is increased.

2. Select the Collector Group to which the Panorama virtual appliance belongs (Panorama > Collector
Groups).
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure

After you Install Panorama on Azure, add virtual logging disks to the Panorama™ virtual appliance instance
to provide storage for logs generated by managed firewalls. You can add virtual disks to a local log Collector
for a Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or for a Dedicated Log Collector. To add virtual disks,

you must have access to the Microsoft Azure portal, the Panorama command-line interface (CLI), and the
Panorama web interface.
The Panorama virtual appliance on Azure supports only 2TB logging disks and, in total, supports up to 24TB
divisible by 2TB because the Panorama virtual appliance partition logging disks in to 2TB partitions. For
STEP 1 | Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
STEP 2 | Add a virtual logging disk to Panorama.

1. In the Azure Dashboard, select the Panorama Virtual Machines to which you want to add a logging
disk.
2. Select Disks.
3. +Add data disk.
4. In the drop-down for the new disk, Create disk.
5. Configure the logging disk.

1. Enter the disk Name.
2. Select the Resource group. If you Create new resource groups, enter the group name.
3. Verify the Account type (this field is automatically populated).
4. In the Source type drop-down, select None (empty disk).
5. Specify the Size (GiB) of the logging disk as 2046 GiB.
6. Create and then Save the new logging disk.

STEP 3 | Enable each disk.
Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available


enabled.

2. Edit a Log Collector (Panorama > Managed Collectors)
4. Click OK.

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Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform

After you Install Panorama on Google Cloud Platform, add virtual logging disks to the Panorama™ virtual
appliance instance to provide storage for logs generated by managed firewalls. You can add virtual disks to
a local log Collector for a Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or for a Dedicated Log Collector.
The Panorama virtual appliance on Google Cloud Platform supports only 2TB logging disks and, in total,
supports up to 24TB of log storage. You cannot add a logging disk smaller than 2TB or a logging disk of a
size that is not evenly divisible by 2TB because the Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging disks in
to 2TB partitions. For example, if you attach a 4TB logging disk, Panorama will create two 2TB partitions.
However, you cannot add a 5TB logging disk because the leftover 1TB is not supported as a partition.
STEP 1 | Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
STEP 2 | Add the virtual logging disk.

1. In the Products & Services menu, select and then Edit the Panorama virtual appliance instance
(Compute Engine > VM Instances).
2. In the Additional Disks section, Add Item.
3. Create disk (Name drop-down).
STEP 3 | Configure the virtual logging disks.

1. Enter the Name.
2. Expand the Disk Type drop-down menu and select the desired type.
3. For the Source type, select None (blank disk).
4. Set the Size (GB) of the virtual logging disk.
5. Click Create.

6. Save the changes to update the Panorama virtual appliance instance.

Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available

enabled.

4. Click OK.

Groups).
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on KVM

After you Install Panorama on KVM, add virtual logging disks to the Panorama™ virtual appliance instance
to provide storage for logs generated by managed firewalls. You can add virtual disks to a local log Collector
for a Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or for a Dedicated Log Collector. The Panorama virtual
appliance on KVM supports only 2TB logging disks and, in total, supports up to 24TB of log storage. You
cannot add a logging disk smaller than 2TB or a logging disk of a size that is not evenly divisible by 2TB
because the Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging disks in to 2TB partitions. For example, if you
attach a 4TB logging disk, Panorama will create two 2TB partitions. However, you cannot add a 5TB logging
disk because the leftover 1TB is not supported as a partition.
STEP 1 | Shutdown the Panorama virtual appliance instance on the Virtual Machine Manager.
STEP 2 | Double-click the Panorama virtual appliance instance in the Virtual Machine Manager and
Show virtual hardware details .
STEP 3 | Add the virtual logging disk. Repeat this step as many times as needed.
1. Create a disk image for a virtual image (Add Hardware > Storage) and configure the virtual disk
storage capacity to the appropriate 2TB value:2000GB or 14901.2GiB depending on your Virtual
Machine Manager.
Depending on the version, some Virtual Machine Managers use GiB (gibibyte) to
allocate memory. Be sure you correctly convert the required storage capacity to avoid

under provisioning the virtual logging disk and sending the Panorama virtual appliance
into maintenance mode.
2. In the Device type drop-down, select Disk device.
3. In the Bus type drop-down, select VirtIO or IDE based on your configuration.
4. Expand Advanced options and, in the Cache mode drop-down, select writethrough.
5. Click Finish.
STEP 4 | Power on the Panorama virtual appliance instance.

Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available


enabled.

4. Click OK.

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Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Hyper-V

After you Install Panorama on Hyper-V, add virtual logging disks to the Panorama™ virtual appliance
instance to provide storage for logs generated by managed firewalls. You can add virtual disks to a local
log Collector for a Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or for a Dedicated Log Collector. The
Panorama virtual appliance on Hyper-V supports only 2TB logging disks and, in total, supports up to 24TB
divisible by 2TB because the Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging disks in to 2TB partitions. For
STEP 1 | Power off the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. On the Hyper-V Manager, select the Panorama virtual appliance instance from the list of Virtual
Machines.
2. Select Action > Turn Off to power off the Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 2 | Add the virtual logging disk. Repeat this step as many times as needed.
1. Select the Panorama virtual appliance from the list of Virtual Machines, and select Action > Settings.
2. In the Hardware list, select IDE Controller 0.
3. From the IDE Controller drives list, select Hard Drive and Add the new virtual logging disk.

4. Select the new Hard Drive created under IDE Controller 0.
5. Under Media, add a New hard disk.
STEP 3 | Configure the new virtual logging disk.

1. If you see the Before You Begin prompt, click Next to begin adding the virtual logging disk
2. For the Disk Format, select VHDX. Click Next to continue
3. For the Disk Type, select Fixed Size or Dynamically Expanding based on your needs. Click Next to
continue.
4. Specify the Name and Location for the virtual logging disk file. Click Next to continue.
5. To configure the disk, select Create a new virtual hard disk and enter the disk size. Click Next to
continue.

6. Review the Summary and Finish adding the virtual hard logging disk.
7. Apply the new hard disk addition.


Name
: sdb
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available
Name : sdc
State : Present
Size : 2048 MB
Status : Available


enabled.

4. Click OK.
If you are adding logging disks to an existing Panorama virtual appliance, skip to Step 8.

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Mount the Panorama ESXi Server to an NFS Datastore

When the Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode runs on an ESXi server, mounting to a Network File
System (NFS) datastore enables logging to a centralized location and expanding the log storage capacity
beyond what a virtual disk supports. (ESXi 5.5 and later versions can support a virtual disk of up to 8TB.
Earlier ESXi versions support a virtual disk of up to 2TB.) Before setting up an NFS datastore in a Panorama
high availability (HA) configuration, see Logging Considerations in Panorama HA.
The Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode does not support NFS.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and, in the Miscellaneous section, click Storage
Partition Setup.
STEP 2 | Set the Storage Partition type to NFS V3.
STEP 3 | Enter the IP address of the NFS Server.
STEP 4 | Enter the Log Directory path for storing the log files. For example, export/panorama.
STEP 5 | For the Protocol, select TCP or UDP, and enter the Port for accessing the NFS server.
To use NFS over TCP, the NFS server must support it. Common NFS ports are UDP/TCP
111 for RPC and UDP/TCP 2049 for NFS.

STEP 6 | For optimal NFS performance, in the Read Size and Write Size fields, specify the maximum size
of the chunks of data that the client and server pass back and forth to each other. Defining a
read/write size optimizes the data volume and speed in transferring data between Panorama
and the NFS datastore.
STEP 7 | (Optional) Select Copy On Setup to copy the existing logs stored on Panorama to the NFS
volume. If Panorama has a lot of logs, this option might initiate the transfer of a large volume of
data.
STEP 8 | Click Test Logging Partition to verify that Panorama can access the NFS Server and Log
Directory.
STEP 9 | Click OK to save your changes.
STEP 10 | Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes. Until you reboot, the
Panorama virtual appliance writes logs to the local storage disk.
STEP 11 | Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and select Reboot Panorama in the Device
Operations section. After rebooting, Panorama starts writing logs to the NFS datastore.
Increase CPUs and Memory on the Panorama Virtual Appliance

When you Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance, you specify the memory and
number of CPUs based on whether the appliance is in Panorama mode or Management Only mode and
based on the log storage capacity or number of managed firewalls. If you later add storage capacity or
managed firewalls, you must also increase the memory and CPUs. A Panorama virtual appliance in Log
Collector mode must meet the system requirements, and does not need to have the CPU and memory
increased beyond the minimum requirement. Review the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual
Appliance for the CPU and memory requirements for each Panorama mode.
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on an ESXi Server
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on vCloud Air
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Azure
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on KVM
• Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Hyper-V
Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on an ESXi Server

For the minimum CPUs and memory that Panorama requires, see Increase CPUs and Memory on the
Panorama Virtual Appliance.
STEP 1 | Access the VMware vSphere Client and select Virtual Machines.
STEP 2 | Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power Off.
STEP 3 | Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Edit Settings.
STEP 4 | Select Memory and enter the new Memory Size.
STEP 5 | Select CPUs and specify the number of CPUs (the Number of virtual sockets multiplied by the
Number of cores per socket).

STEP 7 | Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On.
Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on vCloud Air

For the minimum CPUs and memory that Panorama requires, see Increase CPUs and Memory on the
STEP 1 | Access the vCloud Air web console and select your Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand region.
STEP 2 | In the Virtual Machines tab, select the Panorama virtual machine and Power Off.
STEP 3 | Select Actions > Edit Resources.
STEP 4 | Set the CPU and Memory.
STEP 5 | Save your changes.
STEP 6 | Select the Panorama virtual machine and Power On.
Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS

For the minimum CPUs and memory that Panorama™ requires, see Increase CPUs and Memory on the
A Panorama virtual appliance in Log Collector mode does not remain in Log Collector mode
if you resize the virtual machine after you deploy it and this can result in a loss of log data.
STEP 2 | On the EC2 Dashboard, select Instances and select the Panorama virtual appliance instance.
STEP 3 | Select Actions > Instance State > Stop to power off the Panorama virtual appliance instance.
STEP 4 | Select Actions > Instance Settings > Change Instance Type to change the Panorama virtual
appliance instance type.
STEP 5 | Select the Instance Type to which you want to upgrade and Apply it.
STEP 6 | Select Actions > Instance State > Start to power on the Panorama virtual appliance instance.

Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Azure
STEP 1 | Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
STEP 2 | On the Azure Dashboard, under Virtual machines, select the Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 3 | Select Overview and Stop the Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 4 | Choose the new virtual machine Size and then Select it.
STEP 5 | Select Overview and Start the Panorama virtual appliance.
Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform

STEP 1 | Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
STEP 2 | Stop the Panorama virtual appliance instance.

1. Select the Panorama virtual appliance instance in the Products & Services menu (Compute Engine >
VM Instances).
2. Stop the Panorama virtual appliance instance. It can take 2 to 3 minutes for the Panorama virtual
appliance to completely shut down.

STEP 3 | Reconfigure the Panorama virtual appliance resources.
1. Edit the Panorama virtual appliance instance details.
2. Under Machine Type, Customize the Panorama virtual appliance CPU cores and memory.
STEP 4 | Save the changes to update the Panorama virtual appliance instance.
STEP 5 | Start the Panorama virtual appliance.
Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on KVM

STEP 1 | Shutdown the Panorama virtual appliance instance on the Virtual Machine Manager.
STEP 2 | Double-click the Panorama virtual appliance instance in the Virtual Machine Manager and
Show virtual hardware details .
STEP 3 | Edit the allocated Panorama virtual appliance CPU cores.

1. Edit the currently allocated CPUs.
2. Apply the reconfigured CPU core allocation.
STEP 4 | Edit the allocated Panorama virtual appliance memory.

1. Edit the currently allocated Memory.
2. Apply the reconfigured memory allocation.
STEP 5 | Power on the Panorama virtual appliance instance.
Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Hyper-V


STEP 1 | Power off the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. On the Hyper-V Manager, select the Panorama virtual appliance instance from the list of Virtual
Machines.
2. Select Action > Turn Off to power off the Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 2 | On the Hyper-V Manager, select the Panorama virtual appliance instance form the list
of Virtual Machines, and select Action > Settings to edit the Panorama virtual appliance
resources.
STEP 3 | Edit the allocated Panorama virtual appliance memory.

1. In the Hardware list, select Memory.
2. Edit the currently allocated Startup RAM.
STEP 4 | Edit the allocated Panorama virtual appliance CPU cores.

1. In the Hardware list, select Processor.
2. Edit the currently allocated Number of virtual processors.

STEP 5 | Apply the reallocated memory and CPU cores.

Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup

After you Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance, continue with the following tasks
for additional configuration:
connected
• Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama
• Access and Navigate Panorama Management Interfaces
• Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama
• Manage Firewalls

Set Up the M-Series Appliance
The M-600, M-500, M-200 and M-100 appliances are high performance hardware appliances that you
can deploy in Management Only mode (as Panorama management servers with no local log collection),
Panorama mode (as Panorama management servers with local log collection) or in Log Collector mode
(as Dedicated Log Collectors). The appliances provide multiple interfaces that you can assign to various
Panorama services such as firewall management and log collection. Before setting up the appliance,
consider how you can configure the interfaces to optimize security, enable network segmentation (in large-
scale deployments), and load balance the traffic for Panorama services.
• M-Series Appliance Interfaces

• Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance
• M-Series Setup Overview
• Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector
• Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance
• Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces
M-Series Appliance Interfaces

The Panorama M-600, M-500, M-200 and M-100 appliances have several interfaces for communicating
with other systems such as managed firewalls and the client systems of Panorama administrators. Panorama
communicates with these systems to perform various services, including managing devices (firewalls, Log
Collectors, and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters), collecting logs, communicating with Collector
Groups, deploying software and content updates to devices, and providing administrative access to
Panorama. By default, Panorama uses its management (MGT) interface for all these services. However, you
can improve security by reserving the MGT interface for administrative access and dedicating separate
interfaces for the other services. In a large-scale network with multiple subnetworks and heavy log traffic,
using multiple interfaces for device management and log collection also enables network segmentation and
load balancing (see Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces).
When assigning Panorama services to various interfaces, keep in mind that only the MGT interface allows
administrative access to Panorama for configuration and monitoring tasks. You can assign any interface
to the other services when you Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance. The M-Series
Appliance Hardware Reference Guides explain where to attach cables for the interfaces. The M-100
appliance support 1Gbps throughput on all its interfaces: MGT, Eth1, Eth2, and Eth3. In addition to these
interfaces, the M-500 appliance supports 10Gbps throughput on its Eth4 and Eth5 interfaces.
The M-Series appliances do not support Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for
aggregating interfaces.
Supported Interfaces
Interfaces can be used for device management, log collection, Collector Group communication, licensing
and software updates. See Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces for more information on network
segmentation.

Interface Maximum M-600 M-500 M-200 M-100
Speed Appliance Appliance Appliance Appliance
Management 1Gbps
(MGT)
Ethernet 1 1Gbps
(Eth1)
Ethernet 2 1Gbps
(Eth2)
Ethernet 3 1Gbps
(Eth3)
Ethernet 4 10Gbps — —
(Eth4)
Ethernet 5 10Gbps — —
(Eth5)
Logging Rates
Review the logging rates for the all M-Series appliance models. To achieve the logging rates listed below,
the M-Series appliance must be a single log collector in a collector group and you must install all the logging
disks for your M-Series model. For example, to achieve 30,000 logs/second for the M-500 appliance, you
must install all 12 logging disks with either 1TB or 2TB disks.
Model Capacities and M-600 Appliance M-500 Appliance M-200 Appliance M-100 Appliance
Features
Maximum Logging Local log storage is not supported

Rate for Panorama
in Management
Only mode
Maximum Logging 60,000 logs/ 20,000 logs/ 22,000 logs/ 10,000 logs/
Rate for Panorama second second second second
in Panorama Mode
Maximum Logging Data collection 30,000 logs/ Data collection 18,000 logs/
Rate for Panorama in-progress second in-progress second
in Log Collector
Mode
Maximum Log 48TB (12 8TB • 24TB (24 2TB 16TB (4 8TB • 8TB (8 2TB
Storage on RAID disk) RAID disks) RAID disk) RAID Disk)
Appliance • 12TB (24 1TB • 4TB (8 1TB
RAID Disk) RAID Disk)
Default Log Storage 16TB (4 8TB 4TB 16TB (4 8TB 2TB

on Appliance RAID disks) RAID disks)

Model Capacities and M-600 Appliance M-500 Appliance M-200 Appliance M-100 Appliance
Features
(4 2TB RAID (2 2TB RAID
disks) disks)
SSD Storage on 240GB 240GB 240GB 120GB

Appliance (for
logs that M-
Series appliances
generate)
NFS Attached Log Not available

Storage
Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance

By default, Panorama has an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and a username/password of admin/admin. For
security reasons, you must change these settings before continuing with other configuration tasks. You
must perform these initial configuration tasks either from the Management (MGT) interface or using a direct
serial port connection to the console port on the M-600, M-500, M-200 or M-100 appliance.
STEP 1 | Gather the required interface and server information from your network administrator.
• Gather the IP address, netmask (for IPv4) or prefix length (for IPv6), and default gateway for each
interface that you plan to configure (MGT, Eth1, Eth2, Eth3, Eth4, Eth5). Only the MGT interface is
mandatory.
Palo Alto Networks recommends that you specify all these settings for the MGT
interface. If you omit values for some of these settings (such as the default gateway),
you can access Panorama only through the console port for future configuration
changes. You cannot commit the configurations for other interfaces unless you specify
all these settings.
If you plan to use the appliance as a Panorama management server, Palo Alto Networks recommends
using the MGT interface only for managing Panorama and using other interfaces for managing
devices, collecting logs, communicating with Collector Groups, and deploying updates to devices (see
M-Series Appliance Interfaces).
• Gather the IP addresses of the DNS servers.
STEP 2 | Access the M-Series appliance from your computer.

1. Connect to the M-Series appliance in one of the following ways:
• Attach a serial cable from a computer to the Console port on the M-Series appliance and connect
using terminal emulation software (9600-8-N-1).
• Attach an RJ-45 Ethernet cable from a computer to the MGT port on the M-Series appliance.
From a browser, go to https://192.168.1.1. Enabling access to this URL might require changing
the IP address on the computer to an address in the 192.168.1.0 network (for example,
192.168.1.2).
2. When prompted, log in to the appliance using the default username and password (admin/admin).
The appliance starts initializing.
STEP 3 | Change the default admin password.

Starting with PAN-OS 9.0.4, the predefined, default administrator password (admin/
admin) must be changed on the first login on a device. The new password must be
a minimum of eight characters and include a minimum of one lowercase and one
uppercase character, as well as one number or special character.
Be sure to use the best practices for password strength to ensure a strict password and
review the password complexity settings.
1. Click the admin link in the lower left of the web interface.
2. Enter the Old Password, New Password, and Confirm New Password, and then click OK. Store the
new password in a safe location.
To ensure that the MGT interface remains secure, configure Minimum Password
Complexity settings (select Panorama > Setup > Management) and specify the
interval at which administrators must change their passwords.
STEP 4 | Configure the network access settings for each interface that you will use to manage
Panorama, manage devices, collect logs, communicate with Collector Groups, and deploy
updates to devices.
2. (Non-MGT interfaces only) Enable the interface.
3. Edit the network access settings of each interface that Panorama will use. Only the MGT interface is
required. The Eth1, Eth2, Eth3, Eth4, and Eth5 interfaces are optional and apply only if you plan to
use the M-Series appliance as a Panorama management server.
IPv4—Public IP Address, IP Address, Netmask, and Default Gateway
If your firewalls connect to the Panorama management server using a public IP

address that is translated to a private IP address (NAT), enter the public IP in the
Public IP Address field, and the private IP in the IP Address field to push both
addresses to your firewalls.

3. (Optional) Select the Network Connectivity Services that the interface supports.
(MGT interface only) Disable Telnet and HTTP; these services use plaintext and so
are less secure than other services.
STEP 5 | Configure the hostname, time zone, and general settings.

2. Align the clock on Panorama and the managed firewalls to use the same Time Zone, for example
GMT or UTC. If you plan to use the Cortex Data Lake, you must configure NTP so that Panorama can
stay in sync with the Cortex Data Lake.

The firewall records timestamps when it generate logs and Panorama records timestamps upon
receiving the logs. Aligning the time zones ensures that the timestamps are synchronized and that the
process of querying logs and generating reports on Panorama is harmonious.
3. Enter a Hostname for the server. Panorama uses this as the display name/label for the appliance. For
example, this is the name that appears at the CLI prompt. It also appears in the Collector Name field if
you add the appliance as a managed collector on the Panorama > Managed Collectors page.
4. (Optional) Enter the Latitude and Longitude to enable accurate placement of the M-Series appliance
on the world map. The App Scope > Traffic Maps and App Scope > Threat Maps use these values.
5. Click OK to save your entries.
STEP 6 | Configure the DNS servers and Palo Alto Networks Update Server.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Services and edit the settings.
2. Enter the IP address of the Primary DNS Server and (optionally) of the Secondary DNS Server.
3. Enter the URL or static address of the Update Server (default updates.paloaltonetworks.com).
Select Verify Update Server Identity if you want Panorama to verify that the Update
Server from which it downloads software or content packages has an SSL certificate
that a trusted authority signed. This option adds an additional level of security for
communication between the Panorama management server and Update Server.
4. Click OK to save your entries.

If you plan to use the M-Series appliance as a Panorama management server and you
configured interfaces other than MGT, you must assign those interfaces to the Device Log
Collection or Collector Group Communication functions when you Configure a Managed
Collector. To make the interfaces operational, you must then Configure a Collector Group
for the managed collector and perform a Collector Group commit.
STEP 8 | Verify network access to external services required for Panorama management, such as the
Palo Alto Networks Update Server.
• Attach a serial cable from your computer to the Console port on the M-Series appliance. Then use
a terminal emulation software (9600-8-N-1) to connect.
• Use terminal emulation software such as PuTTY to open an SSH session to the IP address that you
specified for the MGT interface of the M-Series appliance during initial configuration.
2. Log in to the CLI when prompted. Use the default admin account and the password that you
specified during initial configuration.
3. Use the Update Server Connectivity test to verify network connectivity to the Palo Alto Networks
Update Server as shown in the following example.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Troubleshooting, and select Updates Server Connectivity
from the Select Test drop-down.
2. Execute the update server connectivity test.

4. Use the following CLI command to retrieve information on the support entitlement for Panorama
from the Update Server:
admin> request support check
If you have connectivity, the Update Server responds with the support status for Panorama. Because
Panorama is not registered, the Update Server returns the following message:
Contact Us
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/contact-us.html
Support Home
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/support/tabs/overview.html
Device not found on this update server

As a best practice, replace the default certificate that Panorama uses to secure
HTTPS traffic over the MGT interface.
M-Series Setup Overview

Use the following procedures to set up an M-Series appliance:
• Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Management Only Mode
• Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode
• Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode

Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Management Only Mode
STEP 1 | Rack mount the M-Series appliance. Refer to the M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference
Guide for instructions.
STEP 2 | Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance
STEP 3 | Register Panorama and Install Licenses
STEP 4 | Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama
STEP 5 | Change to Management Only mode.

2. Switch from Panorama mode to Management Only mode:
request system system-mode management-only
3. Enter Y to confirm the mode change. The Panorama management server reboots. If the reboot
process terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the Panorama
management server to see the Panorama login prompt.
If you see a CMS Login prompt, this means the Panorama management server has not finished
5. Verify that the switch to Management Only mode succeeded:
show system info | match system-mode
system mode:management-only
STEP 6 | Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama
STEP 7 | Manage Firewalls
STEP 8 | Manage Log Collection
Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode

STEP 2 | Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance.
STEP 3 | Register Panorama and Install Licenses.
STEP 4 | Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
STEP 5 | Configure each array. This task is required to make the RAID disks available for logging.
Optionally, you can add disks to Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.
STEP 6 | Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama.
STEP 7 | Manage Firewalls.
STEP 8 | Manage Log Collection.

Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode
STEP 2 | Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance
STEP 3 | Register Panorama and Install Licenses
STEP 4 | Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama
STEP 5 | See step Configure each array.. This task is required to make the RAID disks available for
logging. Optionally, you can add disks to Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.
STEP 6 | Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector
STEP 7 | Manage Log Collection
Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector

If you want a dedicated appliance for log collection, configure an M-100, M-200, M-500, M-600 appliance
in Log Collector mode. To do this, you first perform the initial configuration of the appliance in Panorama
mode, which includes licensing, installing software and content updates, and configuring the management
(MGT) interface. You then switch the M-Series appliance to Log Collector mode and complete the
Log Collector configuration. Additionally, if you want to use dedicated M-Series Appliance Interfaces
(recommended) instead of the MGT interface for log collection and Collector Group communication, you
must first configure the interfaces for the Panorama management server, then configure them for the Log
Collector, and then perform a Panorama commit followed by a Collector Group commit.
Perform the following steps to set up a new M-Series appliance as a Log Collector or to convert an existing
M-Series appliance that was previously deployed as a Panorama management server.
Switching the M-Series appliance from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode reboots the
appliance, deletes the local Log Collector, deletes any existing log data, and deletes all
configurations except the management access settings. Switching the mode does not delete
licenses, software updates, or content updates.
STEP 1 | Set up the Panorama management server that will manage the Log Collector if you have not
already done so.
Perform one of the following tasks:
• Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Set Up the M-Series Appliance
STEP 2 | Record the management IP addresses of the Panorama management server.

If you deployed Panorama in a high availability (HA) configuration, you need the IP address of each HA
peer.
1. Log in to the web interface of the Panorama management server.
2. Record the IP Address of the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama by selecting Panorama >
Setup > Management and checking the Management Interface Settings.

3. For an HA deployment, record the Peer HA IP Address of the passive Panorama by selecting
Panorama > High Availability and checking the Setup section.
STEP 3 | Set up the M-Series appliance that will serve as a Dedicated Log Collector.
If you previously deployed this appliance as a Panorama management server, you can skip this step
because the MGT interface is already configured and the licenses and updates are already installed.
The M-Series appliance in Log Collector mode does not have a web interface for configuration tasks,
only a CLI. Therefore, before changing the mode on the M-Series appliance, use the web interface in
Panorama mode to:
1. Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance.
STEP 4 | Access the CLI of the M-Series appliance.

terminal emulation software (9600-8-N-1) to connect.
STEP 5 | Switch from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode.


2. Enter Y to confirm the mode change. The M-Series appliance reboots. If the reboot process
terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the M-Series appliance to see the
Panorama login prompt.
system-mode: logger
STEP 6 | Configure the logging disks as RAID1 pairs.

If you previously deployed the appliance as a Panorama management server, you can skip this step
because the disk pairs are already configured and available.
The time required to configure the drives varies from several minutes to a couple of
hours, based on the amount of data on the drives.

1. Determine which disk pairs are present for configuring as RAID pairs on the M-Series appliance:
> show system raid detail
Perform the remaining steps to configure each disk pair that has present disks. This example uses
disk pair A1/A2.
2. To add the first disk in the pair, enter the following command and enter y when prompted to confirm
the request:
> request system raid add A1
Wait for the process to finish before adding the next disk in the pair. To monitor the progress of the
RAID configuration, re-enter:
After the process finishes for the first disk, the output displays the disk pair status as Available but
degraded.
3. Add the second disk in the pair:

4. Verify that the disk setup is complete:
After the process finishes for the second disk, the output displays the disk pair status as Available
and clean:
Disk Pair A Available

Status clean
STEP 7 | Enable connectivity between the Log Collector and Panorama management server.
Enter the following commands at the Log Collector CLI, where <IPaddress1> is for the MGT interface of
the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama and <IPaddress2> is for the MGT interface of the passive
(HA) Panorama, if applicable.
> configure
# commit
# exit

You need the serial number to add the Log Collector as a managed collector on the Panorama
management server.
1. At the Log Collector CLI, enter the following command to display its serial number.

STEP 9 | Add the Log Collector as a managed collector to the Panorama management server.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add a managed collector.
3. In the Panorama Server IP field, enter the IP address or FQDN of the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA)
Panorama. For HA deployments, enter the IP address or FQDN of the passive Panorama peer in the
Panorama Server IP 2 field.
These IP addresses must specify a Panorama interface that has Device Management and Device
Log Collection services enabled. By default, these services are enabled only on the MGT interface.
However, you might have enabled the services on other interfaces when you Set Up the M-Series
Appliance that is a Panorama management server.
4. Select Interfaces, click Management, and configure one or both of the following field sets for the
MGT interface based on the IP protocols of your network.
• IPv4—IP Address, Netmask, and Default Gateway
• IPv6—IPv6 Address/Prefix Length and Default IPv6 Gateway
5. Click OK twice to save your changes to the Log Collector.
This step is required before you can enable logging disks.
7. Verify that Panorama > Managed Collectors lists the Log Collector you added. The Connected
column displays a check mark to indicate that the Log Collector is connected to Panorama. You might
have to wait a few minutes before the page displays the updated connection status.
connected after you configure a Collector Group (Step Assign the Log Collector to a
Collector Group.).

2. Select Disks and Add each RAID disk pair.
interfaces if the Panorama management server and Log Collector will use them for Device
Log Collection (receiving logs from firewalls) and Collector Group Communication.
If you previously deployed the Log Collector as a Panorama management server and configured these
interfaces, you must reconfigure them because switching to Log Collector mode (Switch from Panorama
mode to Log Collector mode.) would have deleted all configurations except the management access
settings.
1. Configure each interface on the Panorama management server (other than the MGT interface) if you
haven’t already:

IPv4—IP Address, Netmask, and Default Gateway
2. Configure each interface on the Log Collector (other than the MGT interface):
2. Select Interfaces and click the name of the interface.
STEP 12 | (Optional) If your deployment is using custom certificates for authentication between
Panorama and managed devices, deploy the custom client device certificate. For more
information, see Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates.
2. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication for a Log Collector.
3. Select the Secure Client Communication check box.
5. Click OK.
STEP 13 | (Optional) Configure Secure Server Communication on a Log Collector. For more information,
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication.

6. In Disconnect Wait Time (min), enter the number of minutes Panorama should wait before breaking
and reestablishing the connection with its managed devices. This field is blank by default and the
range is 0 to 44,640 minutes.
configuration.
4. Click OK.
8. Click OK.
STEP 14 | Assign the Log Collector to a Collector Group.

1. Configure a Collector Group. You must perform a Panorama commit and then a Collector Group
commit to synchronize the Log Collector configuration with Panorama and to put the Eth1, Eth2,
Eth3, Eth4, and Eth5 interfaces (if you configured them) in an operational state on the Log Collector.
model: all M-600 appliances, all M-500 appliances, all M-200 appliances or all M-100
As a best practice, Enable log redundancy across collectors if you add multiple Log
Collectors to a single Collector group. This option requires each Log Collector to have
with Panorama.
display connected.
3. Access the Log Collector CLI and enter the following command to verify that its interfaces are
operational:
> show interface all
The output displays the state as up for each interface that is operational.
4. If the Collector Group has multiple Log Collectors, Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources
to verify they can communicate with each other by performing a Ping connectivity test for each
interface that the Log Collectors use. For the source IP address, specify the interface of one of the
Log Collectors. For the host IP address, specify the matching interface of another Log Collector in
the same Collector Group.

To enable the Log Collector to receive firewall logs:

Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance
After you Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance, you can increase log storage capacity of
the appliance by upgrading the existing drive pairs to larger capacity drives or by installing additional drive
pairs in empty drive bays. For example, you can choose to upgrade the existing 1TB drives to 2TB on an
M-100 appliance, or you can add 2TB drives to the empty drive bays (B1 through D2).
The M-Series appliances leverage RAID 1 for data redundancy in the event of disk failure.
Therefore, the pair of drives in a RAID 1 array need to be identical. However, you are free
to mix drive capacities across different RAID 1 arrays. For example, the drives in the A1/
A2 RAID 1 array can be 1TB drives, and the drives in the B1/B2 RAID 1 array can be 2TB
drives.
The following table lists the maximum number of drive bays and the available drive capacities supported on
M-Series appliances.
Because each drive pair (A1/A2 for example) is in a RAID 1 array, the total storage capacity
is half of the total drives installed. For example, if an M-100 appliance has 2TB drives
installed in drive bays A1/A2 and B1/B2, the A1/A2 array provides 2TB total storage and the
B1/B2 array provides another 2TB for a total of 4TB.
Appliance Number of Supported Drive Bays Supported Drive Capacity
M-100 Appliance 8 1TB or 2TB
M-200 Appliance 4 8TB
M-500 Appliance 24 1TB or 2TB
M-600 Appliance 12 8TB
Before expanding log storage capacity, Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements. If you need more
log storage than a single M-Series appliance supports, you can add Dedicated Log Collectors (see Configure
a Managed Collector) or you can Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations.
You don’t need to take the M-Series appliance offline to expand the storage when adding
drives to an M-Series appliance that is already deployed. When the additional drives are
configurable and available, the M-Series appliance redistributes the logs among all available
drives. This log redistribution process happens in the background and does not impact
uptime or the availability of the M-Series appliance. However, the process does diminish
the maximum logging rate. The Redistribution State column (Panorama > Collector Groups)
indicates the completion status of the process as a percentage.
• Add Additional Drives to an M-Series Appliance

• Upgrade Drives on M-Series Appliances Running Panorama 7.0.8 or a Later Release
• Upgrade Drives on M-Series Appliances Running Panorama 7.0.7 or an Earlier Release
Add Additional Drives to an M-Series Appliance

STEP 1 | Install the new drives in the appropriate drive bays.
Make sure to add the drives sequentially in the next open drive bays. For example, add drives to B1 and
B2 before adding drives to C1 and C2.

STEP 2 | Access the command line interface (CLI) on the M-Series appliance.
Connect to the M-Series appliance in one of two ways:
• Connect a serial cable from your computer to the Console port and connect to the M-Series
appliance using terminal emulation software (9600-8-N-1).
• Use terminal emulation software (such as PuTTY) to open a Secure Shell (SSH) session to the IP
address of the M-Series appliance.
STEP 3 | When prompted, log in to the appliance.

Use the default administrator account and the assigned password.
STEP 4 | Configure each array.
The time required to mirror the data on the drive may vary from several minutes to a few
hours, depending on the amount of data on the drive.
The following example uses the drives in bays B1 and B2.

1. Enter the following commands and confirm the request when prompted:
> request system raid add B1

> request system raid add B2
2. To monitor the progress of the RAID configuration, enter the following command:
When the RAID set up is complete, the following response displays:

Status clean
Disk id A1 Present
model : ST91000640NS
size : 953869 MB
status : active sync
Disk id A2 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk Pair B Available
Status clean
Disk id B1 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk id B2 Present
size : 953869 MB
STEP 5 | Make the array available for logging.

To enable the array for logging, you must first add the appliance as a managed collector on Panorama. If
not already added, see Configure a Managed Collector.
1. Log in to the web interface of the Panorama management server that manages this Log Collector.

3. Select Disks and Add each array.
6. Select Commit > Push to Devices, select the Collector Group, and Push your changes.
Upgrade Drives on M-Series Appliances Running Panorama 7.0.8 or a

Later Release

STEP 3 | Verify that the RAID 1 status for the installed drives shows there are at least two functioning
RAID 1 arrays. During the upgrade, you will upgrade one RAID 1 array at a time and there must
be at least one other RAID 1 array that is available to the appliance. The appliance will show an
abort error if you try to remove the only functioning array from the configuration.
Enter the following command to view RAID status:
For example, the following shows an output from an M-500 appliance with two available arrays (Disk
Pair A and Disk Pair B). If there is only one available array, you must add a second array as described in
Add Additional Drives to an M-Series Appliance before you upgrade the drives.

Status clean
Disk id A1 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk id A2 Present
size : 953869 MB
Status clean
Disk id B1 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk id B2 Present
size : 953869 MB

STEP 4 | Remove the first 1TB drive and replace it with a 2TB drive.
1. To remove the first drive from the RAID 1 array configuration (A1 in this example), enter the
following command and enter y when prompted to confirm the request:
> request system raid remove A1

2. Physically remove the first drive from the drive bay. Press the ejector button on the drive carrier in
drive bay A1 to release the ejector handle. Then pull the handle toward you and slide the drive out of
the appliance.
3. Remove a 2TB drive from its packaging and place the drive on a table next to the drive you just
removed. Take note of how the drive is installed in the carrier because you will install the 2TB drive
in this same carrier.
4. Remove the four screws holding the 1TB drive in the carrier and remove the drive from the carrier.
5. Attach the 2TB drive to the carrier using the same four screws you removed from the 1TB drive and
then reinsert the carrier with the 2TB drive into drive bay A1.
6. Enter the following command to verify the 2TB drive is recognized:
show system raid detail
Verify that the A1 disk shows the correct model and size (about 2TB). If the model and size are not
correct, run the above command again until the correct model and size are shown.
If the wrong model and size are consistently shown, enter the following command:
request system raid remove A1
Wait for 30 seconds once you run the above command, then remove the disk and reinsert it and
repeat the show system raid detail command to verify the size and model.
STEP 5 | Copy the data from the remaining installed 1TB drive in the RAID 1 array to the newly installed
2TB drive in that array.
The time required to copy the data may vary from several minutes to a few hours,
depending on the amount of data on the drive.
1. To copy the data from the 1TB drive in drive bay A2 to the newly installed 2TB drive in drive bay A1,
enter the following command and enter y when prompted:
> request system raid copy from A2 to A1

2. To view the status of the copy process, run the following command:
Continue running this command to view the RAID detail output until you see that the array (A1/A2 in
this example) shows Available.
At this point, drive A2 will show not in use because there is a drive size mismatch.
STEP 6 | Upgrade the second drive in the RAID 1 array to a 2TB drive.

1. Remove the second 1TB drive (from drive bay A2 in the current example) for the RAID 1 array
configuration:

2. Insert the carrier with the newly installed 2TB drive into drive bay A2 and add it to the RAID 1 array
configuration:
The system will copy the data from A2 to A1 to mirror the drives.
3. To view the status of the copy process, run the following command:
Continue to view the RAID detail output until you see that the array (A1/A2 in this example) shows
Available and both disks show active sync.

Status clean
Disk id A1 Present
model : ST2000NX0253
size : 1907138 MB
Disk id A2 Present
model : ST2000NX0253
size : 1907138 MB
STEP 7 | Upgrade drives for additional RAID 1 arrays as needed.

To upgrade additional RAID 1 arrays to 2TB drives, repeat this procedure replacing the drive designators
as applicable. For example, replace A1 with B1 and A2 with B2 to upgrade the drives in the B1/B2 RAID
1 array.
Upgrade Drives on M-Series Appliances Running Panorama 7.0.7 or an

Earlier Release
The logs on the 1TB drives will not be available after upgrading drives on an M-Series
appliance that is running Panorama 7.0.7 or an earlier release. Even if this is acceptable, we
recommend that you perform this upgrade during a maintenance window.
If it is important to you to retain logs, you must upgrade to Panorama 7.0.8 or a later release
and then use the Upgrade Drives on M-Series Appliances Running Panorama 7.0.8 or a Later
Release procedure.

STEP 3 | Verify that the RAID 1 status for the installed drives shows there are at least two functioning
RAID 1 arrays. During the upgrade, you will upgrade one RAID 1 array at a time and there must
be at least one other RAID 1 array that is available to the appliance. The appliance will show an
abort error if you try to remove the only functioning array from the configuration.
Enter the following command to view RAID status:
For example, the following shows an output from an M-500 appliance with two available arrays (Disk
Pair A and Disk Pair B). If there is only one available array, you must add a second array as described in
Add Additional Drives to an M-Series Appliance before you upgrade the drives.

Status clean
Disk id A1 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk id A2 Present
size : 953869 MB
Status clean
Disk id B1 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk id B2 Present
size : 953869 MB
STEP 4 | Remove the first two 1TB drives from the first RAID 1 array configuration and then physically
remove the drives.
1. To remove the drives from the RAID 1 array configuration (A1 and A2 in this example), enter the
following commands and enter y when prompted to confirm each request:

2. Physically remove the drives from the drive bays. Press the ejector button on each drive carrier to
release the ejector handle. Then pull the handle toward you and slide the drives out of the appliance.
3. Remove two 2TB drives from their packaging and place them on a table next to the drives you just
removed. Take note of how the drives are installed in the carrier because you will install the 2TB
drives in these same carriers.
4. Remove the four screws holding each drive in its carrier and remove the drives from the carriers.
5. Attach the 2TB drives to the carriers using the same screws you just removed and then insert the
carriers with the newly installed 2TB drives into the drive bays (A1 and A2 in this example).

STEP 5 | Create a new RAID 1 array for the newly installed 2TB drives and ensure that both drives are in
the new array.
1. To create a new array that includes the drive in drive bay A1, enter the following command:

2. To view and confirm the status of the new RAID 1 array configuration, enter the following command:
The following output shows that the Disk Pair A array is Available.
At this point, drive A2 will show not in use.

Status clean, degraded
Disk id A1 Present
size : 953869 MB
Disk id A2 Present
size : 953869 MB
status : not in use
3. Add the second disk to the new array. In this example, add A2:

4. Continue running the show system raid detail command to view the RAID output until the
disk pair status shows clean and both disks show active sync.
STEP 6 | Upgrade drives for additional RAID 1 arrays as needed.

To upgrade additional RAID 1 arrays to 2TB drives, repeat this procedure replacing the drive designators
as applicable. For example, replace A1 with B1 and A2 with B2 to upgrade the drives in the B1/B2 RAID
1 array.
Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces

In a large-scale network, you can improve security and reduce congestion by implementing network
segmentation, which involves segregating the subnetworks based on resource usage, user roles, and
security requirements. Panorama supports network segmentation by enabling you to use multiple M-Series
Appliance Interfaces for managing devices (firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances and appliance
clusters) and collecting logs; you can assign separate interfaces to the devices on separate subnetworks.
Using multiple interfaces to collect logs also provides the benefit of load balancing, which is particularly
useful in environments where the firewalls forward logs at high rates to the Log Collectors.
Because administrators access and manage Panorama over the MGT interface, securing that interface is
especially important. One method for improving the security of the MGT interface is to offload Panorama
services to other interfaces. In addition to device management and log collection, you can also offload
Collector Group communication and deployment of software and content updates to firewalls, Log
Collectors, and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters. By offloading these services, you can reserve the
MGT interface for administrative traffic and assign it to a secure subnetwork that is segregated from the
subnetworks where your firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters reside.

• Multiple Interfaces for Network Segmentation Example
• Configure Panorama for Network Segmentation
Multiple Interfaces for Network Segmentation Example

Figure 10: Multiple Panorama Interfaces illustrates a deployment that uses multiple interfaces on M-500
appliances in Panorama mode and Log Collector mode. In this example, the interfaces support network
segmentation as follows:
• Panorama management network—To protect the Panorama web interface, CLI, and XML API from
unauthorized access, the MGT interface on Panorama connects to a subnetwork that only administrators
can access.
• Internet—Panorama uses the MGT interface to communicate with external services such as the Palo Alto
Networks Update Server.
• Perimeter Gateway and Data Center—Panorama uses a separate pair of interfaces to manage the
firewalls and Log Collectors in each of these subnetworks. Managing firewalls typically generates less
traffic than querying Log Collectors for report information. Therefore, Panorama uses 1Gbps interfaces
(Eth1 and Eth2) for managing the firewalls and uses 10Gbps interfaces (Eth4 and Eth5) for querying and
managing the Log Collectors. Each Log Collector uses its MGT interface to respond to the queries but
uses its Eth4 and Eth5 interfaces for the heavier traffic associated with collecting logs from the firewalls.
• Software and content updates—The firewalls and Log Collectors in both subnetworks retrieve software
and content updates over the Eth3 interface on Panorama.

Figure 10: Multiple Panorama Interfaces
Configure Panorama for Network Segmentation

To offload Panorama services from the MGT interface to other interfaces, start by configuring the
interfaces on the Panorama management server. If your network has heavy log traffic, remember that
the Eth4 and Eth5 interfaces on the M-500 and M-600 appliances support higher throughput (10Gbps)
than the other interfaces (1Gbps). Then, configure the Log Collectors in each subnetwork to connect with
specific interfaces on Panorama. For each Log Collector, you also select an interface for Collector Group
communication and one or more interfaces for collecting logs from firewalls. Finally, configure the firewalls
in each subnetwork to connect with interfaces on Panorama.
Palo Alto Networks recommends that you specify the IP address, netmask (for IPv4) or prefix
length (for IPv6), and default gateway for the MGT interface. If you omit one of these settings
(such as the default gateway), you can access the M-Series appliance only through the
console port for future configuration changes.
Perform the following steps to configure Panorama and Dedicated Log Collectors to use multiple interfaces:

STEP 1 | Verify that the Panorama appliances and firewalls support multiple interfaces, and have the
prerequisite software versions and configurations.
The M-Series appliances must run Panorama 8.0 or later to use a separate interface for deploying
updates and to use multiple interfaces for device management and log collection. The M-200 and
M-600 appliances must run Panorama 8.1 or later. Panorama appliances deployed on ESXi, vCloud,
Air, Hyper-V and KVM must run Panorama 8.1 or later.
If you deployed a Panorama or Log Collector as a virtual appliance, verify the Supported Interfaces
for the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
The M-Series appliances must run Panorama 6.1 or later to use separate interfaces for log collection
or Collector Group communication.
The initial configuration of each Panorama management server is complete. This includes
configuration of the MGT interface.
Log Collectors and Collector Groups are configured. This includes configuration of the MGT interface
on the Log Collectors.
The initial configuration of the firewalls is complete, you have added the firewalls to Panorama as
managed devices, and the firewalls in each subnetwork are assigned to a separate template.
The initial configuration of WildFire appliances is complete and you have added WildFire appliances
to Panorama as managed devices.
STEP 2 | Configure the interfaces on the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama management server.
Because the MGT interface was configured during initial Panorama configuration, you
don’t have to configure it again.
Perform these steps for each interface:

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama management
server.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Interfaces.
3. Click an Interface Name to edit the interface.
5. Configure one or both of these field sets based on the IP protocols of your network:
6. Select the services that the interface supports:
• Device Management and Device Log Collection—Manage firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire
appliances and appliance clusters, collect logs that the Log Collectors generate, and query the Log
Collectors for report information. To support a segmented network, you can enable these services
on multiple interfaces.
• Collector Group Communication—Communicate with the Collector Groups that Panorama
manages across all subnetworks.
• Device Deployment—Deploy software and content updates to managed firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters across all subnetworks.
8. Click Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
9. Click Commit > Push to Devices and push the changes to the Collector Group that contain the Log
Collectors you modified.
STEP 3 | (HA only) Configure the interfaces on the passive Panorama management server.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the active Panorama management server.
2. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the passive HA peer.

3. Select Interfaces and click an interface to edit.
4. Check the Enable Interface box to enable the interface.
6. Select the services that the interface supports:
• Device Management and Device Log Collection—Manage firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire
appliances and appliance clusters, collect logs that the Log Collectors generate, and query the Log
Collectors for report information. To support a segmented network, you can enable these services
on multiple interfaces.
• Collector Group Communication—Communicate with the Collector Groups that Panorama
manages across all subnetworks.
• Device Deployment—Deploy software and content updates to managed firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters across all subnetworks.
8. Select Commit > Commit and Push to commit your changes to Panorama and to push the changes to
Collector Groups that contain the passive HA peer you modified.
STEP 4 | Configure each Log Collector to connect with a Panorama interface.

To support a segmented network, you can connect the Log Collectors in each subnetwork to separate
Panorama interfaces. The interfaces must have Device Management and Device Log Collection enabled,
as described in the previous step.
server.
3. In the Panorama Server IP field, enter the IP address of an interface on the solitary (non-HA) or
active (HA) Panorama.
4. (HA only) In the Panorama Server IP 2 field, enter the IP address of an interface on the passive
Panorama that will support Device Management and Device Log Collection if failover occurs on the
active Panorama.
Collector Groups that contain the Log Collector you modified.
7. Perform the following steps on each Dedicated Log Collector:
1. Access the Log Collector CLI by using emulation software such as PuTTY to open a SSH session
to the Log Collector using its MGT interface IP address. When prompted, log in using Panorama
administrator credentials.
2. Run the following commands, where <IPaddress1> is for the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA)
Panorama and <IPaddress2> is for the passive Panorama (if applicable).
> configure
# commit
STEP 5 | (HA only) Configure an interface on the passive Panorama management server to deploy
updates in case the active Panorama fails over.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the passive Panorama management server.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Interfaces.

3. Click an Interface Name to edit the interface.
6. Select Device Deployment.
8. Click Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
STEP 6 | Configure the interfaces that the Log Collectors will use to collect logs from firewalls and
communicate with other Log Collectors.
Because the MGT interface was configured during initial configuration of the Log
Collectors, you don’t have to configure it again.
server.
3. Select Interfaces and perform the following steps for each interface:
1. Click an interface name to edit that interface.
3. Configure one or both of the following field sets based on the IP protocols of your network.
4. Select the functions that the interface supports:
Device Log Collection—Collect logs from firewalls. You can load balance the logging traffic by
enabling multiple interfaces to perform this function.
Collector Group Communication—Communicate with other Log Collectors in the Collector Group.
Collector Groups that contain the Log Collectors you modified.
6. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors to verify that the Log Collectors are synchronized and
connected with Panorama.
The Configuration Status column should display InSync and the Run Time Status column should
display connected.
STEP 7 | Configure the firewalls to connect with a Panorama interface.

To support a segmented network, you can connect the firewalls in each subnetwork to separate
Panorama interfaces. The interfaces must have Device Management and Device Log Collection enabled.
This step assumes that you use separate templates to configure the firewalls in separate subnetworks.
In this example deployment, Panorama uses these interfaces to manage the firewalls but
not to collect firewall logs. You specify which Dedicated Log Collectors will collect firewall
logs when you configure Collector Groups.
server.

2. On Panorama, select Device > Setup > Management, select a Template and edit the Panorama
Settings.
3. In the first Panorama Servers field, enter the IP address of an interface on the solitary (non-HA) or
active (HA) Panorama.
4. (HA only) In the second Panorama Servers field, enter the IP address of an interface on the passive
Panorama that will support device management if failover occurs.
6. Select Commit > Commit and Push to commit your changes to Panorama and push the template
changes to firewalls.
7. Select Panorama > Managed Devices to verify that the firewalls are synchronized and connected
with Panorama.
The Device State column should display Connected. The Shared Policy and Template columns
should display InSync.

Register Panorama and Install Licenses
Before you can begin using Panorama for centralized management, logging, and reporting, you are required
to register, activate, and retrieve the Panorama device management and support licenses. Every instance of
Panorama requires valid licenses that entitle you to manage firewalls and obtain support. The firewall device
management license enforces the maximum number of firewalls that Panorama can manage. This license is
based on firewall serial numbers, not on the number of virtual systems on each firewall. The support license
enables Panorama software updates and dynamic content updates (for the latest Applications and Threats
signatures, as an example). Additionally, Panorama virtual appliances on AWS and Azure must be purchased
from Palo Alto Networks, and cannot be purchased on the AWS or Azure marketplaces.
After upgrading your Panorama virtual appliance to PAN-OS 8.1, you are prompted if a capacity license
has not been successfully installed or if the total number of firewalls being managed by Panorama exceeds
the device management license. You have 180 days from the date of upgrade to install a valid device
management license if no license has been installed. If the number of managed firewalls exceeds the
device management license, you have 180 days to delete firewalls to meet the device management license
requirements or upgrade your device management license. All commits fail if a valid device management
license is not installed, or the existing device management license limit is not met, within 180 days of
upgrade. To purchase a device management license, contact your Palo Alto Networks sales representative
or authorized reseller.
If you want to use the cloud-based Cortex Data Lake, you require a Cortex Data Lake license, in addition to
the firewall management license and premium support license. To purchase licenses, contact your Palo Alto
Networks Systems Engineer or reseller.
If you are running an evaluation license for firewall management on your Panorama
virtual appliance and want to apply a Panorama license that you purchased, perform the
tasks Register Panorama and Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the
Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-connected.
• Register Panorama
connected
• Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is not Internet-
connected
• Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance
Register Panorama
STEP 1 | Record the Panorama serial number or auth-code and record your Sales Order Number or
Customer ID.
For the auth-code, Sales Order Number, or Customer ID, see the order fulfillment email that Palo Alto
Networks Customer Service sent when you placed your order for Panorama.
For the serial number, the location depends on the model:
• M-Series appliance—Log in to the Panorama web interface and record the Serial # value in the
Dashboard tab, General Information section.
• Panorama virtual appliance—See the order fulfillment email.
STEP 2 | Register Panorama. The steps depend on whether you already have a login for the Support site.

• If this is the first Palo Alto Networks appliance you are registering and you don’t yet have a login:
1. Go to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
2. Click Register at the bottom of the page (Overview > Get Help > Register), enter your Email
Address, enter the code displayed on the page, and click Submit.
3. Complete the fields in the Create Contact Details section.
4. Enter a Display Name, Confirm Email Address, and Password/Confirm Password.
5. Enter the Panorama Device Serial Number or Auth Code.
6. Enter your Sales Order Number or Customer ID.
7. Click Submit.
• If you already have a support account:
1. Log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
2. Click Assets > Devices > Register New Device.
3. Select Register device using Serial Number or Authorization Code, and click Submit.
4. If the Panorama management server is not internet-connected, check Device will be used offline
and select the OS Release version.
5. Enter the Panorama Serial Number.
6. Enter the required Location Information (as indicated by the asterisks) if you have purchased the 4
hour RMA.
7. Agree and Submit the EULA.
After you see the registration complete message, close the Device Registration dialog.
Activate a Panorama Support License

Before activating a Panorama support license on a Panorama M-Series appliance or Panorama virtual
appliance, you must Register Panorama.
If the support license expires, Panorama can still manage firewalls and collect logs, but
software and content updates will be unavailable. The software and content versions on
Panorama must be the same as or later than the versions on the managed firewalls, or else
errors will occur. For details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility.
STEP 1 | Log in to the Palo Alto Networks customer support portal to activate the auth-code.
1. Select Assets > Devices and enter your Panorama serial number to Filter by the Serial Number.
2. Select the pencil icon in the Action column, select Activate Auth-Code and enter your support license
Authorization Code, and click Agree and Submit.
STEP 2 | Log in to the Panorama web interface, and select Panorama > Support > Activate feature using
authorization code.
STEP 3 | Enter the Authorization Code and click OK.

STEP 4 | Verify that the subscription is activated. Check the details (for example, the Expiry Date,
support Level, and Description) in the Support section of the page.
Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the

Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-connected
In order to manage devices on Panorama, you need to activate a firewall management license generated
by PAN-OS. The device management license you activate determines the number of devices Panorama
can manage. Log Collectors and WildFire appliances are not treated as managed devices and do not count
toward the number of devices allotted by the device management license.
Before activating and retrieving a firewall management license on the Panorama virtual appliance, you must
Register Panorama. If you are running an evaluation license and want to apply a license that you purchased,
you must still register and activate/retrieve the purchased license. Additionally, you must then change the
serial number of the Panorama from the evaluation serial number to the production serial number.
STEP 1 | Log in to the Panorama Web Interface.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the General Settings.
STEP 3 | Enter the Panorama Serial Number (included in the order fulfillment email) and click OK.
STEP 4 | Select Panorama > Licenses to activate or retrieve the firewall management license:
• Retrieve license keys from license server—Panorama automatically retrieves and activates the
firewall management license from the Panorama Update Server.
• Activate feature using authorization code—Enter the firewall management license authorization
code and click OK to activate the license. The authorization code can be obtained from the order
fulfillment email or by logging in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site by finding the
Panorama management server.
• Manually upload license key—Log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site, find
your Panorama management server, and download the firewall management license key to your local
device. After you download the license key, click Choose File to select the license key and click OK.
STEP 5 | Verify the firewall management license is activated.

The Device Management License section now appears displaying the date the license was issued, when
the license expires, and a description of the firewall management license.
Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the

Panorama Virtual Appliance is not Internet-connected
Before activating and retrieving a firewall management license on the Panorama virtual appliance, you
must Register Panorama. In order to manage devices on Panorama, you will need to activate a device
management license. The device management license you activate will determine the number of devices

Panorama can manage. Log Collectors and WildFire appliances are not treated as managed devices and
will not count toward the number of devices allotted by the device management license. If you are running
an evaluation license and want to apply a license that you purchased, you must still register and activate/
retrieve the purchased license.
After upgrading to PAN-OS 8.1, you will be prompted to retrieve a valid Panorama management license
when you first log in to the Panorama web interface when Panorama has finished rebooting. To activate
or retrieve the valid management license if the Panorama virtual appliance is offline or unable to reach the
Palo Alto Networks update server, you must get the relevant appliance information for the Panorama virtual
appliance and upload it to the Customer Support web site.
STEP 2 | (Initial Deployment only) Enter the Panorama Serial Number.

2. Enter the Panorama Serial Number (included in the order fulfillment email) and click OK.
STEP 3 | Upload the Panorama virtual appliance information to the Customer Support website.
1. On the Retrieve Management License dialogue, click the here link to gather the UUID, CPUID,
Panorama Version and Virtual Platform information. Click Download Link to download a XML file of
the required Panorama information that can be uploaded to the Customer Support Portal.
On initial deployment, may need to log out and back in to the web interface to see the dialogue.
3. Click Get Support in the upper right-hand corner.
4. Select Assets > Devices, find your Panorama virtual appliance and in the Action column, click the edit
icon ( ).
5. Select Is the Panorama Offline? and enter the Panorama information gathered in Step 2, or click
Select files... to upload the downloaded XML file.
6. Agree and Submit the EULA.

STEP 4 | Install the device management license.
1. In the Actions column, download the device management license.
2. In the Panorama web interface, click Panorama > Licenses and Manually upload license key.
3. Click Choose file, locate the downloaded device management license key and click OK.
STEP 5 | Confirm that the device management license was successfully uploaded by verify that the
Device Management License displays with the license information.

Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series
Appliance
In order to manage devices on Panorama, you need to activate a Capacity License. The Capacity License
determines the number of devices Panorama can manage. Log Collectors and WildFire appliances are
not treated as managed devices and do not count toward the number of devices allotted by the Capacity
License.
Before activating and retrieving a Panorama firewall management license on the M-Series appliance:
• Register Panorama.
• Locate the auth-codes for the product/subscription you purchased. When you placed your order,
Palo Alto Networks Customer Service sent you an email that listed the auth-code associated with the
purchase. If you cannot locate this email, contact Palo Alto Networks Customer Support to obtain your
codes before proceeding.
After you activate and retrieve the license, the Panorama > Licenses page displays the associated issuance
date, expiration date, and the number of firewalls that the license enables Panorama to manage.
To activate and retrieve the license, the options are:
• Use the web interface to activate and retrieve the license.

Select this option if Panorama is ready to connect to the Palo Alto Networks update server (you
completed the task Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance) but you have not activated
the license on the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
1. Select Panorama > Licenses and click Activate feature using authorization code.
2. Enter the Authorization Code and click OK. Panorama retrieves and activates the license.
• Retrieve the license key from the license server.

If Panorama is not ready to connect to the update server (for example, you have not completed the
initial M-Series appliance setup), you can activate the license on the Support website so that, when
Panorama is ready to connect, you can then use the web interface to retrieve the activated license. The
process of retrieving an activated license is faster than the process of both retrieving and activating.
1. Activate the license on the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
1. On a host with internet access, use a web browser to access the Palo Alto Networks Customer
Support web site and log in.
2. Select Assets > Devices, find your M-Series appliance and, in the Action column, click the edit
icon ( ).
3. Select Activate Auth-Code, enter the Authorization Code and click Agree and Submit to activate
the license.
2. Configure Panorama to connect to the update server: see Perform Initial Configuration of the M-
Series Appliance.
3. Select Panorama > Licenses and click Retrieve license keys from the license server. Panorama
retrieves the activated license.
• Manually upload the license from a host to Panorama. Panorama must have access to that host.
If Panorama is set up (you completed the task Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance)
but does not have a connection to the update server, activate the license on the Support website,
download it to a host that has a connection to the update server, then upload it to Panorama.
1. Activate and download the license from the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.

1. On a host with internet access, use a web browser to access the Palo Alto Networks Customer
Support web site and log in.
2. Select Assets > Devices, find your M-Series appliance and, in the Action column, click the edit
icon ( ).
3. Select Activate Auth-Code, enter the Authorization Code and click Agree and Submit to activate
the license.
4. In the Action column, click the download icon and save the license key file to the host.
2. In the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Licenses, click Manually upload license key and
click Browse.
3. Select the key file you downloaded to the host and click Open.
4. Click OK to upload the activated license key.

Install Content and Software Updates for
Panorama
A valid support subscription enables access to the Panorama software image and release notes. To take
advantage of the latest fixes and security enhancements, upgrade to the latest software and content
updates that your reseller or a Palo Alto Networks Systems Engineer recommends for your deployment.
The procedure to install software and content updates depends on whether Panorama has a direct
connection to the internet and whether it has a high availability (HA) configuration.
• Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility

• Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration
• Install Updates for Panorama with an Internet Connection
• Install Updates for Panorama without an Internet Connection
• Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format
Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version

Compatibility
For best results, adhere to the following Panorama™ compatibility guidelines:
Install the same Panorama release on both the Panorama management server and the Dedicated Log
Collectors.
Panorama must be running the same or a later PAN-OS version than the firewall it manages. Before
upgrading firewalls to PAN-OS 9.0, you must first upgrade Panorama to 9.0.
Panorama 6.1 and later versions cannot push configurations to firewalls running PAN-OS
6.0.0 through PAN-OS 6.0.3.
Panorama 9.0 can manage WildFire® appliances and WildFire appliance clusters that are running the
same or an earlier PAN-OS 9.0 release. It is recommended that the Panorama management server,
Wildfire appliances, and Wildfire appliance clusters run the same PAN-OS release.
The content release version on the Panorama management server must be the same (or earlier) version
as the content release version on any Dedicated Log Collectors or managed firewalls.
Palo Alto Networks® recommends installing the same Applications database version on
Panorama as on the Dedicated Log Collectors and firewalls.
Regardless whether your subscriptions include the Applications database or Applications and Threats
database, Panorama installs only the Applications database. Panorama and Dedicated Log Collectors
do not enforce policy rules so they do not need the threat signatures from the Threats database.
The Applications database contains threat metadata (such as threat IDs and names) that you use on
Panorama and Dedicated Log Collectors when defining policy rules to push to managed firewalls and
when interpreting threat information in logs and reports. However, firewalls require the full Applications
and Threats database to match the identifiers recorded in logs with the corresponding threat, URL, or
application names. Refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release version required for a
Panorama release.

Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration
To ensure a seamless failover when you update the Panorama software in a high availability (HA)
configuration, the active and passive Panorama peers must be running the same Panorama release with the
same Applications database version. The following example describes how to upgrade an HA pair (active
peer is Primary_A and passive peer is Secondary_B).
Before updating Panorama, refer to the Release Notes. for the minimum content release version required
for PAN-OS 9.0.
For M-100 appliances, Palo Alto Networks requires upgrading the memory to 32GB or more
for management and log collection tasks. See the M-100 Memory Upgrade Guide before
upgrading your M-100 appliance to PAN-OS 9.0.0.
STEP 1 | Upgrade the Panorama software on the Secondary_B (passive) peer.

Perform one of the following tasks on the Secondary_B peer:
• Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected
After the upgrade, this Panorama transitions to a non-functional state because the peers are no longer
running the same software release.
STEP 2 | Suspend the Primary_A peer to force a failover.

On the Primary_A peer:
1. In the Operational Commands section (Panorama > High Availability), Suspend local Panorama.
2. Verify that state is suspended (displayed on bottom-right corner of the web interface).
The resulting failover should cause the Secondary_B peer to transition to active state.
STEP 3 | Upgrade the Panorama software on the Primary_A (currently passive) peer.
Perform one of the following tasks on the Primary_A peer:
• Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected
After you reboot, the Primary_A peer is initially still in the passive state. Then, if preemption is enabled
(default), the Primary_A peer automatically transitions to the active state and the Secondary_B peer
reverts to the passive state.
If you disabled preemption, manually Restore the Primary Panorama to the Active State.
STEP 4 | Verify that both peers are now running any newly installed content release versions and the
newly installed Panorama release.
On the Dashboard of each Panorama peer, check the Panorama Software Version and Application
Version and confirm that they are the same on both peers and that the running configuration is
synchronized.
STEP 5 | (Local Log Collectors in a Collector Group only) Upgrade the remaining Log Collectors in the
Collector Group.
• Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-Connected
• Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected

Install Updates for Panorama with an Internet Connection
If Panorama™ has a direct connection to the internet, perform the following steps to install Panorama
software and content updates as needed. If Panorama is running in a high availability (HA) configuration,
upgrade the Panorama software on each peer (see Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration).
Upgrading the software on the Panorama virtual appliance does not change the system mode; switching to
Panorama mode or Management Only mode is a manual task that requires additional settings as described
when you Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector.
PAN-OS® 9.0 introduces a new log data format for local and Dedicated Log Collectors. When you
upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0, existing log data is automatically migrated to the new PAN-OS 9.0 format. During
reformatting, log data is not visible in the ACC or Monitor tabs. Additionally, new log data is not forwarded
to Log Collectors until reformatting is complete. While the reformatting takes place, new logs are written to
the firewall system disk and after the procedure is successfully completed, the new logs are forwarded to
the appropriate Log Collector.
You must upgrade all Log Collectors in a collector group at the same time to avoid losing log data loss. No
log forwarding or log collection occurs if the Log Collectors in a collector group are not all running the same
PAN-OS version. Additionally, the log data for the Log Collectors in the collector group is not visible in the
ACC or Monitor tabs until all Log Collectors are running the same PAN-OS version. For example, if you
have three Log Collectors in a collector group and you upgrade two of the Log Collectors, then no logs are
forwarded to any Log Collectors in the collector group.
Before updating Panorama, refer to the Release Notes. for the minimum content release version required
for PAN-OS 9.0.
For Panorama on Azure, you must perform additional steps before you can successfully upgrade the
software version. To upgrade, you need to export the Panorama configuration, upgrade the content and
software versions, and import the configuration to the Panorama management server after you successfully
upgrade.
STEP 1 | Verify that the updates you plan to install are appropriate for your Panorama deployment.
Refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release version required for a Panorama
software release. If you intend to upgrade Log Collectors and firewalls to a particular release, you
must first upgrade Panorama to that (or a later) release.
For a Panorama virtual appliance that runs on a hypervisor, ensure that the instance meets the Setup
Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
STEP 2 | Save a backup of the current Panorama configuration file that you can use to restore the
configuration if you have problems with the upgrade.
Although Panorama automatically creates a backup of the configuration, best practice is

to create and externally store a backup before you upgrade.
1. Save named Panorama configuration snapshot (Panorama > Setup > Operations), enter a Name for
the configuration, and click OK.
2. Export named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just
saved, click OK, and save the exported file to a location that is external to Panorama.

STEP 3 | (As needed) Install content updates.
If Panorama is not running the minimum content versions required for the Panorama
release to which you intend to upgrade, you must update content versions to the
minimum (or later) versions before you install the software updates. Refer to Release
Notes for minimum content release version for a Panorama release.
Palo Alto Networks® highly recommends that Panorama, Log Collectors, and all managed
firewalls run the same content release version. Additionally, we recommend that you
schedule automatic, recurring updates so that you are always running the latest content
versions (refer to 9).
1. Check Now (Panorama > Dynamic Updates) for the latest updates. If the value in the Action column
is Download, an update is available.
Ensure that Panorama is running the same but not a later content release version than
is running on managed firewalls and Log Collectors.
2. (As needed) Before you update the content release version on Panorama, be sure to upgrade
managed firewalls and then Log Collectors (see Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-
Connected) to the same (or a later) content release version.
If you do not need to install content updates at this time, then skip ahead to the next step.
3. Install remaining content updates, as needed. When installed, the Currently Installed column displays
a check mark.
1. Download and Install the Applications or Applications and Threats update. Regardless of your
subscription, Panorama installs and needs only the Applications content update, not the Threats
content. For details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
2. Download and Install other updates (Antivirus, WildFire®, or URL Filtering) as needed, one at a
time, and in any sequence.
STEP 4 | Determine the Upgrade Path to PAN-OS 9.0.

You cannot skip the installation of any feature release versions in the path from the currently running
PAN-OS version to PAN-OS 9.0. Review the known issues and changes to default behavior in the
Release Notes and upgrade/downgrade considerations in the New Features Guide for each release
through which you pass as part of your upgrade path.
(Required if you are upgrading from a 7.1 or earlier release) PAN-OS 8.0 introduced a new log storage
format. After upgrading to PAN-OS 8.0, you must Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format
before continuing in your upgrade path. Log migration is a one-time task; if you already migrated the
logs on the Log Collector for an upgrade to PAN-OS 8.0, you do not need to migrate them again.
If upgrading more than one Log Collector, streamline the process by determining the
upgrade paths for all Log Collectors you intend to upgrade before you start downloading
images.
STEP 5 | Install Panorama 9.0.

1. Check Now (Panorama > Software) for the latest releases. If a software release is available, the
Action column displays Download.
2. Locate and Download the model-specific file for the release version to which you are
upgrading. For example, to upgrade an M-Series appliance to Panorama 9.0.0, download the
Panorama_m-9.0.0 image; to upgrade a Panorama virtual appliance to Panorama 9.0.0, download
the Panorama_pc-9.0.0 image. After a successful download, the Action column changes from
Download to Install for the downloaded image.

3. (You cannot skip installation of any feature release versions in the path from the currently running
PAN-OS version to PAN-OS 9.0.0.) Install the downloaded image and then reboot.
1. Install the image.
2. After the installation completes successfully, reboot using one of the following methods:
• If prompted to reboot, click Yes. If you see a CMS Login prompt, press Enter without typing
a username or password. When the Panorama login prompt appears, enter the username and
password you specified during initial configuration.
• If you are not prompted to reboot, Reboot Panorama from the Device Operations section
(Panorama > Setup > Operations).
4. (Required only if upgrading to PAN-OS 9.0.1 or a later release) After you complete the above steps
for the PAN-OS 9.0 base image, repeat steps 1 through 3 to upgrade to the target maintenance
release.
STEP 6 | Check the status of the log format migration after a successful upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0.
1. Log in to the Panorama CLI of the Log Collector.
2. Run the following command to check the status of the log format migration:
admin> debug logdb show-es-upgrade-time
Example response when the log format migration is still in progress:
Response
from logger 23456212: 50.98% of indices upgraded complete. Approximately
less than a minute remaining until migration is complete. Once the
log migration is complete, please run the ‘show log-collector-es-cluster
health’ command to check the ElasticSearch cluster status to verify
logging and reporting functionality is restored.
Response when the log format migration is completed:
Response
from logger 23456212: 100% of indices complete. Please run the ‘show
log-collector-es-cluster health’ command to check the ElasticSearch
cluster status to verify logging and reporting functionality is
restored.
3. After the log format migration is complete, run the following command to check the status of the
ElasticSearch cluster before you continue to the next step:
admin> show log-collector-es-cluster health
Continue to the next step when the “status” of the ElasticSearch cluster health displays “green”:

STEP 7 | (Panorama on Azure only) Load the exported Panorama configuration from Step 2.
1. Import named Panorama configuration snapshot (Panorama > Setup > Operations), Browse and
select the Panorama configuration file, and click OK.
2. Load named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just
imported, enter the Decryption Key if required and click OK.
4. Commit the Panorama configuration by enter the following commands:
admin> configure
admin> commit force
STEP 8 | (If local Log Collector is in a Collector Group) Upgrade the remaining Log Collectors in the Collector
Group.
STEP 9 | (Best Practice) Schedule recurring, automatic content updates.
Panorama does not synchronize content update schedules across HA peers. You must
perform this task on both the active and passive Panorama.
In the header row for each update type (Panorama > Dynamic Updates), the Schedule is initially set to
None. Perform the following steps for each update type.
1. Click None and select the update frequency (Recurrence). The frequency options depend on the
update type.
2. Select the schedule action:
• Download And Install (Best Practice)—Panorama automatically installs updates after downloading
them.
• Download Only—You must manually install updates after Panorama downloads them.
3. Based on the best practices for the security posture of your organization, configure a delay
(Threshold) after an update becomes available before Panorama downloads the update.

Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected
If Panorama™ does not have a direct connection to the internet, perform the following steps to install
Panorama software and content updates as needed. If Panorama is deployed in a high availability (HA)
configuration, you must upgrade each peer (see Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration).
Upgrading the software on the Panorama virtual appliance does not change the system mode; switching to
Panorama mode or Management Only mode is a manual task that requires additional settings as described
when you Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector.
Before you upgrade Panorama, refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release version
required for PAN-OS® 9.0.
For Panorama on Azure, you must perform additional steps before you can successfully upgrade the
software version. To upgrade, you need to export the Panorama configuration, upgrade the content and
software versions, and import the configuration to the Panorama management server after you successfully
upgrade.
STEP 1 | Verify that the updates you plan to install are appropriate for your Panorama deployment.
Refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release version you must install for a Panorama
software release. If you intend to upgrade Log Collectors and firewalls to a particular release, you
must first upgrade Panorama to that (or a later) release.
For a Panorama virtual appliance, ensure that the instance meets the Setup Prerequisites for the
STEP 2 | Save a backup of the current Panorama configuration file that you can use to restore the
Although Panorama automatically creates a backup of the configuration, best practice is

to create and externally store a backup before you upgrade.
1. Save named Panorama configuration snapshot (Panorama > Setup > Operations), enter a Name for
the configuration, and click OK.
2. Export named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just
saved, click OK, and save the exported file to a location that is external to Panorama.

STEP 3 | Determine which content updates you need to install.
Palo Alto Networks highly recommends that Panorama, Log Collectors, and all managed
firewalls run the same content release version.
1. For each content update, determine whether you need updates and which content updates you need
to download in the following step.
2. (As needed) Before you update the content release version on Panorama, be sure to upgrade
managed firewalls and then Log Collectors (see Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-
Connected) to the same (or a later) content release version.

images.
STEP 5 | (As needed) Download content updates to a host that can connect and upload content to
Panorama either over SCP or HTTPS.
If you do not need to install content updates at this time, then skip ahead to 6.
1. Use a host that has internet access to log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support website.
2. Download content updates as needed:
1. Click Updates > Dynamic Updates in the Resources section.
2. Download the appropriate content updates and save the files to the host. Perform this step for
each content type you need to update.
STEP 6 | Install content updates as needed.
You must install content updates before software updates and you must Upgrade
Firewalls first and then Upgrade Log Collectors before you install them on the Panorama
management server.
Install the Applications or Applications and Threats update first, and then install any other updates
(Antivirus, WildFire®, and URL Filtering), one at a time, and in any sequence.
Regardless whether your subscription includes both Applications and Threats content,
Panorama installs and needs only the Applications content. For details, see Panorama,
Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
In Panorama (Panorama > Dynamic Updates), perform the following steps for each content type:

1. Click Upload, select the content Type, Browse to the location on the host to which you downloaded
the update, select the update, and click OK.
2. Install From File, select the Package Type, and click OK.
STEP 7 | Download the software updates to a host that can connect and upload content to Panorama
either over SCP or HTTPS.
1. Use a host with internet access to log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
2. Download software updates:
1. On the main page of Palo Alto Networks Customer Support website, click Updates > Software
Updates.
2. For the first (or next) Panorama release in your upgrade path, identify the model-specific
file. For example, to upgrade an M-Series appliance to Panorama 9.0.0, download the
Panorama_m-9.0.0 image; to upgrade a Panorama virtual appliance to Panorama 9.0.0,
download the Panorama_pc-9.0.0 image.
You can quickly locate Panorama images by selecting Panorama M Images (M-
Series appliances) or Panorama Updates (virtual appliances) from the Filter By
drop-down.
3. Click the filename and save the file to the host.
4. Repeat substep 2 above for any additional release versions in your upgrade path as determined in
Step 4.
STEP 8 | Install Panorama 9.0.

For each release in your upgrade path (starting with the earliest), perform the following steps:
1. Click Upload (Panorama > Software).
2. Browse to the location on the host to which you downloaded the update, select the update, Sync To
Peer if Panorama is in an HA configuration (to push the software image to the secondary peer), and
click OK.
3. Install the software image and reboot.
For an HA configuration, Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration; otherwise:
1. Install the downloaded image.
2. After you successfully complete the installation, reboot using one of the following methods:
• If prompted to reboot, click Yes. If you see a CMS Login prompt, press Enter without typing
a username or password. When the Panorama login prompt appears, enter the username and
password you specified during initial configuration.
• If you are not prompted to reboot, Reboot Panorama from the Device Operations section
(Panorama > Setup > Operations).
4. Repeat substeps 1 through 3 above for each release in your path as needed.
STEP 9 | Check the status of the log format migration after a successfully upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0.
Response from logger 23456212: 50.98% of indices upgraded complete.

Approximately less than a minute remaining until migration is complete.

Once the log migration is complete, please run the ‘show log-collector-
es-cluster health’ command to check the ElasticSearch cluster status to
verify logging and reporting functionality is restored.
Response from logger 23456212: 100% of indices complete. Please run the
‘show log-collector-es-cluster health’ command to check the ElasticSearch
cluster status to verify logging and reporting functionality is restored.
3. After log format migration is completee, run the following command to check the status of the
STEP 10 | (Panorama on Azure only) Load the exported Panorama configuration from Step 2.
1. Import named Panorama configuration snapshot (Panorama > Setup > Operations), Browse and
select the Panorama configuration file, and click OK.
2. Load named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just
imported, enter the Decryption Key if required and click OK.
4. Commit the Panorama configuration by enter the following commands:
admin> configure
admin> commit force
STEP 11 | (If local Log Collector is in a Collector Group) Upgrade the remaining Log Collectors in the
Collector Group.
Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format

After you upgrade to a Panorama 8.0 or later release, Panorama Log Collectors use a new log storage
format. Because Panorama cannot generate reports or ACC data from logs in the pre-8.0-release log
format after you upgrade, you must migrate the existing logs as soon as you upgrade Panorama and its

Log Collectors from a PAN-OS® 7.1 or earlier release to a PAN-OS 8.0 or later release and you must do
this before you upgrade your managed firewalls. Panorama will continue to collect logs from managed
devices during the log migration but will store the incoming logs in the new log format after you upgrade to
a PAN-OS 8.0 or later release. For this reason, you will see only partial data in the ACC and in Reports until
Panorama completes the log migration process.
Log migration to the new format is a one time task that you must perform when you upgrade
to PAN-OS 8.0 or later release (or when you upgrade to PAN-OS 8.0 as part of your upgrade
path); you do not need to perform this migration again when you upgrade to a later PAN-OS
release.
The amount of time Panorama takes to complete the log migration process depends on the volume of new
logs being written to Panorama and the size of the log database you are migrating. Because log migration is
a CPU-intensive process, begin the migration during a time when the logging rate is lower. You can always
stop migration during peak times if you notice that CPU utilization rates are high and resume the migration
when the incoming log rate is lower.
After you Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama and upgrade the Log Collectors, migrate the
logs as follows:
• View the incoming logging rate.

For best results, start log migration when the incoming log rate is low. To check the rate, run the
following command from the Log Collector CLI:
admin@FC-M500-1> debug log-collector log-collection-stats show incoming-logs
High CPU utilization (close to 100%) during log migration is expected and operations
will continue to function normally. Log migration is throttled in favor of incoming logs and
other processes in the event of resource contention.
• Start migrating the logs on each Log Collector to the new format.
To begin the migration, enter the following command from the CLI of each Log Collector:
admin@FC-M500-1> request logdb migrate lc serial-number <ser_num> start
• View the log migration status to estimate the amount of time it will take to finish migrating all
existing logs to the new format.
admin@FC-M500-1> request logdb migrate lc serial-number <ser_num> status

Slot: all
Migration State: In Progress
Percent Complete: 0.04
Estimated Time Remaining: 451 hour(s) 47 min(s)
• Stop the log migration process.

To temporarily stop the log migration process, enter the following command from the Log Collector CLI:
admin@FC-M500-1 request logdb migrate lc serial-number <ser_num> stop

Transition to a Different Panorama Model
When your network requirements change (for example, the logging rate increases), you can migrate the
Panorama management server and Dedicated Log Collectors to Panorama Models that better support those
requirements.
• Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series Appliance
• Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor
• Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual Appliance
• Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance
Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series

Appliance
You can migrate the Panorama configuration from a Panorama virtual appliance to an M-Series appliance
in Panorama mode. However, you cannot migrate the logs because the log format on the Panorama virtual
appliance is incompatible with that on M-Series appliances. Therefore, if you want to maintain access to
the old logs stored on the Panorama virtual appliance, you must continue running the Panorama virtual
appliance after the migration. The M-Series appliance will collect the new logs that firewalls forward after
the migration. After the pre-migration logs expire or become irrelevant due to aging, you can shut down the
Legacy mode is no longer supported in PAN-OS 8.1 or later releases. If the old Panorama virtual appliance is
in Legacy mode, you must change Panorama to Panorama mode before migrating to the new hypervisor in
order to preserve the log settings and Log Collector forwarding configurations. Importing the configuration
of the old Panorama in Legacy mode to a new Panorama in Panorama mode causes all log and log
forwarding settings to be removed.
You cannot migrate logs between hypervisors. Therefore, if you want to maintain access to the logs stored
on the old Panorama virtual appliance, you must continue running the old Panorama virtual appliance after
the migration and add it as a managed Log Collector on the new Panorama virtual appliance. This allows
the new Panorama virtual appliance to collect the new logs that firewalls forward after the migration, while
maintaining access to the old log data. After the pre-migration logs expire or become irrelevant due to
aging, you can shut down the Panorama virtual appliance.
If you store firewall logs on Dedicated Log Collectors (M-Series appliances in Log Collector
mode) instead of on the Panorama virtual appliance, you can maintain access to the logs by
migrating the Dedicated Log Collectors to the M-Series appliance in Panorama mode.
STEP 1 | Plan the migration.

Upgrade the software on the Panorama virtual appliance before the migration if the M-Series
appliance requires a later release of the current software (the M-500 appliance requires Panorama
7.0 or a later release. The M-600 and M-200 appliances require Panorama 8.1 or later release).
For important details about software versions, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire
Version Compatibility.
Schedule a maintenance window for the migration. Although firewalls can buffer logs after the
Panorama virtual appliance goes offline and then forward the logs after the M-Series appliance
comes online, completing the migration during a maintenance window minimizes the risk that logs
will exceed the buffer capacities and be lost during the transition between Panorama models.
Consider whether to maintain access to the Panorama virtual appliance after the migration to access
existing logs. The most efficient approach is to assign a new IP address to the Panorama virtual

appliance and reuse its old IP address for the M-Series appliance. This ensures that the Panorama
virtual appliance remains accessible and that firewalls can point to the M-Series appliance without
you reconfiguring the Panorama IP address on each firewall.
STEP 2 | Purchase the new M-Series appliance, and migrate your subscriptions to the new appliance.
1. Purchase the new M-Series appliance.
2. Purchase the new support license and migration license.
3. At the time you purchase the new M-Series appliance, provide your sales representative the serial
number and device management auth-code of the Panorama virtual appliance you are phasing out, as
well as a license migration date of your choosing. On receipt of your M-Series appliance, register the
appliance and activate the device management and support licenses using the migration and support
auth-codes provided by Palo Alto Networks. On the migration date, the device management license
on the Panorama virtual appliance is decommissioned, and you can no longer manage devices or
collect logs using the Panorama virtual appliance. However, the support license is preserved and the
Panorama appliance remains under support. You can complete the migration after the effective date,
but you are unable to commit any configuration changes on the now decommissioned Panorama
virtual appliance.
STEP 3 | (Legacy mode only) On the old Panorama virtual appliance, change to Panorama mode.
This step is required to preserve the log data, settings and log forwarding configuration of
the Panorama virtual appliance. If you export the Panorama configuration while in Legacy
mode, these settings are lost. You must complete Step 9 if you do not change Panorama
to Panorama mode before continuing.
Continue to the next step if the Panorama virtual appliance is already in Panorama or
Management Only mode.
1. Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode.

2. Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format if you want to preserve the existing log data on the
old Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 4 | Export the Panorama configuration from the Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Log in to the Panorama virtual appliance and select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
2. Click Save named Panorama configuration snapshot, enter a Name to identify the configuration, and
click OK.
3. Click Export named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just
saved, and click OK. Panorama exports the configuration to your client system as an XML file.
STEP 5 | Power off the Panorama virtual appliance if you won’t need to access to it after the migration
or assign a new IP address to its management (MGT) interface if you will need access to it.
To power off the Panorama virtual appliance, see the documentation for your VMware product.
To change the IP address on the Panorama virtual appliance:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management, and edit the Management Interface Settings.
2. Enter the new IP Address and click OK.
STEP 6 | Perform the initial setup of the M-Series appliance.

1. Rack mount the M-Series appliance. Refer to the M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference Guide for
instructions.
2. Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance to define the network connections required
to activate licenses and install updates.

3. Register Panorama.
4. Activate a Panorama Support License.
5. Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance. Use the auth-code
associated with the migration license.
6. Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama. Install the same versions as those on the
STEP 7 | Load the Panorama configuration snapshot that you exported from the Panorama virtual
appliance into the M-Series appliance.
1. On the M-Series appliance, select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
2. Click Import named Panorama configuration snapshot, Browse to the Panorama configuration file
you exported from the Panorama virtual appliance, and click OK.
3. Click Load named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just
imported, select a Decryption Key (the master key for Panorama), and click OK. Panorama overwrites
its current candidate configuration with the loaded configuration. Panorama displays any errors that
occur when loading the configuration file.
4. If errors occurred, save them to a local file. Resolve each error to ensure the migrated configuration is
valid.
STEP 8 | Modify the configuration on the M-Series appliance.

Required if the M-Series appliance will use different values than the Panorama virtual appliance. If you
will maintain access to the Panorama virtual appliance to access its logs, use a different hostname and IP
address for the M-Series appliance.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management.
2. Edit the General Settings, modify the Hostname, and click OK.
3. Edit the Management Interface Settings, modify the values as necessary, and click OK.
STEP 9 | Add the default managed collector and Collector Group back to the M-Series appliance.
Loading the configuration from the Panorama virtual appliance (Step 7) removes the default managed
collector and Collector Group that are predefined on each M-Series appliance.
1. Configure a Managed Collector that is local to the M-Series appliance.
2. Configure a Collector Group for the default managed collector.
STEP 10 | Synchronize the M-Series appliance with the firewalls to resume firewall management.
Complete this step during a maintenance window to minimize network disruption.
1. On the M-Series appliance, select Panorama > Managed Devices and verify that the Device State
column displays Connected for the firewalls.
At this point, the Shared Policy (device groups) and Template columns display Out of sync for the
firewalls.
2. Push your changes to device groups and templates:
2. Select Device Groups, select every device group, Include Device and Network Templates, and
click OK.
3. Push your changes.
3. In the Panorama > Managed Devices page, verify that the Shared Policy and Template columns
display In sync for the firewalls.

Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor
Migrate the Panorama configuration of a Panorama virtual appliance from one supported hypervisor to
another supported hypervisor in Management Only mode or Panorama mode. Before migrating to the
Panorama virtual appliance to a new hypervisor, review the Panorama Models to ensure that the new
hypervisor you are migrating to is supported. Additionally, if your Panorama configuration has multiple
interfaces configuration for device management includes multiple interfaces for device management, log
collection, Collector Group communication, licensing and software updates, review Setup Prerequisites
for the Panorama Virtual Appliance to verify that the hypervisor you are migrating to supports multiple
interfaces.
Legacy mode is no longer supported in PAN-OS 8.1 or later releases. If the old Panorama virtual appliance is
in Legacy mode, you must change Panorama to Panorama mode before migrating to the new hypervisor in
order to preserve the log settings and Log Collector forwarding configurations. Importing the configuration
of the old Panorama in Legacy mode to a new Panorama in Panorama mode causes all log and log
forwarding settings to be removed.
You cannot migrate logs between hypervisors. Therefore, if you want to maintain access to the logs stored
on the old Panorama virtual appliance, you must continue running the old Panorama virtual appliance after
the migration and add it as a managed Log Collector on the new Panorama virtual appliance. This allows
the new Panorama virtual appliance to collect the new logs that firewalls forward after the migration, while
maintaining access to the old log data. After the pre-migration logs expire or become irrelevant due to
aging, you can shut down the Panorama virtual appliance.
If you store firewall logs on Dedicated Log Collectors (Panorama virtual appliance in Log
Collector mode) instead of on the Panorama virtual appliance, you can maintain access to
the logs by migrating the Dedicated Log Collectors to the new Panorama virtual appliance in
Panorama mode.

Upgrade the software on the Panorama virtual appliance before the migration if the new Panoprama
virtual appliance requires a later release of the current software. Panorama on AWS and Microsoft
Azure require 8.1 or later release, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) requires 8.1.1 or later release, KVM
and AWS GovCloud require 8.1.2 or later release, and Hyper-V requires 8.1.3 or later release. For
important details about software versions, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire
Schedule a maintenance window for the migration. Although firewalls can buffer logs after the
Panorama virtual appliance goes offline and then forward the logs after the new Panorama virtual
appliance comes online, completing the migration during a maintenance window minimizes the risk
that logs will exceed the buffer capacities and be lost during the transition between hypervisors.
Consider whether to maintain access to the old Panorama virtual appliance after the migration to
access existing logs. The most efficient approach is to assign a new IP address to the old Panorama
virtual appliance and reuse its old IP address for the Panorama virtual appliance. This ensures that the
old Panorama virtual appliance remains accessible and that firewalls can point to the new Panorama
virtual appliance without you reconfiguring the Panorama IP address on each firewall.
STEP 2 | Purchase the new Panorama virtual appliance license, and migrate your subscriptions to the
virtual appliance.
1. Purchase the new Panorama virtual appliance license.
3. At the time you purchase the new Panorama virtual appliance license, provide your sales
representative the serial number and device management auth-code of the Panorama virtual

appliance you are phasing out, as well as a license migration date of your choosing. After deploying
the new Panorama virtual appliance, register the appliance and activate the device management
and support licenses using the migration and support auth-codes provided by Palo Alto Networks.
On the migration date, the device management license on the old Panorama virtual appliance is
decommissioned, and you can no longer manage devices or collect logs using the old Panorama
virtual appliance. However, the support license is preserved and the Panorama appliance remains
under support. You can complete the migration after the effective date, but you are unable to commit
any configuration changes on the now decommissioned Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 3 | (Legacy mode only) On the old Panorama virtual appliance, change to Panorama mode.
This step is required to preserve the log data, settings and log forwarding configuration
of the Panorama virtual appliance. If you export the Panorama configuration while in
Legacy mode, these settings are lost. You must complete Step 10 if you do not change
Panorama to Panorama mode before continuing.
Continue to the next step if the Panorama virtual appliance is already in Panorama or
Management Only mode.
1. Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode.

2. Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format if you want to preserve the existing log data on the
old Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 4 | Export the Panorama configuration from the old Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
click OK.
STEP 5 | Power off the old Panorama virtual appliance if you won’t need to access to it after the
migration or assign a new IP address to its management (MGT) interface if you will need access
to it.
To power off the Panorama virtual appliance, see the supported documentation for the hypervisor on
which the old Panorama virtual appliance has been deployed.
To change the IP address on the Panorama virtual appliance:
1. On the web interface of the old Panorama virtual appliance, select Panorama > Setup >
Management, and edit the Management Interface Settings.
STEP 6 | Perform the initial setup of the new Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
2. Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance to define the network connections
required to activate licenses and install updates.
connected. Use the auth-code associated with the migration license.
6. Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama. Install the same versions as those on the old

STEP 7 | Load the Panorama configuration snapshot that you exported from the old Panorama virtual
appliance into the new Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the new Panorama virtual appliance.
you exported from the Panorama virtual appliance, and click OK.
imported, leave the Decryption Key blank (empty), and click OK. Panorama overwrites its current
candidate configuration with the loaded configuration. Panorama displays any errors that occur when
loading the configuration file.
5. If errors occurred, save them to a local file. Resolve each error to ensure the migrated configuration is
valid.
STEP 8 | Modify the configuration on the new Panorama virtual appliance.

Required if the new Panorama virtual appliance will use different values than the old Panorama virtual
appliance. If you will maintain access to the old Panorama virtual appliance to access its logs, use a
different hostname and IP address for the new Panorama virtual appliance.
Multiple interface configurations are not supported for Panorama deployed on AWS, AWS
GovCloud, Microsoft Azure, and GCP. You must reconfigure device management, log
collection, Collector Group communication, licensing and software updates to operate
over the MGT interface if migrating to one of these hypervisors.

3. Edit the Management Interface Settings, modify the values as necessary, and click OK.
STEP 9 | Add the default managed collector and Collector Group to the new Panorama virtual appliance.
Loading the configuration from the old Panorama virtual appliance (Step 7) removes the default managed
collector and Collector Group that are predefined on each Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama
mode.
1. Configure a Managed Collector that is local to the Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Configure a Collector Group for the default managed collector.
STEP 10 | (Legacy mode only) If you exported the Panorama configuration from a Panorama virtual
appliance in Legacy mode, Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama.
STEP 11 | Synchronize the new Panorama virtual appliance with the firewalls to resume firewall
management.
1. On the new Panorama virtual appliance, select Panorama > Managed Devices and verify that the
Device State column displays Connected for the firewalls.
firewalls.

click OK.
Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual

Appliance
You can migrate the Panorama configuration from an M-100, M-200, M-500, M-600 appliance to a
Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode. However, you cannot migrate the logs because the log
format on the M-Series appliances is incompatible with that on the Panorama virtual appliances. Therefore,
if you want to maintain access to the old logs stored on the M-Series appliance, you must continue running
the M-Series appliance as a Dedicated Log Collector after the migration and add it to the Panorama virtual
appliance as a managed collector.
If your Panorama management server is part of a high availability configuration, you must deploy a second
Panorama virtual appliance of the same hypervisor or cloud environment, and purchase the required device
management and support licenses. See Panorama HA Prerequisites for a full list of HA requirements.

Upgrade the M-Series appliance to PAN-OS 9.0 or later release before the migrating to the Panorama
virtual appliance. To upgrade Panorama, see Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
For important details about software versions, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire
Schedule a maintenance window for the migration. Although firewalls can buffer logs after the M-
Series appliance goes offline and then forward the logs after the Panorama virtual appliance comes
online, completing the migration during a maintenance window minimizes the risk that logs will
exceed the buffer capacities during the transition to a different Panorama model.
STEP 2 | Purchase management and support licenses for the new Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Contact your sales representative to purchase the new device management and support licenses.
2. Provide your sales representative the serial number of the M-Series appliance you to plan phase
out, the serial number and support auth code you received when you purchased the new Panorama
virtual appliance, and the date when you expect your migration from the old device to the new virtual
appliance to be completed. Before the migration date, register the serial number and activate support
auth code on the new virtual appliance so that you can begin your migration. The capacity auth code
on the old M-Series appliance is automatically removed on the expected migration completion date
you provided.
STEP 3 | Perform the initial setup of the Panorama virtual appliance.

1. Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
2. Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance to define the network connections
required to activate licenses and install updates.
connected
6. Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama. Install the same versions as those on the M-
Series appliance.

STEP 4 | Edit the M-Series appliance Panorama interface configuration to only use the management
interface.
The Panorama virtual appliance supports only the management interface for device management and log
collection.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the M-Series appliance.
4. Select Interfaces and edit the Management interface to enable the required services.
5. Disable services for the remaining interfaces.
STEP 5 | Add the IP address of the new Panorama virtual appliance.

On the M-Series appliance, add the Public IP address of the Panorama virtual appliance as the second
Panorama Server to manage devices from the new Panorama management server. If the Panorama
virtual appliance is deployed on AWS, Azure or Google™ Cloud Platform, use the public IP address.
1. Select Device > Setup.
2. In the Template context drop-down, select the template or template stack containing the Panorama
server configuration.
3. Edit the Panorama Settings.
4. Enter the Panorama virtual appliance public IP address and click OK.
5. Select Commit > Commit and Push.
STEP 6 | Export the configuration from the M-Series appliance.

click OK.
saved, and click OK. Panorama exports the configuration to your client system as an XML file. Save
the configuration to a location external to the Panorama appliance.
STEP 7 | Power off the M-Series appliance or assign a new IP address to the management (MGT)
interface.
If the M-Series appliance is in Panorama mode and has logs stored on the local Log
Collector that you need access on the new Panorama virtual appliance, you must change
the IP address on the M-Series appliance in order to add it to the Panorama virtual
appliance as a managed Log Collector.
• To Power off the M-Series appliance:

2. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, and under Device Operations, Shutdown Panorama. Click
Yes to confirm the shutdown.
• To change the IP address on the M-Series appliance:
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Management, and edit the Management Interface Settings.

STEP 8 | Load the Panorama configuration snapshot that you exported from the M-Series appliance into
the Panorama virtual appliance.
1. Log in to the Panorama web interface of the Panorama virtual appliance, and select Panorama >
Setup > Operations.
you exported from the M-Series appliance, and click OK.
occur when loading the configuration file.
If errors occurred, save them to a local file. Resolve each error to ensure the migrated configuration is
valid. The configuration has been loaded once the commit is successful.
STEP 9 | Change the M-Series appliance to Log Collector mode to preserve existing log data.
Logging data is erased if you change to Log Collector mode while the logging disks are
still inserted in the M-Series appliance. Logging disks must be removed before changing
mode to avoid log data loss.
Generating the metadata for each disk pair rebuilds the indexes. Therefore, depending
on the data size, this process can take a long time to complete. To expedite the process,
you can launch multiple CLI sessions and run the metadata regeneration command in
each session to complete the process simultaneously for every pair. For details, see
Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs.
1. Remove the RAID disks from the old M-Series appliance.

1. Power off the M-Series appliance by pressing the Power button until the system shuts down.
2. Remove the disk pairs. For details, refer to the disk replacement procedure in the M-Series
Appliance Hardware Reference Guides.
2. Power on the M-Series appliance by pressing the Power button.
3. Log in to the Panorama CLI on the old M-Series appliance.
4. Switch from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode.
• Switch to Log Collector mode by entering the following command:

• Enter Y to confirm the mode change. The M-Series appliance reboots. If the reboot process
terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the M-Series appliance to see
the Panorama login prompt.
• Log back in to the CLI.
• Verify that the switch to Log Collector mode succeeded:
> system-mode: logger

5. Insert the disks back into the old M-Series appliance. For details, refer to the disk replacement
procedure in the M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference Guides.
You must maintain the disk pair association. Although you can place a disk pair from slot A1/A2 on
the into slot B1/B2, you must keep the disks together in the same slot; otherwise, Panorama might
not restore the data successfully.
6. Enable the disk pairs by running the following CLI command for each pair:
> request system raid add <slot> force no-format
For example:
> request system raid add A1 force no-format

The force and no-format arguments are required. The force argument associates the disk pair with
the new appliance. The no-format argument prevents reformatting of the drives and retains the logs
stored on the disks.
7. Generate the metadata for each disk pair.
> request metadata-regenerate slot <slot_number>
For example:
> request metadata-regenerate slot 1

8. Enable connectivity between the Log Collector and Panorama management server.
Enter the following commands at the Log Collector CLI, where <IPaddress1> is for the MGT
interface of the solitary (non-HA) or active (HA) Panorama and <IPaddress2> is for the MGT
interface of the passive (HA) Panorama, if applicable.
> configure
# commit
# exit
STEP 10 | Synchronize the Panorama virtual appliance with the firewalls to resume firewall
management.
1. On the Panorama virtual appliance, select Panorama > Managed Devices and verify that the Device
State column displays the firewalls as Connected.
firewalls.
2. Select Device Groups, select every device group, and Include Device and Network Templates.
3. Select Collector Groups, select every collector group, and click OK.

STEP 11 | (HA only) Set up the Panorama HA peer.

If the Panorama management servers are in a high availability configuration, perform the steps below on
the HA peer.
1. Perform the initial setup of the Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Edit the M-Series appliance Panorama interface configuration to only use the management interface.
3. Add the IP address of the new Panorama virtual appliance.
4. Power off the M-Series appliance or assign a new IP address to the management (MGT) interface.
5. Change the M-Series appliance to Log Collector mode to preserve existing log data.
STEP 12 | (HA only) Modify the Panorama virtual appliance HA peer configuration.
1. On an HA peer, Log in to the Panorama Web Interface, select Panorama > High Availability and edit
the Setup.
2. In the Peer HA IP Address field, enter the new IP address of the HA peer and click OK.
3. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your change
4. Repeat these steps on the other peer in the HA peer.
STEP 13 | (HA only) Synchronize the Panorama peers.

1. Access the Dashboard on one of the HA peers and select Widgets > System > High Availability to
display the HA widget.
2. Sync to peer, click Yes, and wait for the Running Config to display Synchronized.
3. Access the Dashboard on the remaining HA peer and select Widgets > System > High Availability to
4. Verify that the Running Config displays Synchronized.
Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance

You can migrate the Panorama configuration and firewall logs from an M-100 appliance to an M-500
appliance in Panorama mode (Panorama management server). You can also migrate the firewall logs from an
M-100 appliance to an M-500 appliance in Log Collector mode (Dedicated Log Collector). Because all the
Log Collectors in a Collector Group must be the same Panorama model, you must migrate all or none of the
M-100 appliances in any Collector Group.
In the following procedure, the Panorama management server is deployed in an active/passive high
availability (HA) configuration, you will migrate both the configuration and logs, and the M-500 appliances
will reuse the IP addresses from the M-100 appliances.
This procedure assumes you are no longer using the M-100 for device management or
log collection. If you plan on using the decommissioned M-100 appliance as a Dedicated
Log Collector, a device management license is required on the M-100. Without a device
management license, you are unable to use the M-100 as a Dedicated Log Collector.
If you do not plan on using the M-100 appliance as a Dedicated Log Collector, but the M-100
appliance contains log data that you must access at a later date, you may still query and
generate reports using the existing log data. Palo Alto Networks recommends reviewing the
log retention policy before decommissioning the M-100 appliance.

If you will migrate only the logs and not the Panorama configuration, perform the task
Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode or Migrate Logs to a New
M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode.
If you will migrate to a new Panorama management server that is not deployed in an HA
configuration and the new Panorama must access logs on existing Dedicated Log Collectors,
perform the task Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama.

• Upgrade the software on the M-100 appliance if its current release is earlier than 7.0; the M-500
appliance requires Panorama 7.0 or a later release. For important details about software versions, see
Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
• Forward the System and Config logs that Panorama and Log Collectors generate to an external
destination before the migration if you want to preserve those logs. The M-Series appliance in
Panorama mode stores these log types on its SSD, which you cannot move between models. You can
move only the RAID drives, which store firewall logs.
• Schedule a maintenance window for the migration. Although firewalls can buffer logs after the
M-100 appliance goes offline and then forward the logs after the M-500 appliance comes online,
completing the migration during a maintenance window minimizes the risk that logs will exceed the
buffer capacities and be lost during the transition between Panorama models.
STEP 2 | Purchase the new M-500 appliance, and migrate your subscriptions to the new appliance.
1. Purchase the new M-500 appliance.
3. At the time you purchase the new M-500 appliance, provide your sales representative the serial
number and device management auth-code of the M-100 appliance you are phasing out, as well as a
license migration date of your choosing. On receipt of your M-500 appliance, register the appliance
and activate the device management and support licenses using the migration and support auth-
codes provided by Palo Alto Networks. On the migration date, the device management license on the
M-100 is decommissioned, and you can no longer manage devices or collect logs using the M-100
appliance. However, the support license is preserved and the Panorama appliance remains under
support. You can complete the migration after the effective date, but you are unable to commit any
configuration changes on the now decommissioned M-100 appliance.
STEP 3 | Export the Panorama configuration from each M-100 appliance in Panorama mode.
Perform this task on each M-100 appliance HA peer:
1. Log in to the M-100 appliance and select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
click OK.
STEP 4 | Power off each M-100 appliance in Panorama mode.

1. Log in to the M-100 appliance HA peer that you will power off.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, and click Shutdown Panorama.
STEP 5 | Perform the initial setup of each M-500 appliance.

1. Rack mount the M-500 appliances. Refer to the M-500 Appliance Hardware Reference Guide for
instructions.
2. Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance to define the network connections required
to activate licenses and install updates.

5. Activate a firewall management license. Use the auth-code associated with the migration license.
6. Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama. Install the same versions as those on the M-100
appliance.
7. (Dedicated Log Collector only) Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector.
STEP 6 | Load the Panorama configuration snapshot that you exported from each M-100 appliance into
each M-500 appliance in Panorama mode (both HA peers).
Perform this task on each M-500 appliance HA peer:
1. Log in to the M-500 appliance and select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
2. Click Import named Panorama configuration snapshot, Browse to the configuration file you exported
from the M-100 appliance that has the same HA priority (primary or secondary) as the M-500
appliance will have, and click OK.
occur when loading the configuration file. If errors occurred, save them to a local file. Resolve each
error to ensure the migrated configuration is valid.
4. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Validate Commit. Resolve any errors before proceeding.
5. Commit your changes to the Panorama configuration.
STEP 7 | Synchronize the configuration between the M-500 appliance HA peers in Panorama mode.
1. On the active M-500 appliance, select the Dashboard tab and, in the High Availability widget, click
Sync to peer.
2. In the High Availability widget, verify that the Local (primary M-500 appliance) is active, the Peer is
passive, and the Running Config is synchronized.
STEP 8 | Move the RAID drives from each M-100 appliance to its replacement M-500 appliance to
migrate the logs collected from firewalls.
In the following tasks, skip any steps that you already completed on the M-500 appliance.
• Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode. Migrate logs from the M-100
appliance only if it uses a default managed collector for log collection.
• Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode.
STEP 9 | Synchronize the active M-500 appliance in Panorama mode with the firewalls to resume
firewall management.
1. In the active M-500 appliance, select Panorama > Managed Devices, and verify that the Device State
column displays Connected for the firewalls.
firewalls.
click OK.


Access and Navigate Panorama Management
Interfaces
Panorama provides three management interfaces:
• Web interface—The Panorama web interface has a look and feel similar to the firewall web interface.
If you are familiar with the latter, you can easily navigate, complete administrative tasks, and generate
reports from the Panorama web interface. This graphical interface enables you to access Panorama using
HTTPS and it is the best way to perform administrative tasks. See Log in to the Panorama Web Interface
and Navigate the Panorama Web Interface. If you need to enable HTTP access to Panorama, edit the
Management Interface Settings on the Panorama > Setup > Management tab.
• Command line interface (CLI)—The CLI is a no-frills interface that allows you to type commands in
rapid succession to complete a series of tasks. The CLI supports two command modes—operational and
configuration—and each has its own hierarchy of commands and statements. When you become familiar
with the nesting structure and the syntax for the commands, the CLI enables quick response times and
administrative efficiency. See Log in to the Panorama CLI.
• XML API—The XML-based API is provided as a web service that is implemented using HTTP/HTTPS
requests and responses. It enables you to streamline your operations and integrate with existing,
internally developed applications and repositories. For details on using the Panorama API, refer to the
PAN-OS and Panorama XML API Usage Guide.
Log in to the Panorama Web Interface

STEP 1 | Launch an internet browser and enter the Panorama IP address using a secure connection
(https://<IP address>).
STEP 2 | Log in to Panorama according to the type of authentication used for your account. If logging in
to Panorama for the first time, use the default value admin for your username and password.
• SAML—Click Use Single Sign-On (SSO). If Panorama performs authorization (role assignment) for
administrators, enter your Username and Continue. If the SAML identity provider (IdP) performs
authorization, Continue without entering a Username. In both cases, Panorama redirects you to the
IdP, which prompts you to enter a username and password. After you authenticate to the IdP, the
Panorama web interface displays.
• Any other type of authentication—Enter your user Name and Password. Read the login banner and
select I Accept and Acknowledge the Statement Below if the login page has the banner and check
box. Then click Login.
STEP 3 | Read and Close any messages of the day.
Navigate the Panorama Web Interface

Use the Panorama web interface to configure Panorama, manage and monitor firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters, and access the web interface of each firewall through the
Context drop-down. Refer to the Panorama online help for details on the options and fields in each web
interface tab. The following is an overview of the tabs:

Tab Description
Dashboard View general information about the Panorama model and network
access settings. This tab includes widgets that display information about
applications, logs, system resources, and system settings.
ACC View the overall risk and threat level on the network, based on
information that Panorama gathered from the managed firewalls.
Monitor View and manage logs and reports.
Device Groups > Policies Create centralized policy rules and apply them to multiple firewalls/
device groups.
You must Add a Device Group for this tab to display.
Device Groups > Objects Define policy objects that policy rules can reference and that managed
firewalls/device groups can share.
You must Add a Device Group for this tab to display.
Templates > Network Configure network setting, such as network profiles, and apply them to
multiple firewalls.
You must Add a Template for this tab to display.
Templates > Device Configure device settings, such as server profiles and admin roles, and
apply them to multiple firewalls.
You must Add a Template for this tab to display.
Panorama Configure Panorama, manage licenses, set up high availability, access

software updates and security alerts, manage administrative access, and
manage the deployed firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances
and appliance clusters.
Log in to the Panorama CLI

You can log in to the Panorama CLI using a serial port connection or remotely using a Secure Shell (SSH)
client.
• Use SSH to log in to the Panorama CLI.

The same instructions apply to an M-Series appliance in Log Collector mode.
Optionally, you can Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for
the CLI.
1. Ensure the following prerequisites are met:

• You have a computer with network access to Panorama.
• You know the Panorama IP address.
• The Management interface supports SSH, which is the default setting. If an administrator disabled
SSH and you want to re-enable it: select Panorama > Setup > Interfaces, click Management,

select SSH, click OK, select Commit > Commit to Panorama, and Commit your changes to the
Panorama configuration.
2. To access the CLI using SSH:
1. Enter the Panorama IP address in the SSH client and use port 22.
2. Enter your administrative access credentials when prompted. After you log in, the message of the
day displays, followed by the CLI prompt in Operational mode. For example:
admin@ABC_Sydney>
• Use a serial port connection to log in to the Panorama CLI.

1. Make sure that you have the following:
• A null-modem serial cable that connects Panorama to a computer with a DB-9 serial port
• A terminal emulation program running on the computer
2. Use the following settings in the terminal emulation software to connect: 9600 baud; 8 data bits; 1
stop bit; No parity; No hardware flow control.
3. Enter your administrative access credentials when prompted. After you log in, the message of the day
displays, followed by the CLI prompt in Operational mode.
• Change to Configuration mode.

To switch to Configuration mode, enter the following command at the prompt:
admin@ABC_Sydney> configure
The prompt changes to admin@ABC_Sydney#.

Set Up Administrative Access to Panorama
Panorama implements Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to enable you to specify the privileges and
responsibilities of administrators. The following topics describe how to create administrator roles, access
domains, and accounts for accessing the Panorama web interface and command line interface (CLI):
• Configure an Admin Role Profile
• Configure an Access Domain
• Configure Administrative Accounts and Authentication
Configure an Admin Role Profile

Admin Role profiles are custom Administrative Roles that enable you to define granular administrative
access privileges to ensure protection for sensitive company information and privacy for end users.
As a best practice, create Admin Role profiles that allow administrators to access only the areas of the
management interfaces required to perform their jobs.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Admin Roles and click Add.
STEP 2 | Enter a Name for the profile and select the Role type: Panorama or Device Group and
Template.
STEP 3 | Configure access privileges to each functional area of Panorama (Web UI) and firewalls
(Context Switch UI) by toggling the icons to the desired setting: Enable (read-write), Read Only,
or Disable.
If administrators with custom roles will commit device group or template changes to
managed firewalls, you must give those roles read-write access to Panorama > Device
Groups and Panorama > Templates. If you upgrade from an earlier Panorama version,
the upgrade process provides read-only access to those nodes.
You cannot manage access to the firewall CLI or XML API through context-switching privileges in
Panorama roles.
STEP 4 | If the Role type is Panorama, configure access to the XML API by toggling the Enabled/
Disabled icon for each functional area.
STEP 5 | If the Role type is Panorama, select an access level for the Command Line interface: None
(default), superuser, superreader, or panorama-admin.
STEP 6 | Click OK to save the profile.
Configure an Access Domain

Use Access Domains to define access for Device Group and Template administrators for specific device
groups and templates, and also to control the ability of those administrators to switch context to the web
interface of managed firewalls. Panorama supports up to 4,000 access domains.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Access Domain and click Add.
STEP 2 | Enter a Name to identify the access domain.

STEP 3 | Select an access privilege for Shared Objects:
• write—Administrators can perform all operations on Shared objects. This is the default value.
• read—Administrators can display and clone but cannot perform other operations on Shared objects.
When adding non-Shared objects or cloning Shared objects, the destination must be a device group
within the access domain, not the Shared location.
• shared-only—Administrators can add objects only to the Shared location. Administrators can display,
edit, and delete Shared objects but cannot move or clone them.
A consequence of this option is that administrators can’t perform any operations on non-
Shared objects other than to display them. An example of why you might select this
option is for an organization that requires all objects to be in a single, global repository.
STEP 4 | Toggle the icons in the Device Groups tab to enable read-write or read-only access for device
groups in the access domain.
If you set the Shared Objects access to shared-only, Panorama applies read-only access
to the objects in any device groups for which you specify read-write access.
STEP 5 | Select the Templates tab and Add each template you want to assign to the access domain.
STEP 6 | Select the Device Context tab, select firewalls to assign to the access domain, and click OK.
Administrators can access the web interface of these firewalls by using the Context drop-down
in Panorama.
Configure Administrative Accounts and Authentication

If you have already configured an authentication profile or you don’t require one to authenticate
administrators, you are ready to Configure a Panorama Administrator Account. Otherwise, perform one of
the other procedures listed below to configure administrative accounts for specific types of authentication.
• Configure a Panorama Administrator Account
• Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators
• Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface
• Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI
Configure a Panorama Administrator Account

Administrative accounts specify Administrative Roles and authentication for Panorama administrators.
The service that you use to assign roles and perform authentication determines whether you add the
accounts on Panorama, on an external server, or both (see Administrative Authentication). For an external
authentication service, you must configure an authentication profile before adding an administrative
account (see Configure Administrative Accounts and Authentication). If you already configured the
authentication profile or you will use the authentication mechanism that is local to Panorama, perform the
following steps to add an administrative account on Panorama.
You can’t add an administrator account to a Dedicated Log Collector (M-Series appliance in
Log Collector mode). Only the predefined administrator account with the default username
(admin) is available on Dedicated Log Collectors.

STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Administrators and Add an account.
STEP 2 | Enter a user Name for the administrator.
STEP 3 | Select an Authentication Profile or sequence if you configured either for the administrator.
This is required if Panorama will use Kerberos SSO or an external service for authentication.
If Panorama will use local authentication, set the Authentication Profile to None and enter a Password
and then Confirm Password.
STEP 4 | Select the Administrator Type:

• Dynamic—Select a predefined administrator role.
• Custom Panorama Admin—Select the Admin Role Profile you created for this administrator (see
Configure an Admin Role Profile).
• Device Group and Template Admin—Map access domains to administrative roles as described in the
next step.
STEP 5 | (Device Group and Template Admin only) In the Access Domain to Administrator Role section,
click Add, select an Access Domain from the drop-down (see Configure an Access Domain),
click the adjacent Admin Role cell, and select an Admin Role profile.
STEP 7 | Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators

You can use an external authentication service or the service that is local to Panorama to authenticate
administrators who access Panorama. These authentication methods prompt administrators to respond to
one or more authentication challenges, such as a login page for entering a username and password.
If you use an external service to manage both authentication and authorization (role and
access domain assignments), see:
To authenticate administrators without a challenge-response mechanism, you can Configure
a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface and
Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI.
STEP 1 | (External authentication only) Enable Panorama to connect to an external server for
authenticating administrators.
1. Select Panorama > Server Profiles, select the service type (RADIUS, TACACS+, SAML, LDAP, or
Kerberos), and configure a server profile:
• Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators.
You can use a RADIUS server to support RADIUS authentication services or multi-
factor authentication(MFA) services.

• Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators.
• Add a SAML IdP server profile. You cannot combine Kerberos single sign-on (SSO) with SAML
SSO; you can use only one type of SSO service.
• Add a Kerberos server profile.
• Add a LDAP Server Profile.
STEP 2 | (Optional) Define password complexity and expiration settings if Panorama uses local
authentication.
These settings help protect Panorama against unauthorized access by making it harder for attackers to
guess passwords.
1. Define global password complexity and expiration settings for all local administrators.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Minimum Password Complexity settings.
2. Select Enabled.
3. Define the password settings and click OK.
2. Define a Password Profile.
You assign the profile to administrator accounts for which you want to override the global password
expiration settings.
1. Select Panorama > Password Profiles and Add a profile.
2. Enter a Name to identify the profile.
3. Define the password expiration settings and click OK.
STEP 3 | (Kerberos SSO only) Create a Kerberos keytab.

A keytab is a file that contains Kerberos account information for Panorama. To support Kerberos SSO,
your network must have a Kerberos infrastructure.
STEP 4 | Configure an authentication profile.
If your administrative accounts are stored across multiple types of servers, you can
create an authentication profile for each type and add all the profiles to an authentication
sequence.
In the authentication profile, specify the Type of authentication service and related settings:
• External service—Select the Type of external service and select the Server Profile you created for it.
• Local authentication—Set the Type to None.
• Kerberos SSO—Specify the Kerberos Realm and Import the Kerberos Keytab you created.
STEP 5 | (Device group and template administrators only) Configure an Access Domain.
Configure one or more access domains.
STEP 6 | (Custom roles only) Configure an Admin Role Profile.

Configure one or more Admin Role profiles.
For custom Panorama administrators, the profile defines access privileges for the account. For device
group and template administrators, the profile defines access privileges for one or more access domains
associated with the account.
STEP 7 | Configure an administrator.

1. Configure a Panorama Administrator Account.

• Assign the Authentication Profile or sequence that you configured.
• (Device Group and Template Admin only) Map the access domains to Admin Role profiles.
• (Local authentication only) Select a Password Profile if you configured one.
3. (Optional) Test authentication server connectivity to verify that Panorama can use the authentication
profile to authenticate administrators.
Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication

for the Web Interface
As a more secure alternative to password-based authentication to the Panorama web interface, you
can configure certificate-based authentication for administrator accounts that are local to Panorama.
Certificate-based authentication involves the exchange and verification of a digital signature instead of a
password.
Configuring certificate-based authentication for any administrator disables the username/

password logins for all administrators on Panorama and all administrators thereafter require
the certificate to log in.
STEP 1 | Generate a certificate authority (CA) certificate on Panorama.

You will use this CA certificate to sign the client certificate of each administrator.
Create a self-signed root CA certificate.
Alternatively, you can import a certificate from your enterprise CA.
STEP 2 | Configure a certificate profile for securing access to the web interface.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile and click Add.
2. Enter a Name for the certificate profile and set the Username Field to Subject.
3. Select Add in the CA Certificates section and select the CA Certificate you just created.
4. Click OK to save the profile.
STEP 3 | Configure Panorama to use the certificate profile for authenticating administrators.
1. Select the Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Authentication Settings.
2. Select the Certificate Profile you just created and click OK.
STEP 4 | Configure the administrator accounts to use client certificate authentication.

Configure a Panorama Administrator Account for each administrator who will access the Panorama web
interface. Select the Use only client certificate authentication (Web) check box.
If you have already deployed client certificates that your enterprise CA generated, skip to Step 8.
Otherwise, continue with Step 5.
STEP 5 | Generate a client certificate for each administrator.

Generate a certificate on Panorama. In the Signed By drop-down, select the CA certificate you created.
STEP 6 | Export the client certificates.

1. Export the certificates.

Panorama restarts and terminates your login session. Thereafter, administrators can access the web
interface only from client systems that have the client certificate you generated.
STEP 7 | Import the client certificate into the client system of each administrator who will access the
web interface.
Refer to your web browser documentation as needed to complete this step.
STEP 8 | Verify that administrators can access the web interface.

1. Open the Panorama IP address in a browser on the computer that has the client certificate.
2. When prompted, select the certificate you imported and click OK. The browser displays a certificate
warning.
3. Add the certificate to the browser exception list.
4. Click Login. The web interface should appear without prompting you for a username or password.
Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI

For administrators who use Secure Shell (SSH) to access the Panorama CLI, SSH keys provide a more secure
authentication method than passwords. SSH keys almost eliminate the risk of brute-force attacks, provide
the option for two-factor authentication (private key and passphrase), and don’t send passwords over the
network. SSH keys also enable automated scripts to access the CLI.
STEP 1 | Use an SSH key generation tool to create an asymmetric key pair on the client system of the
administrator.
The supported key formats are IETF SECSH and Open SSH. The supported algorithms are DSA (1024
bits) and RSA (768-4096 bits).
For the commands to generate the key pair, refer to your SSH client documentation.
The public key and private key are separate files. Save both to a location that Panorama can access. For
added security, enter a passphrase to encrypt the private key. Panorama prompts the administrator for
this passphrase during login.
STEP 2 | Configure the administrator account to use public key authentication.

1. Configure a Panorama Administrator Account.
• Configure one of two authentication methods to use as a fallback if SSH key authentication fails:
External authentication service—Select an Authentication Profile.
Local authentication—Set the Authentication Profile to None and enter a Password and Confirm
Password.
• Select the Use Public Key Authentication (SSH) check box, click Import Key, Browse to the public
key you just generated, and click OK.
2. Click OK to save the administrative account.
STEP 3 | Configure the SSH client to use the private key to authenticate to Panorama.
Perform this task on the client system of the administrator. Refer to your SSH client documentation as
needed to complete this step.
STEP 4 | Verify that the administrator can access the Panorama CLI using SSH key authentication.
1. Use a browser on the client system of the administrator to go to the Panorama IP address.

2. Log in to the Panorama CLI as the administrator. After entering a username, you will see the following
output (the key value is an example):
Authenticating with public key “dsa-key-20130415”
3. If prompted, enter the passphrase you defined when creating the keys.
Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators

You can use a RADIUS server to authenticate administrative access to the Panorama web interface. You can
also define Vendor-Specific Attributes (VSAs) on the RADIUS server to manage administrator authorization.
Using VSAs enables you to quickly change the roles, access domains, and user groups of administrators
through your directory service, which is often easier than reconfiguring settings on Panorama.
You can use a RADIUS server to authenticate administrative access to the Panorama web
interface. You can also define Vendor-Specific Attributes (VSAs) on the RADIUS server to
manage administrator authorization. Using VSAs enables you to quickly change the roles,
access domains, and user groups of administrators through your directory service, which is
often easier than reconfiguring settings on Panorama.
You can Import the Palo Alto Networks RADIUS dictionary into RADIUS server to define the
authentication attributes needed for communication between Panorama and the RADIUS
server.
You can also use a RADIUS server to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for
administrators.
STEP 1 | Add a RADIUS server profile.

The profile defines how Panorama connects to the RADIUS server.
1. Select Panorama > Server Profiles > RADIUS and Add a profile.
2. Enter a Profile Name to identify the server profile.
3. Enter a Timeout interval in seconds after which an authentication request times out (default is 3;
range is 1–20).
If you use the server profile to integrate Panorama with an MFA service, enter an
interval that gives administrators enough time to respond to the authentication
challenge. For example, if the MFA service prompts for a one-time password (OTP),
administrators need time to see the OTP on their endpoint device and then enter the
OTP in the MFA login page.
4. Select the Authentication Protocol (default is CHAP) that Panorama uses to authenticate to the
RADIUS server.
Select CHAP if the RADIUS server supports that protocol; it is more secure than PAP.
5. Add each RADIUS server and enter the following:

• Name to identify the server
• RADIUS Server IP address or FQDN
• Secret/Confirm Secret (a key to encrypt usernames and passwords)
• Server Port for authentication requests (default is 1812)
6. Click OK to save the server profile.
STEP 2 | Assign the RADIUS server profile to an authentication profile.

The authentication profile defines authentication settings that are common to a set of administrators.
1. Select Panorama > Authentication Profile and Add a profile.
2. Enter a Name to identify the authentication profile.
3. Set the Type to RADIUS.
4. Select the Server Profile you configured.
5. Select Retrieve user group from RADIUS to collect user group information from VSAs defined on the
RADIUS server.
Panorama matches the group information against the groups you specify in the Allow List of the
authentication profile.
6. Select Advanced and, in the Allow List, Add the administrators that are allowed to authenticate with
this authentication profile.
7. Click OK to save the authentication profile.
STEP 3 | Configure Panorama to use the authentication profile for all administrators.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Authentication Settings.
2. Select the Authentication Profile you configured and click OK.
STEP 4 | Configure the roles and access domains that define authorization settings for administrators.
1. Configure an Admin Role Profile if the administrator uses a custom role instead of a predefined
(dynamic) role.
2. Configure an Access Domain if the administrator uses a Device Group and Template role.
STEP 5 | Commit your changes.

STEP 6 | Configure the RADIUS server.

Refer to your RADIUS server documentation for the specific instructions to perform these steps:
1. Add the Panorama IP address or hostname as the RADIUS client.
2. Add the administrator accounts.
If the RADIUS server profile specifies CHAP as the Authentication Protocol, you must
define accounts with reversibly encrypted passwords. Otherwise, CHAP authentication
will fail.
3. Define the vendor code for Panorama (25461) and define the RADIUS VSAs for the role, access
domain, and user group of each administrator.
When you predefine dynamic administrator roles for users, use lower-case to specify the role (for
example, enter superuser, not SuperUser).
STEP 7 | Verify that the RADIUS server performs authentication and authorization for administrators.
1. Log in the Panorama web interface using an administrator account that you added to the RADIUS
server.
2. Verify that you can access only the web interface pages that are allowed for the role you associated
with the administrator.
3. In the Monitor, Policies, and Objects tabs, verify that you can access only the device groups that are
allowed for the access domain you associated with the administrator.

Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators
You can use a TACACS+ server to authenticate administrative access to the Panorama web interface.
You can also define Vendor-Specific Attributes (VSAs) on the TACACS+ server to manage administrator
authorization. Using VSAs enables you to quickly change the roles, access domains, and user groups
of administrators through your directory service, which is often easier than reconfiguring settings on
Panorama.
STEP 1 | Add a TACACS+ server profile.

The profile defines how Panorama connects to the TACACS+ server.
1. Select Panorama > Server Profiles > TACACS+ and Add a profile.
3. Enter a Timeout interval in seconds after which an authentication request times out (default is 3;
range is 1–20).
4. Select the Authentication Protocol (default is CHAP) that Panorama uses to authenticate to the
TACACS+ server.
Select CHAP if the TACACS+ server supports that protocol; it is more secure than
PAP.
5. Add each TACACS+ server and enter the following:
• Name to identify the server
• TACACS+ Server IP address or FQDN
• Secret/Confirm Secret (a key to encrypt usernames and passwords)
• Server Port for authentication requests (default is 49)
STEP 2 | Assign the TACACS+ server profile to an authentication profile.

The authentication profile defines authentication settings that are common to a set of administrators.
3. Set the Type to TACACS+.
4. Select the Server Profile you configured.
5. Select Retrieve user group from TACACS+ to collect user group information from VSAs defined on
the TACACS+ server.
Panorama matches the group information against the groups you specify in the Allow List of the
6. Select Advanced and, in the Allow List, Add the administrators that are allowed to authenticate with
this authentication profile.
7. Click OK to save the authentication profile.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Authentication Settings.
2. Select the Authentication Profile you configured and click OK.
STEP 4 | Configure the roles and access domains that define authorization settings for administrators.
1. Configure an Admin Role Profile if the administrator will use a custom role instead of a predefined
(dynamic) role.
2. Configure an Access Domain if the administrator uses a Device Group and Template role.

STEP 6 | Configure the TACACS+ server to authenticate and authorize administrators.

Refer to your TACACS+ server documentation for the specific instructions to perform these steps:
1. Add the Panorama IP address or hostname as the TACACS+ client.
2. Add the administrator accounts.
If you selected CHAP as the Authentication Protocol, you must define accounts with
reversibly encrypted passwords. Otherwise, CHAP authentication will fail.
3. Define TACACS+ VSAs for the role, access domain, and user group of each administrator.
When you predefine dynamic administrator roles for users, use lower-case to specify
the role (for example, enter superuser, not SuperUser).
STEP 7 | Verify that the TACACS+ server performs authentication and authorization for administrators.
1. Log in the Panorama web interface using an administrator account that you added to the TACACS+
server.
2. Verify that you can access only the web interface pages that are allowed for the role you associated
with the administrator.
3. In the Monitor, Policies, and Objects tabs, verify that you can access only the virtual systems that are
allowed for the access domain you associated with the administrator.
Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators

You can use Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 for administrative access to the Panorama
web interface (but not the CLI). You can also use SAML attributes to manage administrator authorization.
SAML attributes enable you to quickly change the roles, access domains, and user groups of administrators
through your directory service instead of reconfiguring settings on Panorama.
To configure SAML single sign-on (SSO) and single logout (SLO), you must register Panorama and the
identity provider (IdP) with each other to enable communication between them. If the IdP provides a
metadata file containing registration information, you can import it onto Panorama to register the IdP
and to create an IdP server profile. The server profile defines how to connect to the IdP and specifies
the certificate that the IdP uses to sign SAML messages. You can also use a certificate for Panorama to
sign SAML messages. Using certificates is optional but recommended to secure communications between
Panorama and the IdP.
STEP 1 | (Recommended) Obtain the certificates that the IdP and Panorama will use to sign SAML
messages.
If the certificates don’t specify key usage attributes, all usages are allowed by default, including signing
messages. In this case, you can obtain certificates by any method.
If the certificates do specify key usage attributes, one of the attributes must be Digital Signature,
which is not available on certificates that you generate on Panorama. In this case, you must import the
certificates:
• Certificate Panorama uses to sign SAML messages—Import the certificate from your enterprise
certificate authority (CA) or a third-party CA.
• Certificate the IdP uses to sign SAML messages—Import a metadata file containing the certificate
from the IdP (see the next step). The IdP certificate is limited to the following algorithms:
• Public key algorithms—RSA (1,024 bits or larger) and ECDSA (all sizes).

• Signature algorithms—SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512.
STEP 2 | Add a SAML IdP server profile.

The server profile registers the IdP with Panorama and defines how they connect.
In this example, you import a SAML metadata file from the IdP so that Panorama can automatically
create a server profile and populate the connection, registration, and IdP certificate information.
If the IdP doesn’t provide a metadata file, select Panorama > Server Profiles > SAML
Identity Provider, Add the server profile, and manually enter the information (consult your
IdP administrator for the values).
1. Export the SAML metadata file from the IdP to a client system that Panorama can access.
The certificate specified in the file must meet the requirements listed in the preceding step. Refer to
your IdP documentation for instructions on exporting the file.
2. Select Panorama > Server Profiles > SAML Identity Provider and Import the metadata file onto
Panorama.
4. Browse to the Identity Provider Metadata file.
5. (Recommended) Select Validate Identity Provider Certificate (default) to have Panorama validate the
Identity Provider Certificate.
Validation occurs only after you assign the server profile to an authentication profile and Commit.
Panorama uses the Certificate Profile in the authentication profile to validate the certificate.
Validating the certificate is a best practice for improved security.
6. Enter the Maximum Clock Skew, which is the allowed difference in seconds between the system
times of the IdP and Panorama at the moment when Panorama validates IdP messages (default is 60;
range is 1 to 900). If the difference exceeds this value, authentication fails.
8. Click the server profile Name to display the profile settings. Verify that the imported information is
correct and edit it if necessary.
STEP 3 | Configure an authentication profile.

The authentication profile specifies a SAML IdP server profile and defines options for the authentication
process, such as SLO.
3. Set the Type to SAML.
4. Select the IdP Server Profile you configured.
5. Select the Certificate for Signing Requests.
Panorama uses this certificate to sign messages it sends to the IdP.
6. (Optional) Enable Single Logout (disabled by default).
7. Select the Certificate Profile that Panorama will use to validate the Identity Provider Certificate.
8. Enter the Username Attribute that IdP messages use to identify users (default username).
When you predefine dynamic administrator roles for users, use lower-case to
specify the role (for example, enter superuser, not SuperUser). If you manage
administrator authorization through the IdP identity store, specify the Admin Role
Attribute and Access Domain Attribute also.

9. Select Advanced and Add the administrators who are allowed to authenticate with this
10.Click OK to save the authentication profile.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management, edit the Authentication Settings, and select the
Authentication Profile you configured.
2. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama to activate your changes on Panorama and to validate the
Identity Provider Certificate that you assigned to the SAML IdP server profile.
STEP 5 | Create a SAML metadata file to register Panorama on the IdP.

1. Select Panorama > Authentication Profile and, in the Authentication column for the authentication
profile you configured, click Metadata.
2. Set the Management Choice to Interface (default is selected) and select the management (MGT)
interface.
3. Click OK and save the metadata file to your client system.
4. Import the metadata file into the IdP server to register Panorama. Refer to your IdP documentation
for instructions.
STEP 6 | Verify that administrators can authenticate using SAML SSO.

1. Go to the URL of the Panorama web interface.
2. Click Use Single Sign-On.
3. Click Continue.
Panorama redirects you to authenticate to the IdP, which displays a login page. For example:
4. Log in using your SSO username and password.

After you successfully authenticate on the IdP, it redirects you back to Panorama, which displays the
web interface.
5. Use your Panorama administrator account to request access to another SSO application.
Successful access indicates SAML SSO authentication succeeded.

Set Up Authentication Using Custom
Certificates
By default, Palo Alto Networks devices use predefined certificates for mutual authentication to establish
the SSL connections used for management access and inter-device communication. However, you can
configure authentication using custom certificates instead. Additionally, you can use custom certificates to
secure the High Availability (HA) connections between Panorama HA peers. Custom certificates allow you
to establish a unique chain of trust to ensure mutual authentication between Panorama and the managed
firewalls and log collectors. See Certificate Management for detailed information about the certificates and
how to deploy them on Panorama, Log Collectors, and firewalls.
The following topics describe how to configure and manage custom certificates using Panorama.
• How Are SSL/TLS Connections Mutually Authenticated?
• Configure Authentication Using Custom Certificates on Panorama
• Configure Authentication Using Custom Certificates on Managed Devices
• Add New Client Devices
• Change Certificates
How Are SSL/TLS Connections Mutually Authenticated?

In a regular SSL connection, only the server needs to identify itself to the client by presenting its certificate.
However, in mutual SSL authentication, the client presents its certificate to the server as well. Panorama,
the primary Panorama HA peer, Log Collectors, WildFire appliances, and PAN-DB appliances can act as
the server. Firewalls, Log Collectors, WildFire appliances, and the secondary Panorama HA peer can act
as the client. The role that a device takes on depends the deployment. For example, in the diagram below,
Panorama manages a number of firewalls and a collector group and acts as the server for the firewalls and
Log Collectors. The Log Collector acts as the server to the firewalls that send logs to it.
To deploy custom certificates for mutual authentication in your deployment, you need:
• SSL/TLS Service Profile—An SSL/TLS service profile defines the security of the connections by
referencing your custom certificate and establishing the SSL/TLS protocol versions used by the server
device to communicate with client devices.
• Server Certificate and Profile—Devices in the server role require a certificate and certificate profile to
identify themselves to the client devices. You can deploy this certificate from your enterprise public key
infrastructure (PKI), purchase one from a trusted third-party CA, or generate a self-signed certificate
locally. The server certificate must include the IP address or FQDN of the device’s management
interface in the certificate common name (CN) or Subject Alt Name. The client firewall or Log Collector
matches the CN or Subject Alt Name in the certificate the server presents against the server’s IP address
or FQDN to verify the server’s identity.
Additionally, use the certificate profile to define certificate revocation status (OCSP/CRL) and the
actions taken based on the revocation status.
• Client Certificates and Profile—Each managed device requires a client certificate and certificate profile.
The client device uses its certificate to identify itself to the server device. You can deploy certificates
from your enterprise PKI, using Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), purchase one from a
trusted third-party CA, or generate a self-signed certificate locally.
Custom certificates can be unique to each client device or common across all devices. The unique device
certificates uses a hash of the serial number of the managed device and CN. The server matches the CN
or the subject alt name against the configured serial numbers of the client devices. For client certificate
validation based on the CN to occur, the username must be set to Subject common-name. The client
certificate behavior also applies to Panorama HA peer connections.

You can configure the client certificate and certificate profile on each client device or push the
configuration from Panorama to each device as part of a template.
Figure 11: SSL/TLS Authentication
Configure Authentication Using Custom Certificates on Panorama

Complete the following procedure to configure the server side (Panorama) to use custom certificates
instead of predefined certificates for mutual authentication with managed devices in your deployment. See
Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates Between HA Peers to configure custom certificates on a
Panorama HA pair.
STEP 1 | Deploy the server certificate.

You candeploy certificates on Panorama or a server Log Collector by generating a self-signed certificate
on Panorama or obtaining a certificate from your enterprise CA or a trusted third-party CA.
STEP 2 | On Panorama, configure a certificate profile This certificate profile defines what certificate to
use and what certificate field to look for the IP address or FQDN in.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile.
2. Configure a certificate profile.
If you configure an intermediate CA as part of the certificate profile, you must include
the root CA as well.
STEP 3 | Configure an SSL/TLS service profile.

1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > SSL/TLS Service Profile.
2. Configure an SSL/TLS profile to define the certificate and protocol that Panorama and its managed
devices use for SSL/TLS services.
STEP 4 | Configure Secure Server Communication on Panorama or a Log Collector in the server role.

1. Select one of the following navigation paths:
• For Panorama: Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit the Secure Communications Settings
• For a Log Collector: Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication
2. Verify that the Allow Custom Certificate Only check box is not selected. This allows you to continue
When the Custom Certificate Only check box is selected, Panorama does not
authenticate and cannot manage devices using predefined certificates.
3. Select the SSL/TLS Service Profile. This SSL/TLS service profile applies to all SSL connections
between Panorama, firewalls, Log Collectors, and Panorama HA peers.
4. Select the Certificate Profile that identifies the certificate to use to establish secure communication
with clients such as firewalls.
5. (Optional) Configure an authorization list. The authorization list adds an additional layer of security
beyond certificate authentication. The authorization list checks the client certificate Subject or
Subject Alt Name. If the Subject or Subject Alt Name presented with the client certificate does not
match an identifier on the authorization list, authentication is denied.
You can also authorize client devices based on their serial number.
1. Add an Authorization List.
2. Select the Subject or Subject Alt Name configured in the certificate profile as the Identifier type.
3. Enter the Common Name if the identifier is Subject or and IP address, hostname or email if the
identifier is Subject Alt Name.
4. Click OK.
6. Select Authorize Client Based on Serial Number to have the server authenticate client based on the
serial numbers of managed devices. The CN or subject in the client certificate must have the special
keyword $UDID to enable this type of authentication.
7. In Disconnect Wait Time (min), specify how long Panorama should wait before terminating the
current session and reestablishing the connection with its managed devices. This field is blank by
default and the range is 0 to 44,640 minutes. Leaving this field blank is the same as setting it to 0.
configuration.
8. Click OK.
9. Commit your changes.
Configure Authentication Using Custom Certificates on Managed

Devices
Complete the following procedure to configure the client side (firewall or Log Collector) to use custom
certificates instead of predefined certificates for mutual authentication with managed devices in your
deployment.
STEP 1 | Upgrade each managed firewall or Log Collector. All managed devices must be running PAN-
OS 8.0 or later to enforce custom certificate authentication.
Upgrade the firewall to PAN-OS 8.0 or later. After upgrade, each firewall connects to Panorama using
the default predefined certificates.
STEP 2 | Obtain or generate the device certificate.

You can deploy certificates on Panorama or a server Log Collector by generating a self-signed certificate
Set the common name to $UDID or subject to CN=$UDID (in the SCEP profile) if authorizing client
devices based on serial number.
• You can generate a self-signed certificate on Panorama or obtain a certificate from your enterprise
CA or a trusted third-party CA.
• If you are using SCEP for the device certificate, configure a SCEP profile. SCEP allows you to
automatically deploy certificates to managed devices. When a new client devices with a SCEP profile
attempts to authenticate with Panorama, the certificate is sent by the SCEP server to the device.
STEP 3 | Configure the certificate profile for the client device.

You can configure this on each client device individually or you can push this configuration to the
managed device as part of a template.
• For firewalls—Select Device > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile.
• For Log Collectors—Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile.
2. Configure the certificate profile.
STEP 4 | Deploy custom certificates on each firewall or Log Collector.

• For firewalls: Select Device > Setup > Management and Edit the Panorama Settings
• For Log Collectors: Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add a new Log Collector or select
an existing one. Select Communication.
2. Select the Secure Client Communication check box (firewall only).
3. Select the Certificate Type.
• If you are using a local device certificate, select the Certificate and Certificate Profile.
• If you are using SCEP to deploy device certificate, select the SCEP Profile and Certificate Profile.
4. (Optional) Enable Check Server Identity. The firewall or Log Collector checks the CN in the server
certificate against Panorama’s IP address or FQDN to verify its identity.
5. Click OK.
After committing your changes, the managed device does not terminate its current session with
Panorama until the Disconnect Wait Time is complete.
STEP 5 | After deploying custom certificates on all managed devices, enforce authentication using
custom certificates.
The WildFire appliance does not currently support custom certificates. If your Panorama
is managing a WildFire appliance, do not select Allow Custom Certificates Only.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit the Panorama settings.
2. Select Allow Custom Certificate Only.
3. Click OK.
After committing this change, all devices managed by Panorama must use custom certificates. If not,
authentication between Panorama and the device fails.

Add New Client Devices
When adding a new firewall or Log Collector to Panorama, the workflow depends on whether or not these
devices are configured to use custom certificates only for mutual authentication.
• If the Custom Certificates Only is not selected on Panorama, you can add the device to Panorama and
then deploy the custom certificate by following the process beginning in step Configure Authentication
Using Custom Certificates on Managed Devices.
• If the Custom Certificates Only is selected on Panorama, you must deploy the custom certificates on
the firewall before adding it to Panorama. If not, the managed device will not be able to authnticate with
Panorama. This can be done manually through the firewall web interface or through bootstrapping as
part of the bootstrap.xml file.
Change Certificates
If a custom certificate in your deployment has expired or been revoked and needs to be replaced, you can
complete one of the tasks below.
• Change a Server Certificate
• Change a Client Certificate
• Change a Root or Intermediate CA Certificate
Change a Server Certificate

Complete the following task to replace a server certificate.
STEP 1 | Deploy the new server certificate.

STEP 2 | Change the certificate in the SSL/TLS Service Profile.

1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > SSL/TLS Service Profile and select the SSL/TLS
service profile.
2. Select the Certificate.
3. Click OK.
STEP 3 | Reestablish the connection between the server (Panorama or a Log Collector) and client
devices.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit the Panorama Settings for Panorama or select
Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication for a Log Collector.
2. Set the Disconnect Wait Time.
3. Click OK.
Change a Client Certificate

Complete the following task to replace a client certificate.
STEP 1 | Obtain or generate the device certificate.

Set the common name to $UDID or subject to CN=$UDID (in the SCEP profile) if authorizing client
devices based on serial number.

• You can generate a self-signed certificate on Panorama or obtain a certificate from your enterprise
CA or a trusted third-party CA.
• If you are using SCEP for the device certificate, configure a SCEP profile. SCEP allows you to
automatically deploy certificates to managed devices. When a new client devices with a SCEP profile
attempts to authenticate with Panorama, the certificate is sent by the SCEP server to the device.
STEP 2 | Change the certificate in the certificate profile.

1. Select Device > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile and select the certificate profile.
2. Under CA Certificates, Add the new certificate to assign to the certificate profile.
3. Click OK.
Change a Root or Intermediate CA Certificate

Complete the following task to replace a root or intermediate CA certificate.
STEP 1 | Configure the server to accept predefined certificates from clients.

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit the Panorama Settings.
2. Uncheck Custom Certificate Only.
3. Select None from the Certificate Profile drop-down.
4. Click OK.
STEP 2 | Deploy the new root or intermediate CA certificate.

STEP 3 | Update the CA certificate in the server certificate profile.

1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile and select the certificate profile to
update.
2. Delete the old CA certificate.
3. Add the new CA Certificate.
4. Click OK.
STEP 4 | Generate or import the new client certificate.

1. Select Device > Certificate Management > Certificates.
2. Create a self-signed root CA certificate or import a certificate from your enterprise CA.
STEP 5 | Update the CA certificate in the client certificate profile.

1. Select Device > Setup > Management and click the Edit icon in Panorama Settings for a firewall or
Select Panorama > Managed Collectors > Add > Communication for a Log Collector and select the
certificate profile to update.
2. Delete the old CA certificate.
3. Add the new CA Certificate.
4. Click OK.
STEP 6 | After updating the CA certificates on all managed devices, enforce custom-certificate
authentication.
2. Select Custom Certificate Only.

3. Click OK.
After committing this change, all devices managed by Panorama must use custom certificates. If not,
authentication between Panorama and the device fails.

Manage Firewalls
To use the Panorama™ management server for managing Palo Alto Networks firewalls, you
must add the firewalls as managed devices and then assign them to device groups and to
templates or template stacks. The following tasks best suit a first-time firewall deployment.
Before proceeding, review Plan Your Panorama Deployment to understand the deployment
options.
> Add a Firewall as a Managed Device

> Manage Device Groups
> Manage Templates and Template Stacks
> Manage the Master Key from Panorama
> Redistribute User-ID Information to Managed Firewalls
> Transition a Firewall to Panorama Management
> Device Monitoring on Panorama
> Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama
To view the Objects and Policies tabs on the Panorama web interface, you must first create
at least one device group. To view the Network and Device tabs, you must create at least one
template. These tabs contain the options by which you configure and manage the firewalls on
your network.
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Add a Firewall as a Managed Device
To use Panorama for managing your firewalls, you need to enable a connection between the firewall and
Panorama. A successful connection requires that you enter the Panorama IP address on each firewall
that Panorama will manage and to also enter the serial number of each firewall on Panorama. When you
add a firewall as a managed device, you can associate the new firewall with a device group, template
stack, collector group, and Log Collector during the initial deployment. Additionally, you have the option
to automatically push the configuration to your newly added firewall when the firewall first connects to
Panorama, which ensures that firewalls are immediately configured and ready to secure your network.
You can only bulk import single vsys firewalls to be managed by Panorama.
The firewall uses the Panorama management server IP address to set up an SSL connection to register with
Panorama. Panorama and the firewall authenticate each other using 2,048-bit certificates and AES-256
encrypted SSL connections for configuration management and log collection. Prepare Panorama and each
firewall as follows:
STEP 1 | Configure the firewall to communicate with Panorama.

Repeat this step for each firewall Panorama will manage.
1. Perform initial configuration on the firewall so that it is accessible and can communicate with
Panorama over the network.
2. Configure each data interface you plan to use on the firewall and attach it to a security zone so that
you can push configuration and policy from Panorama.
3. Add the Panorama IP address to the firewall.
1. Select Device > Setup > Management and edit the Panorama Settings.
2. Enter the Panorama IP address in the first field.
Panorama issues a single IP address for device management, log collection,

reporting, and dynamic updates. Enter the external, Internet-bound IP address to
ensure Panorama can successfully access existing and new managed devices
and Log Collectors. If an internal Panorama IP address is configured, you may be
unable to manage some devices. For example, if you Install Panorama on AWS
and enter the internal IP address, Panorama is unable to manage devices or Log
Collectors outside of the AWS security group.
3. (Optional) If you have set up a high availability (HA) pair in Panorama, enter the IP address of the
secondary Panorama in the second field.
4. Click OK.
5. Select Commit and Commit your changes.
STEP 2 | Add one or more firewalls to Panorama.

• Add one or more firewalls.
1. Add a new managed device (Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary).
2. Enter the firewall Serial number. If you are adding multiple firewalls, enter each serial number on
a separate line. If you want to associate the new firewalls with a device group, template stack,
collector group, or Log Collector for the initial deployment, continue to the next step. To manually
assign each firewall, click OK and continue to Step 3.
3. Select the Associate Devices check box and click OK.
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4. Assign the Device Group, Template Stack, Collector Group, and Log Collector as needed from the
drop-down for each column.
5. Enable Auto Push on 1st connect check box to automatically push the device group and template
stack configuration to the new devices when they successfully connect to Panorama.
The Auto Push on 1st Connect option is supported only on firewalls running
PAN-OS 8.1 or later releases. The commit all job executes from Panorama to
managed devices running PAN-OS 8.1 and later releases.
6. Click OK to add the devices.
• Bulk import multiple firewalls using a comma-separated values (CSV) file.

1. Add a new managed device (Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary).
2. Click Import.

3. Download Sample CSV and edit the downloaded CSV file with the firewalls you are adding. You
can choose to assign the firewalls to a device group, template stack, Collector Group, and Log
Collector from the CSV or enter only the firewall serial numbers and assign them from the web
interface. Save the CSV after you finish editing it.
4. Browse and select the CSV file you edited in the previous step.
5. If not already assigned in the CSV, assign the firewalls a Device Group, Template Stack, Collector
Group, and Log Collector as needed from the drop-down foreach column.
6. If not already enabled in the CSV, enable Auto Push on 1st connect check box to automatically
push the device group and template stack configuration to the new devices when they
successfully connect to Panorama.
7. Click OK to add the devices.
STEP 3 | (Optional) Add a Tag. Tags make it easier for you to find a firewall from a large list; they help
you to dynamically filter and refine the list of firewalls in your display. For example, if you add a
tag called branch office, you can filter for all branch office firewalls across your network.
1. Select each firewall and click Tag.
2. Click Add, enter a string of up to 31 characters (no empty spaces), and click OK.
STEP 4 | If your deployment is using custom certificates for authentication between Panorama and
managed devices, deploy the custom client device certificate. For more information, see Set Up
Authentication Using Custom Certificates and Add New Client Devices.

STEP 6 | Verify that the firewall is connected to Panorama.

1. Click Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary.
2. Verify that the Device State for the new device shows as Connected.

Manage Device Groups
• Add a Device Group
• Create a Device Group Hierarchy
• Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy
• Revert to Inherited Object Values
• Manage Unused Shared Objects
• Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects
• Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group
• Select a URL Filtering Vendor on Panorama
• Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls
• Manage the Rule Hierarchy
Add a Device Group

After adding firewalls (see Add a Firewall as a Managed Device), you can group them into Device Groups
(up to 1,024), as follows. Be sure to assign both firewalls in an active-passive high availability (HA)
configuration to the same device group so that Panorama will push the same policy rules and objects to
those firewalls. PAN-OS doesn’t synchronize pushed rules across HA peers. To manage rules and objects at
different administrative levels in your organization, Create a Device Group Hierarchy.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Device Groups, and click Add.
STEP 2 | Enter a unique Name and a Description to identify the device group.
STEP 3 | In the Devices section, select check boxes to assign firewalls to the group. To search a long list
of firewalls, use the Filters.
You can assign any firewall to only one device group. You can assign each virtual system
on a firewall to a different device group.
STEP 4 | In the Reference Template section, Add any templates or template stacks with objects
referenced by the device group configuration.
You must assign the appropriate template or template stack references to the device group in order to
successfully associate the template or template stack to the device group. This allows you to reference
objects configured in a template or template stack without adding an unrelated device to a template
stack.
Skip this step if the device group configuration does not reference any objects configured in a template
or template stack.
STEP 5 | (Optional) Select Group HA Peers for firewalls that are HA peers.
You can only group managed firewall HA peers if they are in the same device group.
The firewall name of the passive or active-secondary peer is in parentheses.
STEP 6 | Select the Parent Device Group (default is Shared) that will be just above the device group you
are creating in the device group hierarchy.

STEP 7 | If your policy rules will reference users and groups, assign a Master firewall.
This will be the only firewall in the device group from which Panorama gathers username and user group
information.
STEP 9 | Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama
configuration and to the device group you added.
Create a Device Group Hierarchy

STEP 1 | Plan the Device Group Hierarchy.
1. Decide the device group levels, and which firewalls and virtual systems you will assign to each device
group and the Shared location. You can assign any one firewall or virtual system (vsys) to only one
device group. If a device group will be just an organizational container for lower level device groups,
you don’t need to assign firewalls to it.
2. Remove firewall or vsys assignments from existing device groups if those assignments don’t fit your
planned hierarchy.
1. Select Panorama > Device Groups and select the device group.
2. In the Devices section, clear the check boxes of firewalls and virtual systems you want to remove,
and click OK.
3. If necessary, add more firewalls that you will assign to device groups: see Add a Firewall as a
Managed Device.
STEP 2 | For each top-level device group, Add a Device Group.

1. In the Panorama > Device Groups page, click Add and enter a Name to identify the device group.
2. In the Devices section, select check boxes to assign firewalls and virtual systems to the device group.
3. Leave the Parent Device Group option at Shared (the default) and click OK.
STEP 3 | For each lower-level device group, Add a Device Group.

• For new device groups at each lower level, repeat the previous step, but set the Parent Device Group
to a device group at the next level above.
• For each existing device group, in the Device Groups page, select the device group to edit it, select a
Parent Device Group, and click OK.
If you move a device group to a different parent, all its descendant device groups move
with it, along with all firewalls, policy rules, and objects associated with the device group
and its descendants. If the new parent is in another access domain, the moved device
group will no longer have membership in the original access domain. If the new access
domain has read-write access for the parent device group, it will also have read-write
access for the moved device group. If the new access domain has read-only access for
the parent, it will have no access for the moved device group. To reconfigure access for
device groups, see Configure an Access Domain.
STEP 4 | Configure, move, and clone objects and policy rules as needed to account for inheritance in the
device group hierarchy.
• Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy, or edit existing objects.
You can edit objects only at their location: the device group to which they are assigned. Descendant
device groups inherit read-only instances of the objects from that location. However, you can optionally
see Step Override inherited object values.

• Create or edit policies.
• Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group.
STEP 5 | Override inherited object values.

Applicable only if object values in a particular device group must differ from the values inherited from an
ancestor device group.
After overriding an object, you can override it again in descendant device groups. However, you can
never override shared or predefined (default) objects.
In the Objects tab, inherited objects have a green icon in the Name column, and the Location column
displays the ancestor device group.
1. In the Objects tab, select the object type (for example, Objects > Addresses).
2. Select the Device Group that will have the override instance.
3. Select the object and click Override.
4. Edit the values. You can’t edit the Name or Shared settings.
5. Click OK. The Name column displays a yellow-overlapping-green icon for the object to indicate it is
overridden.
If necessary, you can later Revert to Inherited Object Values.
STEP 6 | Save and commit your changes.
Commit to Panorama and push to device groups after any change to the hierarchy.
You must also push changes to templates if a template references objects in a device group (such as
interfaces referencing addresses), and a firewall assigned to the template is no longer assigned to that
device group because of a hierarchy change.
Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama
configuration and to the device groups you added or changed.
Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy

You can use an object in any policy rule that is in the Shared location, or in the same device group as the
object, or in descendants of that device group (for details, see Device Group Objects).
See Use Dynamic Address Groups in Policy to verify the number of supported registered IP
addresses on Panorama if you intended to leverage dynamic address groups in order to
create policies that automatically adapt to changes in your network.
• Create a shared object.

In this example, we add a shared object for URL Filtering categories for which we want to trigger alerts.
1. Select the Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering tab and click Add.
The Objects tab appears only after you Add a Device Group (at least one).
2. Enter a Name and a Description.
3. Select Shared.
4. The Disable Override option is cleared by default, which means you can override inherited instances
of the object in all device groups. To disable overrides for the object, select the check box.

5. In the Categories tab, select every Category for which you want notification.
6. In the Action column, select Alert.
7. Click OK to save your changes to the object.
• Create a device group object.

In this example, we add an address object for specific web servers on your network.
1. Select Objects > Addresses and select the Device Group in which you will use the object.
2. Click Add and enter a Name to identify the object.
3. Be sure to leave the Shared option cleared.
4. The Disable Override option is cleared by default, which means you can override inherited instances
of the object in device groups that are descendants of the selected Device Group. To disable
overrides for the object, select the Disable Override option.
5. Select the Type of address object and the associated value. For example, select IP Range and enter
the IP address range for the web servers.
6. Click OK to save your changes to the object.
7. Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama
configuration and to the device group where you added the object.
• View shared objects and device group objects in Panorama.

In the pages of the Objects tab, the Location column indicates whether an object is shared or is specific
to a device group.
1. In the Objects tab, select the object type (Objects > Addresses, in this example).
2. Select the Device Group to which you added the object.
The Objects tab only displays objects that are in the selected Device Group or are
inherited from an ancestor device group or the Shared location.
3. Verify that the device group object appears. Note that the device group name in the Location column
matches the selection in the Device Group drop-down.
Revert to Inherited Object Values

After overriding the values that a device group object inherits from an ancestor device group, you can
revert the object to its ancestor values at any time. In the Objects tab, overridden objects have a yellow-
overlapping-green icon ( ) in the Name column.
If you want to push ancestor values to all overridden objects instead of reverting a specific
object, see Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects.
For the steps to override values, see Step 5
For details on object inheritance and overrides, see Device Group Objects.
STEP 1 | In the Objects tab, select the object type (for example, Objects > Addresses) and select the
Device Group that has an override instance of the object.
STEP 2 | Select the object, click Revert, and click Yes. The Name column displays a green icon for the
object, indicating that it now inherits all values from an ancestor device group.

STEP 3 | Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama
configuration and to the device group where you reverted the object.
Manage Unused Shared Objects

When you push configuration changes Device Groups, by default Panorama pushes all shared objects to
firewalls whether or not any shared or device group policy rules reference the objects. However, you can
configure Panorama to push only the shared objects that rules reference in the device groups. The Share
Unused Address and Service Objects with Devices option enables you to limit the objects that Panorama
pushes to the managed firewalls.
When Share Unused Address and Service Objects with Devices is disabled, Panorama
ignores the Target firewalls when you Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls. This means
that all objects referenced by any rules are pushed to all firewalls in the device group.
To limit the number of objects pushed to a set of managed firewalls, add the policy rules to
a child device group and reference shared objects as needed. See Create a Device Group
Hierarchy for more information on creating a child device group.
On lower-end models, such as the PA-220, consider pushing only the relevant shared objects to the
managed firewalls. This is because the number of objects that can be stored on the lower-end models is
considerably lower than that of the mid- to high-end models. Also, if you have many address and service
objects that are unused, clearing Share Unused Address and Service Objects with Devices reduces the
commit times significantly on the firewalls because the configuration pushed to each firewall is smaller.
However, disabling this option might increase the commit time on Panorama because Panorama has to
dynamically check whether policy rules reference a particular object.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Management, and edit the Panorama Settings.
STEP 2 | Clear the Share Unused Address and Service Objects with Devices option to push only the
shared objects that rules reference, or select the option to re-enable pushing all shared objects.
Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects

By default, when device groups at different levels in the Device Group Hierarchy have an object with the
same name but different values (because of overrides, as an example), policy rules in a descendant device
group use the object values in that descendant instead of using object values inherited from ancestor device
groups. Optionally, you can reverse this order of precedence to push values from the highest ancestor
containing the object to all descendant device groups. After you enable this option, the next time you push
configuration changes to device groups, the values of inherited objects replace the values of any overridden
objects in the descendant device groups. The figure below demonstrates the precedence of inherited
objects in a device group:

If a firewall has locally defined objects with the same name as shared or device group
objects that Panorama pushes, a commit failure occurs.
If you want to revert a specific overridden object to its ancestor values instead of pushing
ancestor values to all overridden objects, see Revert to Inherited Object Values.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Panorama Settings.
STEP 2 | If you want to reverse the default order of precedence, select Objects defined in ancestors
will take higher precedence. The dialog then displays the Find Overridden Objects link, which
provides the option to see how many overridden (shadowed) objects will have ancestor values
after you commit this change. You can hover over the quantity message to display the object
names.
If you want to revert to the default order of precedence, clear Objects defined in ancestors will take
higher precedence.
Find Overridden Objects only detects a Shared device group object that shares a name
with another object in the device group.
STEP 5 | (Optional) If you selected Objects defined in ancestors will take higher precedence, Panorama
does not push the ancestor objects until you push configuration changes to device groups:
select Commit > Push to Devices and Push your changes.
Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device

Group
On Panorama, if a policy rule or object that you will move or clone from a device group has references
to objects that are not available in the target device group (Destination), you must move or clone the
referenced objects and the referencing rule or object in the same operation. In a Device Group Hierarchy,
remember that referenced objects might be available through inheritance. For example, shared objects are
available in all device groups. You can perform a global find to check for references. If you move or clone
an overridden object, be sure that overrides are enabled for that object in the parent device group of the
Destination (see Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy).
When cloning multiple policy rules, the order by which you select the rules will determine
the order they are copied to the device group. For example, if you have rules 1-4 and your

selection order is 2-1-4-3, the device group where these rules will be cloned will display the
rules in the same order you selected. However, you can reorganize the rules as you see fit
once they have been successfully copied.
STEP 1 | Log in to Panorama and select the rulebase (for example, Policy > Security > Pre Rules) or
object type (for example, Objects > Addresses).
STEP 2 | Select the Device Group and select one or more rules or objects.
STEP 3 | Perform one of the following steps:

• (Rules only) Move > Move to other device group
• (Objects only) Move
• (Rules or objects) Clone
STEP 4 | In the Destination drop-down, select the new device group or Shared. The default is previously
selected Device Group.
STEP 5 | (Rules only) Select the Rule order:

• Move top (default)—The rule will come before all other rules.
• Move bottom—The rule will come after all other rules.
• Before rule—In the adjacent drop-down, select the rule that comes after the Selected Rules.
• After rule—In the adjacent drop-down, select the rule that comes before the Selected Rules.
STEP 6 | The Error out on first detected error in validation check box is selected by default, which
means Panorama will display the first error it finds and stop checking for more errors. For
example, an error occurs if the Destination device group doesn't have an object that is
referenced in the rule you are moving. When you move or clone many items at once, selecting
this check box can simplify troubleshooting. If you clear the check box, Panorama will find all
the errors before displaying them. Regardless of this setting, Panorama won’t move or clone
anything until you fix all the errors for all the selected items.
STEP 7 | Click OK to start the error validation. If Panorama finds errors, fix them and retry the move or
clone operation. If Panorama doesn't find errors, it performs the operation.
STEP 8 | Select Commit > Commit and Push, Edit Selections in the Push Scope, select Device Groups,
select the original and destination device groups, click OK, and then Commit and Push your
changes to the Panorama configuration and to the device groups.
Select a URL Filtering Vendor on Panorama

URL filtering enables firewalls to monitor and control web access for your users. The policy rules that
you configure to control web access (Security, QoS, Captive Portal, and Decryption rules) reference URL
categories. The URL filtering vendor you select on Panorama determines which URL categories are available
for referencing in the rules that you add to device groups and push to firewalls.
By default, Panorama uses PAN-DB, a URL filtering database that is tightly integrated into PAN-OS and the
Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence cloud. PAN-DB provides high-performance local caching to maximize
in-line performance for URL lookups. The other vendor option is BrightCloud, a third-party URL database.
Unlike firewalls, Panorama does not download the URL database and does not require a
URL filtering license.

The following topics describe how to change the URL filtering vendor on Panorama or on both Panorama
and managed firewalls. You can also change the URL filtering vendor on just the firewalls.
• Must Panorama and Firewalls Have Matching URL Filtering Vendors?
• Change the URL Filtering Vendor on HA Panorama
• Change the URL Filtering Vendor on non-HA Panorama
• Migrate Panorama and HA Firewalls from BrightCloud to PAN-DB
• Migrate Panorama and non-HA Firewalls from BrightCloud to PAN-DB
Must Panorama and Firewalls Have Matching URL Filtering Vendors?

On any single Panorama management server or firewall, only one URL filtering vendor can be active: PAN-
DB or BrightCloud. When selecting a vendor for Panorama, you must consider the vendor and PAN-OS
version of the managed firewalls:
• PAN-OS 5.0.x and earlier versions—Panorama and the firewalls require matching URL filtering vendors.
• PAN-OS 6.0 or later versions—Panorama and the firewalls do not require matching URL filtering
vendors. If a vendor mismatch is detected, the firewall maps the URL categories in the URL Filtering
profiles and rules that it received from Panorama to URL categories that align with those of the vendor
enabled on the firewall.
Therefore, for a deployment in which some firewalls run PAN-OS 6.0 or later and some firewalls run earlier
PAN-OS versions, Panorama must use the same URL filtering vendor as the firewalls that run earlier PAN-
OS versions. For example, if firewalls that run PAN-OS 5.0 use PAN-DB, and firewalls that run PAN-OS 7.0
use BrightCloud, Panorama must use PAN-DB.
Change the URL Filtering Vendor on HA Panorama

In a high availability (HA) deployment, each Panorama peer must be in a non-functional state when you
change the URL filtering vendor. Therefore, to avoid disrupting Panorama operations, change the URL
filtering vendor on the passive Panorama (Panorama2 in this example) and then trigger failover before
changing the vendor on the active Panorama (Panorama1 in this example).
STEP 1 | Change the URL filtering vendor on each Panorama HA peer.
Complete this task on Panorama2 (passive peer) before Panorama1 (active peer).

2. Select Panorama > High Availability and Suspend local Panorama.
When you perform this step on Panorama1, failover occurs and Panorama2 becomes active.
4. Select the URL Filtering Database vendor: paloaltonetworks (PAN-DB) or brightcloud.
5. Select Panorama > High Availability and Make local Panorama functional.
When you perform this step on Panorama1 with preemption enabled on both HA peers, Panorama1
automatically reverts to active status and Panorama2 reverts to passive status.
STEP 2 | Verify that the URL categories are available for referencing in policies.
1. Select Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering.
2. Click Add and verify that the Categories tab of the URL Filtering profile dialog displays the URL
categories associated with the selected vendor.

Change the URL Filtering Vendor on non-HA Panorama
Perform this procedure to change the URL filtering vendor on a Panorama management server that is not
deployed in a high availability (HA) configuration.
STEP 1 | Change the URL filtering vendor.

2. Select the URL Filtering Database vendor: paloaltonetworks (PAN-DB) or brightcloud.
STEP 2 | Verify that the URL categories are available for referencing in policies.
1. Select Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering.
2. Click Add and verify that the Categories tab of the URL Filtering profile dialog displays the URL
categories associated with the selected vendor.
Migrate Panorama and HA Firewalls from BrightCloud to PAN-DB

Perform this procedure to migrate the URL filtering vendor from BrightCloud to PAN-DB on Panorama and
firewalls when the firewalls are deployed in a high availability (HA) configuration. In this example, the active
(or active-primary) firewall is named fw1 and the passive (or active-secondary) firewall is named fw2. The
migration automatically maps BrightCloud URL categories to PAN-DB URL categories.
STEP 1 | Determine which firewalls require new PAN-DB URL filtering licenses.
1. Log in to Panorama and select Panorama > Device Deployment > Licenses.
2. Check the URL column to determine which firewalls have PAN-DB licenses and whether the licenses
are valid or expired.
A firewall can have valid licenses for both BrightCloud and PAN-DB, but only one license can be
active.
If you’re not sure whether a PAN-DB URL filtering license is active, access the firewall
web interface, select Device > Licenses, and verify that the Active field displays Yes in
the PAN-DB URL Filtering section.
3. Purchase a new license for each firewall that does not have a valid PAN-DB license.
In HA deployments, each firewall peer needs a distinct PAN-DB license and authorization code. Palo
Alto Networks sends an email containing activation codes for the licenses you purchase. If you can’t
find this email, contact Customer Support before proceeding.
STEP 2 | Change the URL filtering vendor to PAN-DB on Panorama.

Access the Panorama web interface and perform one of the following tasks:
STEP 3 | Configure the TCP session settings on both firewall HA peers to ensure sessions that are not
yet synchronized will fail over when you suspend a peer.
Log in to the CLI of each firewall and run the following command:
> set session tcp-reject-non-syn no
STEP 4 | Migrate the URL filtering vendor to PAN-DB on each firewall HA peer.

Complete this task on fw2 (passive or active-secondary peer) before fw1 (active or active-
primary peer).
1. Access the firewall web interface, select Device > High Availability > Operational Commands, and
Suspend local device.
Performing this step on fw1 triggers failover to fw2.
2. Select Device > Licenses.
3. In the License Management section, select Activate feature using authorization code, enter the
Authorization Code and click OK.
Activating the PAN-DB license automatically deactivates the BrightCloud license.
4. In the PAN-DB URL Filtering section, Download the seed file, select your region, and click OK.
5. Commit and push your configuration changes:
1. Access the Panorama web interface.
2. Select Commit > Commit and Push and Edit Selections in the Push Scope
3. Select Device Groups, select the firewall, and click OK.
4. Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama configuration and to device groups.
6. Access the firewall web interface, select Device > High Availability > Operational Commands, and
Make local device functional.
When you perform this step on fw1 with preemption enabled on both firewalls, fw1 automatically
reverts to active (or active-primary) status and fw2 reverts to passive (or active-secondary) status.
STEP 5 | Revert both firewall HA peers to the original TCP session settings.
Run the following command at the CLI of each firewall:
> set session tcp-reject-non-syn yes
Migrate Panorama and non-HA Firewalls from BrightCloud to PAN-DB

Perform this procedure to migrate the URL filtering vendor from BrightCloud to PAN-DB on Panorama
and firewalls when the firewalls are not deployed in a high availability (HA) configuration. The migration
automatically maps BrightCloud URL categories to PAN-DB URL categories.
STEP 1 | Determine which firewalls require new PAN-DB URL filtering licenses.
1. Log in to Panorama and select Panorama > Device Deployment > Licenses.
2. Check the URL column to determine which firewalls have PAN-DB licenses and whether the licenses
are valid or expired.
A firewall can have valid licenses for both BrightCloud and PAN-DB, but only one license can be
active.
If you’re not sure whether a PAN-DB URL filtering license is active, access the firewall
web interface, select Device > Licenses, and verify that the Active field displays Yes in
the PAN-DB URL Filtering section.
3. Purchase new licenses for the firewalls that don’t have valid PAN-DB licenses.
Palo Alto Networks sends an email containing activation codes for the licenses you purchase. If you
can’t find this email, contact Customer Support before proceeding.
STEP 2 | Change the URL filtering vendor to PAN-DB on Panorama.

Access the Panorama web interface and perform one of the following tasks:

STEP 3 | Migrate the URL filtering vendor to PAN-DB on each firewall.

1. Access the firewall web interface and select Device > Licenses.
2. In the License Management section, select Activate feature using authorization code, enter the
Authorization Code, and click OK.
Activating the PAN-DB license automatically deactivates the BrightCloud license.
3. In the PAN-DB URL Filtering section, Download the seed file, select your region, and click OK.
4. Commit and push your configuration changes:
3. Select Device Groups, select the firewall, and click OK.
Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls

A policy target allows you to specify the firewalls in a device group to which to push policy rules. It allows
you to exclude one or more firewalls or virtual systems, or to apply a rule only to specific firewalls or virtual
systems in a device group.
As your rulebase evolves and you push new or modified rules to firewalls, changes and audit information
get lost over time unless they are archived at the time the rule is created or modified. Use the audit
comment archive to view the audit comment and configuration log history of a selected rule, as well to
compare two policy rule versions to see how the rule changed. The audit comment history for a rule pushed
from Panorama is viewable only from the Panorama management server. However, you can view the audit
comments in the configurations logs forwarded to Panorama from managed firewalls. However, the audit
comment archive is not viewable for rules created or modified locally on the firewall. To ensure that audit
comments are captured at the time a rule is created or modified, Enforce Policy Rule, Description, Tag and
Audit Comment.
The ability to target a rule enables you to keep policies centralized on Panorama. Targeted rules allow you
to define the rules (as either shared or device group pre- or post-rules) on Panorama and improve visibility
and efficiency when managing the rules (see Device Group Policies). The audit comment archive adds
further visibility by allowing you to track how and why your policy rules change over time so you can audit
the rule evolution over the course of the rule lifecycle.
STEP 1 | (Best Practice) Enforce audit comments for policy rules.

Although this step is optional, it is a best practice to enforce audit comments for policy rules to ensure
that you capture the reason for creating or modifying the rule. This also helps maintain an accurate rule
history for auditing purposes.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Policy Rulebase Settings.
2. Enable the option to Require audit comment on policies.
3. Configure the Audit Comment Regular Expression to specify the audit comment format.
When creating or modifying a rule, require audit comments to adhere to a specific format based on
your business and auditing needs by specifying letter and number expressions. For example, you can
use this setting to specify regular expressions to match your ticketing number formats:
• [0-9]{<Number of digits>}—Requires the audit comment to contain a minimum number
of digits ranging from 0 to 9. For example, [0-9]{6} requires a minimum of 6 digit numerical
expression with numbers 0 to 9. Configure the minimum number of digits as needed.

• <Letter Expression>—Requires the audit comment to contain a letter expression. For
example, Reason for Change- requires that the administrator to begin the audit comment
with this letter expression.
• <Letter Expression>-[0-9]{<Number of digits>}—Requires the audit comment to
contain a set character prefix with a minimum number of digits ranging from 0 to 9. For example,
SB-[0-9]{6} requires the audit comment format to begin with SB-, followed by a minimum 6
digit numerical expression with numbers 0 to 9 such as SB-012345.
• (<Letter Expression>)|(<Letter Expression>)|(<Letter Expression>)|-[0-9]
{<Number of digits>}—Requires the audit comment to contain a prefix using one of the
configured set of letter expressions with a minimum number of digits ranging from 0 to 9.
For example, (SB|XY|PN)-[0-9]{6} requires the audit comment format begin with SB-,
XY-, or PN- followed by a minimum 6 digit numerical expression with numbers 0 to 9 such as
SB-012345, XY-654321, or PN-012543.
4. Click OK to apply the new policy rulebase settings.
5. Select Commit and Commit to Panorama.
STEP 2 | Create a rule.

In this example, we define a pre-rule in the Security rulebase that permits users on the internal network
to access the servers in the DMZ.
1. On the Policies tab and select the Device Group for which you want to define a rule.
2. Select the rulebase. For this example, select Policies > Security > Pre-Rules and Add a rule.
3. In the General tab, enter a descriptive rule Name and enter an Audit Comment.
4. In the Source tab, set the Source Zone to Trust.
5. In the Destination tab, set the Destination Zone to DMZ.
6. In the Service/ URL Category tab, set the Service to application-default.
7. In the Actions tab, set the Action to Allow.
8. Leave all the other options set to their default values.
STEP 3 | Target the rule to include or exclude a subset of firewalls.

To apply the rule to a selected set of firewalls:
1. Select the Target tab in the Policy Rule dialog.
2. Select the firewalls to which you want to apply the rule.
If you do not select firewalls to target, the rule is added to all of the (unchecked) firewalls in the
device group.
By default, although the check box for the virtual systems in the device group is
disabled, all virtual systems will inherit the rule on commit unless you select one or
more virtual systems to which you want the rule to apply.
3. (Optional) To exclude a subset of firewalls from inheriting the rule, Install on all but specified devices
and select the firewalls you want to exclude.

If you Install on all but specified devices and do not select any firewalls, the rule is not
added to any of the firewalls in the device group.
4. Click OK to add the rule.
STEP 4 | Commit and push the configuration changes.

1. Select Commit > Commit and Push and Edit Selections in the Push Scope.
2. Select Device Groups, select the device group where you added the rule, and click OK.
STEP 5 | Troubleshoot Policy Rule Traffic Match to verify that the rules allow and deny traffic as the
intended.
Manage the Rule Hierarchy

The order of policy rules is critical for the security of your network. Within any policy layer (shared, device
group, or locally defined rules) and rulebase (for example, shared Security pre-rules), the firewall evaluates
rules from top to bottom in the order they appear in the pages of the Policies tab. The firewall matches
a packet against the first rule that meets the defined criteria and ignores subsequent rules. Therefore, to
enforce the most specific match, move the more specific rules above more generic rules.
To understand the order in which the firewall evaluates rules by layer and by type (pre-rules,
post-rules, and default rules) across the Device Group Hierarchy, see Device Group Policies.
STEP 1 | View the rule hierarchy for each rulebase.

1. Select the Policies tab and click Preview Rules.
2. Filter the preview by Rulebase (for example, Security or QoS).
3. Filter the preview to display the rules of a specific Device Group and the rules it inherits from the
Shared location and ancestor device groups. You must select a device group that has firewalls
assigned to it.
4. Filter the preview by Device to display its locally defined rules.
5. Click the green arrow icon to apply your filter selections to the preview (see Device Group Policies).
6. Close the Combined Rules Preview dialog when you finish previewing rules.
STEP 2 | Delete or disable rules, if necessary.
To determine which rules a firewall doesn’t currently use, select that firewall in the
Context drop-down on Panorama, select the rulebase (for example, Policies > Security),
and select the Highlight Unused Rules check box. A dotted orange background indicates
the rules that the firewall doesn’t use.
1. Select the rulebase (for example, Policies > Security > Pre Rules) that contains the rule you will delete
or disable.
2. Select the Device Group that contains the rule.
3. Select the rule, and click Delete or Disable as desired. Disabled rules appear in italicized font.
STEP 3 | Reposition rules within a rulebase, if necessary.
To reposition local rules on a firewall, access its web interface by selecting that firewall in
the Context drop-down before performing this step.

1. Select the rulebase (for example, Policies > Security > Pre Rules) that contains the rule you will move.
2. Select the Device Group that contains the rule.
3. Select the rule, select Move, and select:
• Move Top—Moves the rule above all other rules in the device group (but not above rules inherited
from Shared or ancestor device groups).
• Move Up—Moves the rule above the one that precedes it (but not above rules inherited from
Shared or ancestor device groups).
• Move Down—Moves the rule below the one that follows it.
• Move Bottom—Moves the rule below all other rules.
• Move to other device group—See Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device
Group.
STEP 4 | If you modified the rules, commit and push the changes.
2. Select Device Groups, select the device group that contains the rules you changed or deleted, and
click OK.

Manage Templates and Template Stacks
Use templates and template stacks to define the common base configurations that enable firewalls to
operate in your network. See Templates and Template Stacks for an overview of the issues you should
consider when deciding which firewalls to add to which templates, ordering templates in a stack to manage
layers of common and firewall group-specific settings, and overriding template settings with firewall-
specific values.
To delete a template, you must first locally Disable/Remove Template Settings on the firewall.
Only administrators with the superuser role can disable a template.
• Template Capabilities and Exceptions

• Add a Template
• Configure a Template Stack
• Configure a Template or Template Stack Variable
• Import and Overwrite Existing Template Stack Variables
• Override a Template Setting
• Disable/Remove Template Settings
Template Capabilities and Exceptions

You can use Templates and Template Stacks to define a wide array of settings but you can perform the
following tasks only locally on each managed firewall:
• Configure a device block list.
• Clear logs.
• Enable operational modes such as normal mode, multi-vsys mode, or FIPS-CC mode.
• Configure the IP addresses of firewalls in an HA pair.
• Configure a master key and diagnostics.
• Compare configuration files (Config Audit).
To Manage Licenses and Updates (software or content) for firewalls, use the Panorama >
Device Management tab options; do not use templates.
• Renaming a vsys on a multi-vsys firewall.
Add a Template
You must add at least one template before Panorama™ displays the Device and Network tabs required to
define the network setup and device configuration elements for firewalls. Panorama supports up to 1,024
templates. Every managed firewall must belong to a template stack. While templates contain managed
device configurations, template stacks allow you to manage and push the template configurations to all
managed firewalls assigned to the template stack.
Combine templates in to a template stack to avoid duplicating many configurations among

templates (see Templates and Template Stacks and Configure a Template Stack).
STEP 1 | Add a template.

1. Select Panorama > Templates.
2. Click Add and enter a unique Name to identify the template.

3. (Optional) Enter a Description for the template.
4. Click OK to save the template.
5. If the template has a virtual system (vsys) with configurations (for example, interfaces) that you want
Panorama to push to firewalls that don’t have virtual systems, select the template you created, select
the vsys from the Default VSYS drop-down and click OK.
configuration and to the template.
STEP 2 | Verify that the template is available.

After you add the first template, Panorama displays the Device and Network tabs. These tabs display a
Template drop-down. Check that the drop-down displays the template you just added.
STEP 3 | Configure a Template Stack and add the template to the template stack.
STEP 4 | Use the template to push a configuration change to firewalls.
Renaming a vsys is allowed only on the local firewall, not on Panorama the result is an
entirely new vsys or the new vsys name gets mapped to the wrong vsys on the firewall.
For example, define a primary Domain Name System (DNS) server for the firewalls in the template.
You can also Configure a Template or Template Stack Variable to push device-specific
values to managed devices.
1. In the Device tab, select the Template from the drop-down.

2. Select Device > Setup > Services > Global, and edit the Services section.
3. Enter an IP address for the Primary DNS Server.
configuration and to the template.
STEP 5 | Verify that the firewall is configured with the template settings that you pushed from
Panorama.
1. In the Context drop-down, select one of the firewalls to which you pushed the template setting.
2. Select Device > Setup > Services > Global. The IP address that you pushed from the template
appears. The Services section header displays a template icon ( ) to indicate that settings in the
section have values pushed from a template.

STEP 6 | Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources to verify your firewalls can access your
network resources.
Configure a Template Stack

A template stack is configurable and allows you to combine multiple templates to push full configurations
to your managed firewalls. While templates are modular portions of your firewall configuration that
you can reuse across different stacks, you can also configure the template stack to fill in the remaining
configurations that you need to apply across all firewalls assigned to the stack. Panorama supports up to
1,024 template stacks and each stack can have up to 8 templates assigned to it. You can reference objects
configured in a template stack from a template belonging to the temple stack. In the event that the template
stack and a template in the stack have conflicting values, the value configured in the template stack will be
pushed. For details and planning, see Templates and Template Stacks.
Add a Template to configure interfaces, VLANs, Virtual Wires, IPSec Tunnels, DNS Proxy
and Virtual Systems. These objects must be configured and pushed from a template, and not
a template stack. Once pushed from a template, you can override these objects, except for
Virtual Systems, in the template stack.
STEP 1 | Plan the templates and their order in the stack.

Add a Template you plan to assign to the template stack.
When planning the priority order of templates within the stack (for overlapping settings),
you must check the order to prevent misconfiguration. For example, consider a stack
in which the ethernet1/1 interface is of type Layer 3 in Template_A but of type Layer 2
with a VLAN in Template_B. If Template_A has a higher priority, Panorama will push
ethernet1/1 as type Layer 3 but assigned to a VLAN.
Also note that a template configuration can’t reference a configuration in another template even if both
templates are in the same stack. For example, a zone configuration in Template_A can’t reference a zone
protection profile in Template_B.
STEP 2 | Create a template stack.

1. Select Panorama > Templates and Add Stack.
2. Enter a unique Name to identify the stack.
3. For each of the templates the stack will combine (up to 8), Add and select the template. The dialog
lists the added templates in order of priority with respect to duplicate settings, where values in the

higher templates override those that are lower in the list. To change the order, select a template and
Move Up or Move Down.
4. In the Devices section, select firewalls to assign them to the stack. For firewalls with multiple virtual
systems, you can’t assign individual virtual systems, only an entire firewall. You can assign any firewall
to only one template stack.
Whenever you add a new managed firewall to Panorama, you must assign it to the
appropriate template stack; Panorama does not automatically assign new firewalls to
a template or template stack. When you push configuration changes to a template,
Panorama pushes the configuration to every firewall assigned to the template stack.
5. (Optional) Select Group HA Peers to display a single check box for firewalls that are in a high
availability (HA) configuration. Icons indicate the HA state: green for active and yellow for passive.
The firewall name of the secondary peer is in parentheses.
For active/passive HA, add both peers to the same template so that both will receive the
configurations. For active/active HA, whether you add both peers to the same template depends on
whether each peer requires the same configurations. For a list of the configurations that PAN-OS
synchronizes between HA peers, see High Availability Synchronization.
6. Click OK to save the template stack.
STEP 3 | (Optional) Configure a Template or Template Stack Variable.
STEP 4 | Edit the Network and Device settings, as necessary.
Renaming a vsys is allowed only on the local firewall. If you rename a vsys on Panorama,
the result is an entirely new vsys or the new vsys name gets mapped to the wrong vsys
on the firewall.
In an individual firewall context, you can override settings that Panorama pushes from a stack in the
same way you override settings pushed from a template, see Override a Template or Template Stack
Value.
1. Filter the tabs to display only the mode-specific settings you want to edit:
While Panorama pushes mode-specific settings only to firewalls that support those
modes, this selective push doesn’t adjust mode-specific values. For example, if a
template has firewalls in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode and
an IKE Crypto profile that uses non-FIPS algorithms, the template push will fail. To
avoid such errors, use the Mode drop-down in the Network and Device tabs to filter
mode-specific features and value options.

• In the Mode drop-down, select or clear the Multi VSYS, Operational Mode, and VPN Mode filter
options.
• Set all the Mode options to reflect the mode configuration of a particular firewall by selecting it in
the Device drop-down.
2. Set up your interfaces and network connectivity. For example, Configure Zones and Interfaces to
segment your network to manage and control traffic passing through your firewall.
3. Edit the settings as needed.
4. Select Commit > Commit and Push, Edit Selections in the Push Scope, select Templates, select the
firewalls assigned to the template stack, and then Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama
configuration and to the template stack.
STEP 5 | Verify that the template stack works as expected.

1. Select a device assigned to the template stack from the Context drop-down.
2. Select a tab to which you pushed configuration changes using the template stack.
3. Values pushed from the template stack display a template icon ( ) to indicate that settings in the
section have values pushed from a template stack. Hover your mouse over the stack to view which
template stack from which the value was pushed.
network resources.
Configure a Template or Template Stack Variable

To enable you to more easily reuse templates or template stacks, you can use template and template stack
variables to replace IP addresses, Group IDs, and interfaces in your configurations. Template variables are
defined at either the template or template stack level and you can use variables to replace IP addresses,
IP ranges, FQDN, interfaces in IKE, VPN and HA configurations, and group IDs. Variables defined in the
template override variables defined in the template stack because template configurations have higher
priority than template stack configurations. Variables allow you to reduce the total number of templates and
template stacks you need to manage, while allowing you to keep any firewall- or appliance-specific values.
For example, if you have a template stack with a base configuration, you can use variables to create values
that do not apply to all firewalls in the template or template stack. This allows you to manage and push
configurations from fewer templates and template stacks while accounting for any firewall- or appliance
specific values that you would otherwise need before you can create a new template or template stack.
To create a template or template stack variable:

STEP 2 | Create a template and template stack.
1. Add a Template
2. Configure a Template Stack.
STEP 3 | Select Panorama > Templates and Manage (Variables column) the template or template stack
for which you want to create a variable.
STEP 4 | Add the new variable.

A variable name must start with the dollar ( $ ) symbol.
1. Name the new variable. In this example, the variables are named $DNS-primary and $DNS-
secondary.
2. Select the Variable type and choose IP Netmask, IP Range, FQDN, Group ID, or Interface. For this
example, address.
3. Enter the corresponding value for Type.
4. Click OK and Close
Variables can also be created inline where variables are supported.
STEP 5 | From the Template drop-down, select the template or template stack to which the variable
belongs.
STEP 6 | Enter the variable in the appropriate location.

For this example, reference the previously defined DNS value.
1. Select Device > Setup > Services and edit Services.
2. Type $DNS-primary or select it from the drop-down for Primary DNS Server.
3. Type $DNS-secondary or select it from the drop-down for Secondary DNS Server.
4. Click OK.
STEP 7 | Click Commit and Commit and Push your changes to managed firewalls.
When you push a device group configuration with references to template or template
stack variables, you must Edit Selections and Include Device and Network Templates.
STEP 8 | Verify that the values for all variables were pushed to the managed devices.

1. From the Context drop-down, select a firewall that belongs to the template stack for which the
variable was created.
2. Select Device > Setup > Services.
3. Settings with values defined by a template or template stack are indicated by a template symbol ( ).
Hover over the indicator to view to which template or template stack the variable definition belongs.
When viewing from the firewall context, the variables display as the IP address you configured for
the variable.
network resources.
Import and Overwrite Existing Template Stack Variables

Use template stack variables to replace IP addresses, IP ranges, FQDN, interfaces, or group ID in your
firewall configurations. Variables allow you to reduce the total number of templates and template stacks
you need to manage, while allowing you to preserve any firewall-specific values.
Importing template stack variables allows you to overwrite the values of multiple existing variables, and you
cannot create new template stack variables when importing. For more information how on how to create
new template or template stack variable, see Configure a Template or Template Stack Variable.
STEP 2 | Export the existing template stack variables.

1. Select Panorama > Templates and select a template or template stack.
2. Select Variable CSV > Export. The configured template stack variables are downloaded locally as a
CSV file.
3. Open the exported CSV.
STEP 3 | Edit the CSV file containing the template stack variables to import to Panorama in the
following format:
Values that display as #inherited# are values that are defined in the template stack.
1. Correct the number of the cells containing the firewall serial number. Repeat this step for all firewalls
in the CSV file.
1. Right-click the cell containing the firewall serial number and select Format Cells.
2. Select Number > Text and click OK.
3. Add a 0 at the beginning of the serial number.

2. Enter a new value for the desired template variable.
3. Select File > Save As and save the file in CSV UTF-8 format.
STEP 4 | Import the CSV file to the template stack.

2. Select Panorama > Templates and select the template stack for which you exported the variables in
Step 2.
3. Select Variable CSV > Import and Browse for the CSV file edited in Step 3.
4. Click OK to import the template stack variables.
STEP 6 | Enter the variables in the appropriate locations.
STEP 7 | Click Commit and Commit and Push your changes to managed firewalls.
When you push a device group configuration with references to template or template
stack variables, you must Edit Selections and Include Device and Network Templates.
Override a Template or Template Stack Value

While Templates and Template Stacks enable you to apply a base configuration to multiple firewalls,
you might want to configure firewall-specific settings that don’t apply to all the firewalls in a template or
template stack. Conversely, you may want to override the template settings to create a template stack
configuration that you can apply as a base configuration to all your managed firewalls. Overrides allow for
exceptions or modifications to meet your configuration needs. For example, if you use a template to create
a base configuration but a few firewalls in a test lab environment need different settings for the Domain
Name System (DNS) server IP address or the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, you can override the
template and template stack settings.

If you want to disable or remove all the template or stack settings on a firewall instead of
overriding a single value, see Disable/Remove Template Settings.
You can override a template or template stack value in one of the following ways:
• Override a Template Value on the Firewall or Override a Template or Template Stack Value Using
Variables—There are two ways to override values pushed from a template or template stack. The first
is to define a value locally on the firewall to override a value pushed from a template or template stack.
The second is to define firewall-specific variables to override values pushed from a template or template
stack.
• Override a Template Value Using a Template Stack—Define values or variables on the template stack to
override values pushed from a template.
Override a Template Value on the Firewall

Override a setting on the local firewall that was pushed from a template or template stack to create
firewall-specific configurations. This allows you to manage the base template or template stack
configuration from Panorama™, while maintaining any firewall-specific configurations that do not apply to
other firewalls.
STEP 1 | Access the firewall web interface.

Directly access the firewall by entering its IP address in the URL field of your browser or use the Context
drop-down in Panorama to switch to the firewall context.
STEP 2 | Override a value pushed from a template or template Stack.

In this example, you override the DNS server IP address that you assigned using a template in Add a
Template
1. Select Device > Setup > Services and edit the Services section.
2. Click the template icon ( ) for the Primary DNS Server to enable overrides for that field.
3. Enter the new IP address for the Primary DNS Server. A template override symbol ( ) indicates
that the template value wasoverridden.
4. Click OK and Commit your changes.
Override a Template Value Using a Template Stack

You can use template stack values to override configurations pushed to the managed firewall from a
template to create a template stack configuration that you can use to manage the base configuration of
your managed firewalls from Panorama™. This enables you to leverage the management capabilities of
Panorama to push configuration changes to multiple devices from a single location. In this example, you will
use a template stack to override the Primary DNS server IP address variable called $DNS that was pushed
from a template.
STEP 2 | From the Templatedrop-down, select the template stack that will override the template
configuration.
STEP 3 | Override the pushed template configuration.

1. Select Device > Setup > Services and edit the Services section.
2. Configure the Primary DNS with the IP address to override the pushed template configuration and
click OK.

STEP 4 | Commit and Push the configuration change.
Override a Template Value Using a Template Stack Variable

You can use template stack values and variables to override configurations pushed to the managed firewall
from a template to create a template stack configuration that you can use to manage the base configuration
of your managed firewalls from Panorama™. This enables you to leverage the management capabilities of
Panorama to push configuration changes to multiple firewalls from a single location. In this example, you
will create a template stack variable by overriding the Primary DNS server IP address variable called $DNS
that was pushed from a template.
STEP 2 | Override the template variable.

1. Select Panorama > Templates.
2. Manage (Variables column) the template stack containing the template variable you need to override.
3. Locate and select the $DNS variable.
4. Select Override.
5. Enter the new variable value and click OK.
STEP 3 | Commit and Push your changes.
Override a Template or Template Stack Value Using Variables

You can use firewall-specific variables to override variables pushed to the managed firewall from a template
or template stack to create firewall-specific configurations. This allows you to manage the base template
or template stack configuration while maintaining any firewall-specific configurations that do not apply
to other firewalls—all from Panorama™. This allows you to leverage the management capabilities of
Panorama while accounting for any specific configurations required for individual firewalls. In this example,
the Primary DNS server IP address variable called $DNS that has been pushed from a template will be
overridden to create a firewall-specific variable.
You can override template or template stack variables that have not been overridden. If a
template or template stack variable is already overridden, Revert the override to create a
firewall-specific variable.
STEP 2 | Override the template or template stack variable.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary.
2. Edit (Variables column) the firewall containing the variable you need to override.
3. Locate and select the $DNS variable.
4. Select Override.
5. Enter the new firewall-specific IP address and click OK.
STEP 3 | Commit and Push your changes.
Disable/Remove Template Settings

If you want to stop using a template or template stack for managing the configuration on a managed
firewall, you can disable the template or stack. When disabling, you can copy the template/stack values to
the local configuration of the firewall or delete the values.

If you want to override a single setting instead of disabling or removing every template or
stack setting, see Override a Template Setting.
See Templates and Template Stacks for details on how to use these for managing firewalls.
STEP 1 | Access the web interface of the managed firewall as an administrator with the Superuser role.
You can directly access the firewall by entering its IP address in the browser URL field or, in
Panorama, select the firewall in the Context drop-down.
STEP 2 | Select Device > Setup > Management and edit the Panorama Settings.
STEP 3 | Click Disable Device and Network Template.
STEP 4 | (Optional) Select Import Device and Network Template before disabling, to save the
configuration settings locally on the firewall. If you do not select this option, PAN-OS will
delete all Panorama-pushed settings from the firewall.
STEP 5 | Click OK twice and then Commit the changes.

Manage the Master Key from Panorama
Panorama, firewalls, Log Collectors, and WF-500 appliances use a master key to encrypt sensitive elements
in the configuration and they have a default master key they use to encrypt passwords and configuration
elements.
As part of a standard security practice, you should replace the default master key and change the key on
each individual firewall, Log Collector, WildFire appliance, and Panorama before it expires. You must deploy
the same master key to all of your managed devices and you must configure the master key on Panorama
to successfully push the configuration from Panorama to your managed devices. To ensure a uniform key
deployment, deploy a new master key or renew an expiring master key on multiple firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WF-500 appliances directly from Panorama. See Configure the Master Key for more information on
configuring a master key.
STEP 2 | (Best Practice) Select Commit and Commit and Push any pending configuration changes.
Panorama must re-encrypt data using the new master key. To ensure all configuration elements are
encrypted with the new master key, you should commit all pending changes before deploying the new
master key.
STEP 3 | Configure the firewall, Log Collector, and WildFire appliance master key to automatically
renew with the same master key after the lifetime of the key expires.
Automatically renewing the master key allows you to keep your configuration encrypted in the event
the key expires before a maintenance window but this is not a replacement for deploying a new master
key after the key lifetime expires. Consider the number of days until your next available maintenance
window when configuring the master key to automatically renew when the lifetime of the key expires.
1. Select Device > Master Key and Diagnostics and edit the Master Key setting.
2. Configure Panorama to Auto Renew with Same Master Key for a specified number of days or hours.
STEP 4 | Deploy the master key to managed firewalls.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary and Deploy Master Key.
2. Select all devices and Change the master key.
3. Configure the master key:

1. If renewing a master key, enter the Current Master Key. If you are replacing the default master
key with a new master key, do not specify a Current Master Key.
2. Specify the New Master Key and Confirm Master Key.
3. Configure the master key Lifetime and Time for Reminder.
4. Click OK.
4. Verify that the master key was deployed successfully to all selected devices.
A System log generates when you deploy a new master key from Panorama.
STEP 5 | Deploy the master key to Log Collectors. The master key must be identical to the key deployed
in Step 3.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Deploy Master Key.
4. Click OK.

STEP 6 | Deploy the master key to managed WildFire appliances. The master key must be identical to
the key deployed in Step 3.
1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and Deploy Master Key.
4. Click OK.
STEP 7 | Configure the master key on Panorama. The master key must be identical to the key deployed
to firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances in Steps 3 through 5.
1. Select Panorama > Master Key and Diagnostics and configure the master key.
key with a new master key, o not specify a Current Master Key.
2. Configure the New Master Key and Confirm Master Key.
4. Click OK.

Redistribute User-ID Information to Managed
Firewalls
To ensure all the firewalls that enforce policies and generate reports have the required IP address-to-
username mappings and authentication timestamps for your entire user base, you can leverage your
Panorama and distributed log collection infrastructure to redistribute the mappings and timestamps.
Before you configure User-ID Redistribution Using Panorama and Log Collectors:
• Configure user mapping using PAN-OS Integrated User-ID agents or Windows-based User-ID Agents.
• Configure the firewalls to redistribute User-ID information.
• Configure a Dedicated Log Collector to redistribute User-ID information.
A Log Collector that is local to the Panorama management server does not redistribute
User-ID information.
1. Add Panorama, firewalls, or virtual systems as User-ID redistribution points to a Log Collector:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the Log Collector to edit it.
2. Select User-ID Agents and Add a redistribution point.
1. Enter a Name to identify the redistribution point.
2. Enter the Host name or IP address of the interface on the firewall or Panorama that will
respond to User-ID information queries from the Log Collector.
3. Enter the Port number on which Panorama or the firewall will listen for User-ID information
queries (default is 5007).
4. If the redistribution point is a firewall or virtual system, enter the Collector Name and
Collector Pre-Shared Key.
In this context, the collector is a User-ID collector, not a Log Collector.

2. Enable the management (MGT) interface of the Log Collector to respond to User-ID information
queries from Panorama or firewalls:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the Log Collector to edit it.
2. Select Interfaces and Management.
3. Select User-ID in the Network Connectivity Services section and click OK.
4. Select Commit > Commit and Push to activate your changes on Panorama and push the changes to
the Log Collector.
• Configure the Panorama management server to redistribute User-ID information.

1. Add Log Collectors, firewalls, or virtual systems as redistribution points to Panorama:
1. Select Panorama > User Identification and Add each redistribution point.
2. Enter a Name to identify the redistribution point.
3. Enter the Host name or IP address of the MGT interface on the Log Collector or firewall.
4. Enter the Port number on which the Log Collector or firewall will listen for User-ID information
queries (default is 5007).

5. If the redistribution point is a firewall or virtual system, enter the Collector Name and Collector
Pre-Shared Key.
6. Click OK to save the configuration.
2. Enable the Panorama MGT interface to respond to User-ID information queries from Log Collectors
or firewalls:
If the Panorama management server has a high availability (HA) configuration,

perform this step on each HA peer as a best practice so that redistribution continues if
Panorama fails over.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Interfaces and Management.

2. Select User-ID in the Network Connectivity Services section and click OK.
3. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama to activate your changes on Panorama.
• Configure firewalls to receive User-ID information from Panorama or Log Collectors.
If you are using Panorama to manage both your firewall and the Dedicated Log Collector
(DLC), and you want to configure the firewall to receive User-ID information from
Panorama or the log collectors, add the User-ID agent using the serial number to the
Panorama template, then push the template to the firewall. If you add the User-ID agent
on the firewall using the serial number, you will only see Panorama and not the DLC, and
you will need to add the DLC to the firewall using the host and port number.
1. Select Device > User Identification > User-ID Agents, select the Template to which the firewalls are
assigned, and Add one of the following as a redistribution point:
• Panorama—Add an Agent Using the Serial Number, and set the Serial Number to panorama for
the active or solitary Panorama or to panorama2 (HA only) for the passive Panorama.
• Log Collector—Add an Agent Using the Host and Port. Enter the Host name or IP address of the
MGT interface on the Log Collector. Then enter the Port number on which the Log Collector
listens for User-ID information queries (default is 5007).
2. Click OK to save the configuration.
3. Select Commit > Commit and Push to activate your changes on Panorama and push the changes to
the firewalls.
• Verify that Panorama, Log Collectors, and firewalls receive redistributed user mappings.
1. Access the CLI of a firewall, Log Collector, or Panorama management server that redistributes User-
ID information.
2. Display all the user mappings by running the following command:
> show user ip-user-mapping all

3. Record the IP address associated with any one username.
4. Access the CLI of a firewall, Log Collector, or Panorama management server that receives
redistributed User-ID information.
5. Display the mapping information and authentication timestamp for the <IP-address> you recorded:
> show user ip-user-mapping ip <IP-address>

IP address: 192.0.2.0 (vsys1)
User: corpdomain\username1
From: UIA
Idle Timeout: 10229s
Max. TTL: 10229s

MFA Timestamp: first(1) - 2016/12/09 08:35:04
Group(s): corpdomain\groupname(621)
This example output shows the timestamp for a response to one authentication
challenge (factor). For Authentication rules that use multi-factor authentication (MFA),
the output shows multiple timestamps.

Transition a Firewall to Panorama Management
If you have already deployed Palo Alto Networks firewalls and configured them locally, but now want to use
Panorama for centrally managing them, you must perform pre-migration planning. The migration involves
importing firewall configurations into Panorama and verifying that the firewalls function as expected after
the transition. If some settings are unique to individual firewalls, you can continue accessing the firewalls to
manage the unique settings. You can manage any given firewall setting by pushing its value from Panorama
or by configuring it locally on the firewall, but you cannot manage the setting through both Panorama and
the firewall. If you want to exclude certain firewall settings from Panorama management, you can either:
• Migrate the entire firewall configuration and then, on Panorama, delete the settings that you will manage
locally on firewalls. You can also Override a Template Setting that Panorama pushes to a firewall instead
of deleting the setting on Panorama.
• Load a partial firewall configuration, including only the settings that you will use Panorama to manage.
Firewalls do not lose logs during the transition to Panorama management.
• Plan the Transition to Panorama Management

• Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management
• Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management
• Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama
Plan the Transition to Panorama Management

The following tasks are a high-level overview of the planning required to migrate firewalls to Panorama
management:
Decide which firewalls to migrate.
Determine the Panorama and firewall software and content versions, and how you will Manage Licenses
and Updates. For important details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility.
Plan Your Panorama Deployment with respect to the URL filtering database (BrightCloud or PAN-DB),
log collection, and administrator roles.
Plan how to manage shared settings.
Plan the Device Group Hierarchy, Templates and Template Stacks in a way that will reduce redundancy
and streamline the management of settings that are shared among all firewalls or within firewall sets.
During the migration, you can select whether to import objects from the Shared location on the firewall
into Shared on Panorama, with the following exceptions:
• If a shared firewall object has the same name and value as an existing shared Panorama object, the
import excludes that firewall object.
• If the name or value of the shared firewall object differs from an existing shared Panorama object,
Panorama imports the firewall object into each new device group that is created for the import.
• If a configuration imported into a template references a shared firewall object, or if a shared firewall
object references a configuration imported into a template, Panorama imports the object as a shared
object regardless of whether you select the Import devices' shared objects into Panorama's shared
context check box.
Determine if the firewall has configuration elements (policies, objects, and other settings) that you don’t
want to import, either because Panorama already contains similar elements or because those elements
are firewall-specific (for example, timezone settings) and you won’t use Panorama to manage them. You
can perform a global find to determine if similar elements exist on Panorama.

Decide the common zones for each device group. This includes a zone-naming strategy for the firewalls
and virtual systems in each device group. For example, if you have zones called Branch LAN and WAN,
Panorama can push policy rules that reference those zones without being aware of the variations in port
or media type, model, or logical addressing schema.
Create a post-migration test plan.
You will use the test plan to verify that the firewalls work as efficiently after the migration as they did
before. The plan might include tasks such as:
• Monitor the firewalls for at least 24 hours after the migration.
• Monitor Panorama and firewall logs for anomalies.
• Check administrator logins on Panorama.
• Test various types of traffic from multiple sources. For example, check bandwidth graphs, session
counts, and deny-rule traffic log entries (see Use Panorama for Visibility). The testing should cover a
representative sample of policy configurations.
• Check with your network operations center (NOC) and security operations center (SOC) for any user-
reported issues.
• Include any other test criteria that will help verify firewall functionality.
Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management

When you import a firewall configuration, Panorama automatically creates a template to contain
the imported network and device settings. To contain the imported policies and objects, Panorama
automatically creates one device group for each firewall or one device group for each virtual system (vsys)
in a multi-vsys firewall.
When you perform the following steps, Panorama imports the entire firewall configuration. Alternatively,
you can Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama.
Panorama can import configurations from firewalls that run PAN-OS 5.0 or later releases
and can push configurations to those firewalls. The exception is that Panorama 6.1 and later
releases cannot push configurations to firewalls running PAN-OS 6.0.0 through 6.0.3.
Panorama can import configurations from firewalls that are already managed devices but
only if they are not already assigned to device groups or templates.

See the checklist in Plan the Transition to Panorama Management.
STEP 2 | Add the firewall as a managed device.

Add a Firewall as a Managed Device:
1. Log in to Panorama, select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary and click Add.
2. Enter the serial number of the firewall and click OK.
If you will import multiple firewall configurations, enter the serial number of each one
on a separate line. Optionally, you can copy and paste the serial numbers from a
Microsoft Excel worksheet.
STEP 3 | Set up a connection from the firewall to Panorama.

1. Log in to the firewall, select Device > Setup, and edit the Panorama Settings.
2. In the Panorama Servers fields, enter the IP addresses of the Panorama management server.
3. Click OK and Commit.

STEP 4 | Import the firewall configuration into Panorama.
If you later decide to re-import a firewall configuration, first remove the firewall device
groups and template to which it is a member. If the device group and template names are
the same as the firewall hostname, then you can delete the device group and template
before re-importing the firewall configuration or use the Device Group Name Prefix
fields to define new names for the device group and template created by the re-import.
Additionally, firewalls don’t lose logs when you remove them from device groups or
templates.
1. From Panorama, select Panorama > Setup > Operations, click Import device configuration to
Panorama, and select the Device.
Panorama can’t import a configuration from a firewall that is assigned to an existing

device group or template.
2. (Optional) Edit the Template Name. The default value is the firewall name. You can’t use the name of
an existing template or template stack.
3. (Optional) Edit the Device Group names. For a multi-vsys firewall, each device group has a vsys name
by default, so add a character string as a Device Group Name Prefix for each. Otherwise, the default
value is the firewall name. You can’t use the names of existing device groups.
The Import devices' shared objects into Panorama's shared context check box is
selected by default, which means Panorama compares imports objects that belong to
the Shared location in the firewall to Shared in Panorama. If an imported object is not
in the Shared context of the firewall, it is applied to each device group being imported.
If you clear the check box, Panorama copies will not compare imported objects, and
apply all shared firewall objects into device groups being imported instead of Shared.
This could create duplicate objects, so selecting the check box is a best practice in
most cases. To understand the consequences of importing shared or duplicate objects
into Panorama, see Plan how to manage shared settings.
4. Select a Rule Import Location for the imported policy rules: Pre Rulebase or Post Rulebase.
Regardless of your selection, Panorama imports default security rules (intrazone-default and
interzone-default) into the post-rulebase.
If Panorama has a rule with the same name as a firewall rule that you import,
Panorama displays both rules. Delete one of the rules before performing a Panorama
commit to prevent a commit error.
5. Click OK. Panorama displays the import status, result, details about your selections, details about
what was imported, and any warnings. Click Close.
STEP 5 | Push the configuration from Panorama to the newly added device.
To prevent duplicate rule or object names, push the device group configuration from Panorama to the
firewall to avoid commit errors.
This step is required to successfully migrate firewall management to the Panorama

management server. Failure to perform this step successfully causes configuration errors
and commit failures.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface and select Panorama > Setup > Operations and click Export or
push device config bundle.
2. Click Export or push device config bundle, select the Device from the drop-down menu, and click
OK.

3. Select the Device from which you imported the configuration, click OK, and click Push & Commit.
Panorama pushes the bundle and initiates a commit on the firewall.
4. Click Close after the push has committed successfully.
5. Launch the Web Interface of the firewall and ensure that the configuration has been successfully
committed. If not, Commit the changes locally on the firewall.
6. On the Panorama web interface, Select Panorama > Managed Devices > summary, and verify that
the device group and template stack are in sync for the passive firewall. Verify policy rules, objects
and network settings on the passive firewall match the active firewall. On the firewall web interface,
verify that configuration objects display a green cog ( ), signifying that the configuration object is
pushed from Panorama.
STEP 6 | Fine-tune the imported configuration.

1. In Panorama, select Panorama > Config Audit, select the Running config and Candidate config for
the comparison, click Go, and review the output.
2. Update the device group and template configurations as needed based on the configuration audit and
any warnings that Panorama displayed after the import. For example:
• Delete redundant objects and policy rules.
• Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group.
• Move firewalls to different device groups or templates.
• Move a device group that Panorama created during the import to a different parent device group:
Select Panorama > Device Groups, select the device group you want to move, select a new
Parent Device Group, and click OK.
STEP 7 | Push the firewall configuration bundle to the firewall to remove all policy rules and objects
from its local configuration.
This step is necessary to prevent duplicate rule or object names, which would cause commit errors when
you push the device group configuration from Panorama to the firewall in the next step.
1. In Panorama, select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and click Export or push device config bundle.
3. Select the Device from which you imported the configuration, click OK, and click Push & Commit.
Panorama pushes the bundle and initiates a commit on the firewall.
STEP 8 | Push the device group and template configurations to complete the transition to centralized
management.
If you are migrating multiple firewalls, perform all the preceding steps—including this one—for each
firewall before continuing.
2. Select Device Groups and select the device groups that contain the imported firewall configurations.
3. Select Merge with Device Candidate Config, Include Device and Network Templates, and Force
Template Values.
4. Click OK to save your changes to the Push Scope.
5. Commit and Push your changes.
STEP 9 | Consolidate all the imported firewall configurations.

This step is required if you are migrating multiple firewalls.
1. After importing all the firewall configurations, update the device groups and templates as needed
to eliminate redundancy and streamline configuration management: see Fine-tune the imported
configuration. (You don’t need to push firewall configuration bundles again.)

2. Configure any firewall-specific settings.
If the firewalls will have local zones, you must create them before performing a device group or
template commit; Panorama can’t poll the firewalls for zone name or zone configuration. If you will
use local firewall rules, ensure their names are unique (not duplicated in Panorama). If necessary, you
can Override a Template or Template Stack Value with a firewall-specific value.
3. Commit and push your changes:
2. Select Device Groups, select the device groups you changed, and Include Device and Network
Templates.
STEP 10 | Perform your post-migration test plan.

Perform the verification tasks that you devised during the migration planning to confirm that the
firewalls work as efficiently with the Panorama-pushed configuration as they did with their original local
configuration: see Create a post-migration test plan.
Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management

If you have a pair of firewalls in an HA configuration that you want to manage using Panorama, you have
the option to import the configuration local to your firewall HA pair to Panorama without needing to
recreate any configurations or policies. You first import the firewall configurations to Panorama, which
are used to create a new device group and template. You will perform a special configuration push of the
device group and template to the firewalls to overwrite the local firewall configurations and synchronize the
firewalls with Panorama.

STEP 2 | Disable configuration synchronization between the HA peers.

Repeat these steps for both firewalls in the HA pair.
1. Log in to the web interface on each firewall, select Device > High Availability > General and edit the
Setup section.
2. Clear Enable Config Sync and click OK.
3. Commit the configuration changes on each firewall.
STEP 3 | Connect each firewall to Panorama.
If Panorama is already receiving logs from these firewalls, you do not need to perform this
step. Continue to Step 5.
Repeat these steps for both firewalls in the HA pair.

1. Log in to the web interface on each firewall, select Device > Setup > Management and edit the
Panorama Settings.
2. In the Panorama Servers fields, enter the IP addresses of the Panorama management servers, confirm
Panorama Policy and Objects and Device and Network Template are enabled and select OK.
STEP 4 | Add each firewall as a managed device.

If Panorama is already receiving logs from these firewalls, you do not need to perform this
step. Continue to Step 5.
Add a Firewall as a Managed Device.

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface, select Panorama > Managed Devices and click Add.
2. Enter the serial number of each firewall and click OK.
4. Verify that the Device State for each firewall is Connected.
STEP 5 | Import each firewall configuration into Panorama.
If you later decide to re-import a firewall configuration, first remove the firewall device
groups and template to which it is a member. If the device group and template names are
the same as the firewall hostname, then you can delete the device group and template
before re-importing the firewall configuration or use the Device Group Name Prefix
fields to enter a new name for the device group and template created by the re-import.
Additionally, firewalls don’t lose logs when you remove them from device groups or
templates.
1. From Panorama, select Panorama > Setup > Operations, click Import device configuration to
Panorama, and select the Device.
Panorama can’t import a configuration from a firewall that is assigned to an existing

device group or template stack.
2. (Optional) Edit the Template Name. The default value is the firewall name. You can’t use the name of
an existing template or template stack.
3. (Optional) Edit the Device Group names. For a multi-vsys firewall, each device group has a vsys name
by default, so add a character string as a Device Group Name Prefix for each. Otherwise, the default
value is the firewall name. You can’t use the names of existing device groups.
The Imported devices’ shared objects into Panorama’s shared context check box is
selected by default, which means Panorama compares imports objects that belong to
the Shared location in the firewall to Shared in Panorama. If an imported object is not
in the Shared context of the firewall, it is applied to each device group being imported.
If you clear the check box, Panorama copies will not compare imported objects, and
apply all shared firewall objects into device groups being imported instead of Shared.
This could create duplicate objects, so selecting the check box is a best practice in
most cases. To understand the consequences of importing shared or duplicate objects
into Panorama, see Plan how to manage shared settings.
4. Commit to Panorama.
5. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and Export or push device config bundle. Select the Device,
select OK and Push & Commit the configuration.
The Enable Config Sync setting in Step 2 must be cleared on both firewalls before you
push the device group and template stack.

6. Launch the Web Interface of firewall HA peer and ensure that the configuration has been
successfully committed. If not, Commit the changes locally on the firewall.
7. On the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary, and verify that
the device group and template stack are in sync for the passive firewall. Verify policy rules, objects
and network settings on the passive firewall match the active firewall. On the firewall web interface,
verify that configuration objects display a green cog ( ), signifying that the configuration object is
pushed from Panorama.
8. Commit to Panorama.
9. Repeat Step 1-8 above on the second firewall. The process will create a device group and template
stack for the firewall.
10.Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
STEP 6 | Add the HA firewall pair into the same device group and template stack.
Skip this step if the HA firewall pair are in an active/active configuration.
Do not combine the HA firewall pair in to a single template if a unique Hostname, management
IP address, or HA configuration is configured for each HA peer. You may also configure a unique
Hostname, management IP address, or HA configuration locally on the firewalls.
1. Select Panorama > Device Group, select the device group of the second firewall and Delete it.
2. Select the device group for the first firewall, select the second firewall, click OK and Commit to
Panorama to add it to the same device group as the HA peer.
3. Select Panorama > Templates, select the template stack for the second firewall and Delete it.
4. Select the template stack for the first firewall, add the second firewall, select OK and Commit to
Panorama to add it to the same template stack as the HA peer.
5. If you add the HA peers to the same template stack, Configure a Template or Template Stack
Variable to preserve the firewall-specific HA configurations.
If you do not want to manage the firewall HA configuration from Panorama, delete
the firewall HA configuration from the template or template stack, Launch the Web
Interface of each firewall HA peer and configure the HA IP address locally.
6. Select Commit and Commit and Push the configuration changes.
7. Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary, and verify that the device group and template
are in sync for the passive firewall. Verify policy rules, objects and network settings on the passive
firewall match the active firewall.
STEP 7 | Enable configuration synchronization between the HA peers.

Repeat these steps for both firewalls in the HA pair if you plan on maintaining a local configuration that
needs to be synchronized.
1. Log in to the web interface on each firewall, select Device > High Availability > General and edit the
Setup section.
2. Select Enable Config Sync and click OK.
Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama

If some configuration settings on a firewall are common to other firewalls, you can load those specific
settings into Panorama and then push them to all the other firewalls or to the firewalls in particular device
groups and templates.

Loading a configuration into a Panorama management server requires a full commit and must be performed
by a superuser. Full commits are required when performing certain Panorama operations, such as reverting
and loading a configuration snapshot, and are not supported for custom Admin Role profiles.
STEP 1 | Plan the transition to Panorama.

STEP 2 | Resolve how to manage duplicate settings, which are those that have the same names in
Panorama as in a firewall.
Before you load a partial firewall configuration, Panorama and that firewall might already have duplicate
settings. Loading a firewall configuration might also add settings to Panorama that are duplicates of
settings in other managed firewalls.
If Panorama has policy rules or objects with the same names as those on a firewall,
a commit failure will occur when you try to push device group settings to that firewall.
If Panorama has template settings with the same names as those on a firewall, the
template values will override the firewall values when you push the template.
1. On Panorama, perform a global find to determine if duplicate settings exist.

2. Delete or rename the duplicate settings on the firewall if you will use Panorama to manage them, or
delete or rename the duplicate settings on Panorama if you will use the firewall to manage them. If
you will use the firewall to manage device or network settings, instead of deleting or renaming the
duplicates on Panorama, you can also push the settings from Panorama (Step 6) and then Override a
Template or Template Stack Value on the firewall with firewall-specific values.
STEP 3 | Export the entire firewall configuration to your local computer.

1. On the firewall, select Device > Setup > Operations.
2. Click Save named configuration snapshot, enter a Name to identify the configuration, and click OK.
3. Click Export named configuration snapshot, select the Name of the configuration you just saved, and
click OK. The firewall exports the configuration as an XML file.
STEP 4 | Import the firewall configuration snapshot into Panorama.

1. On Panorama, select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
2. Click Import named Panorama configuration snapshot, Browse to the firewall configuration file you
exported to your computer, and click OK.
After using this option to import a firewall configuration file, you can’t use the
Panorama web interface to load it. You must use the XML API or CLI, as described in
the next step.
STEP 5 | Load the desired part of the firewall configuration into Panorama.
To specify a part of the configuration (for example, all application objects), you must identify the:
• Source xpath—The XML node in the firewall configuration file from which you are loading.
• Destination xpath—The node in the Panorama configuration to which you are loading.
Use the XML API or CLI to identify and load the partial configuration:
1. Use the firewall XML API or CLI to identify the source xpath.
For example, the xpath for application objects in vsys1 of the firewall is:

/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/vsys/
entry[@name='vsys1']/application
2. Use the Panorama XML API or CLI to identify the destination xpath.
For example, to load application objects into a device group named US-West, the xpath is:
/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/
entry[@name='US-West']/application
3. Use the Panorama CLI to load the configuration and commit the change:
# load config partial mode [append|merge|replace] from-xpath <source-

xpath> to-xpath <destination-xpath> from <filename>
# commit
For example, enter the following to load the application objects from vsys1 on an imported firewall
configuration named fw1-config.xml into a device group named US-West on Panorama:
# load config partial mode merge from-xpath devices/

entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/vsys/entry[@name='vsys1']/application
to-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-
group/entry[@name='US-West']/application from fw1-config.xml
# commit
STEP 6 | Push the partial configuration from Panorama to the firewall to complete the transition to
centralized management.
1. On the firewall, delete any rules or objects that have the same names as those in Panorama. If
the device group for that firewall has other firewalls with rules or objects that are duplicated in
Panorama, perform this step on those firewalls also. For details, see Step 2.
2. On Panorama, push the partial configuration to the firewall.
2. Select Device Groups and select the device groups that contain the imported firewall
configurations.
3. Select Merge with Device Candidate Config, Include Device and Network Templates, and Force
Template Values.
3. If the firewall has a device or network setting that you won’t use Panorama to manage, Override a
Template or Template Stack Value on the firewall.
STEP 7 | Perform your post-migration test plan.

Perform the verification tasks that you devised during the migration planning to confirm that the
firewall works as efficiently with the Panorama-pushed configuration as it did with its original local
configuration: see Create a post-migration test plan.

Device Monitoring on Panorama
After adding your firewalls and configuring policy rules, you can monitor the health status to ensure that
your firewalls are operating within healthy parameters. For policy rules, monitor rule traffic matches to
identify which rules match your traffic enforcement needs.
• Monitor Device Health
• Monitor Policy Rule Usage
Monitor Device Health

Monitor the health information of your managed firewalls to identify and resolve hardware issues before
they impact your network security. Both Panorama™ and the managed firewalls must be running PAN-OS®
8.1 or later releases but firewalls do not need to be part of a device group or template stack to monitor their
summary session, logging, resource, and environmental performance. Panorama stores the last 90 days of
health monitoring statistics of your managed firewalls so when you select a firewall, you can view the time-
trended graphs and tables for sessions, environmentals, interfaces, logging, resources, and high availability
performance. Panorama calculates the baseline performance of each metric using seven-day averages and
standard deviation to determine a normal operating range for the specific firewall. In addition to tracking
the baseline and comparing time-trended performance, you can view which firewalls have deviating metrics
and isolate performance-related issues before they impact your network. When Panorama identifies that a
metric is outside the normal operating range, it marks the metric and populates the Deviating Devices tab
with the deviating firewall.
The health monitoring data is stored on Panorama, and is preserved in the event a firewall is removed.
When a firewall is removed from Panorama management, the health monitoring data no longer display but
are preserved for 90 days. After 90 days, all health monitoring data of the removed firewall are removed
from Panorama. If a firewall is added back to Panorama management, the latest health monitoring data from
when the firewall was removed is displayed.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Health to monitor the health of managed firewalls.
View All Devices to see a list of all managed firewalls and the monitored health metrics. Select an
individual firewall to view Detailed Device View with time-trended graphs and tables of monitored
metrics.
Figure 12: Managed Firewall Health Monitoring

Figure 13: Detailed Device View
STEP 3 | Select Deviating Devices to view firewalls with health metrics that deviated outside of the
calculated baseline.
Panorama lists all firewalls that are reporting metrics that deviate from the calculated baseline and
displays deviating metrics in red.
Monitor Policy Rule Usage

As your policies change, tracking rule usage on Panorama helps you evaluate whether your policy
implementation continues to match your enforcement needs. This visibility helps you identify and remove
unused rules to reduce security risks and keep your policy rule base organized. Additionally, rule usage
tracking allows you to quickly validate new rule additions and rule changes and to monitor rule usage for
operations and troubleshooting tasks. On Panorama, you can view the rule usage of firewalls in a device
group—to which you pushed policies—to determine if all, some, or none of the firewalls have traffic matches
instead of being able to monitor only the total number of hits across all firewalls in a device group. You can
quickly filter rules using the rule usage data, such as Created and Modified dates, within a customizable time
frame. The displayed rule usage information persists across reboot, dataplane restarts, and upgrades.
On Panorama, you can view the rule usage details for managed firewalls that are running a PAN-OS 8.1 or
later release, that have policy rule hit count enabled (default), and for which you have defined and pushed
policy rules using device groups. Panorama cannot retrieve rule usage details for policy rules configured

locally on the firewall so you must log in to the firewall to view rule usage information for locally configured
rules.
Policy rule usage data may also be useful when using Policy Optimizer to prioritize which
rules to migrate or clean up first.
To view the rule usage across any Shared rule or for a specific device group:
STEP 2 | Verify that the Policy Rule Hit Count is enabled.

1. Navigate to Policy Rulebase Settings (Panorama > Setup > Management.
2. Verify that Policy Rule Hit Count is enabled.
STEP 3 | Select Policies > <policy rule> to view a rule.
STEP 4 | Change the Device Group context to Shared or to the specific device group you want to view.
STEP 5 | Determine whether the rule is being used (Rule Usage). The policy rule usage status is one of
the following:
Firewalls must run PAN-OS 8.1 or later release with Policy Rule Hit Count enabled for Panorama to
determine rule usage.
• Used—When all firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have traffic
matches for the policy rule.
• Partially Used—When some of the firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule
—have traffic matches for the policy rule.
• Unused—When no firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have traffic
matches for the policy rule.
• Em-dash (—)—When no firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have
Policy Rule Hit Count enabled or available for Panorama to determine the rule usage.
• Modified—The date and time the policy rule was last modified.
• Created—The date and time the policy rule was created.
If the rule was created when Panorama was running PAN-OS 8.1 and the Policy Rule
Hit Count setting is enabled, the First Hit date and time is used as the Created date
and time on upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0. If the rule was created in PAN-OS 8.1 when the
Policy Rule Hit Count setting was disabled or if the rule was created when Panorama
was running PAN-OS 8.0 or an earlier release, the Created date for the rule will be the
date and time you successfully upgraded Panorama to PAN-OS 9.0

STEP 6 | Click the Rule Usage status to view the list of firewalls using the rule and the hit-count data for
traffic that matches that rule on each firewall.
STEP 7 | (Optional) View the policy rule hit-count data for individual appliances in the device group.
1. Click Preview Rules.
2. From the Device context, select the appliance for which you want to view the policy rule usage data.
STEP 8 | Select Policies and, in the Policy Optimizer dialog, view the Rule Usage filter.
STEP 9 | Filter rules in the selected rulebase.

You can filter the rule usage for rules pushed to firewalls from Panorama. Panorama cannot filter rule
usage for rules configured locally on the firewall.

Use the rule usage filter to evaluate the rule usage within a specified period of time. For
example, filter the selected rulebase for Unused rules within the last 30 days. You can
also evaluate rule usage with other rule attributes, such as the Created and Modified
dates, which enables you to filter for the correct set of rules to review. You can use this
data to help manage your rule lifecycle and to determine if a rule needs to be removed to
reduce your network attack surface.
1. Select the Timeframe you want to filter on, or specify a Custom time frame.
2. Select the rule Usage on which you want to filter.
3. (Optional) If you have reset the rule usage data for any rules, check for Exclude rules reset during
the last <number of days> days and decide when to exclude a rule based on the number of days you
specify since the rule was reset. Only rules that were reset before your specified number of days are
included in the filtered results.
4. (Optional) Specify search filters based on additional rule data, other than the rule usage.
1. Hover your mouse over the column header, and from the drop-down select Columns.
2. Add any additional columns you want to filter with or to display.

3. Hover your mouse over the column data that you would like to filter, and select Filter from the
drop-down. For data that contain dates, select whether to filter using This date, This date or
earlier, or This date or later.
4. Click Apply Filter ( ).

Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama
Let’s say that you want to use Panorama in a high availability configuration to manage a dozen firewalls
on your network: you have six firewalls deployed across six branch offices, a pair of firewalls in a high
availability configuration at each of two data centers, and a firewall in each of the two regional head offices.
Figure 14: Firewall Distribution Example
The first step in creating your central management strategy is to determine how to group the firewalls into
device groups and templates to efficiently push configurations from Panorama. You can base the grouping
on the business functions, geographic locations, or administrative domains of the firewalls. In this example,
you create two device groups and three templates to administer the firewalls using Panorama:
• Device Groups in this Use Case
• Templates in this Use Case
• Set Up Your Centralized Configuration and Policies
Device Groups in this Use Case

In Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama, we need to define two device groups based on the
functions the firewalls will perform:
• DG_BranchAndRegional for grouping firewalls that serve as the security gateways at the branch offices
and at the regional head offices. We placed the branch office firewalls and the regional office firewalls in
the same device group because firewalls with similar functions will require similar policy rulebases.
• DG_DataCenter for grouping the firewalls that secure the servers at the data centers.

We can then administer shared policy rules across both device groups as well as administer distinct
device group rules for the regional office and branch office groups. Then for added flexibility, the local
administrator at a regional or branch office can create local rules that match specific source, destination,
and service flows for accessing applications and services that are required for that office. In this example,
we create the following hierarchy for security rules. you can use a similar approach for any of the other
rulebases.
Figure 15: Security Rules Hierarchy
Templates in this Use Case

When grouping firewalls for templates, we must take into account the differences in the networking
configuration. For example, if the interface configuration is not the same—the interfaces are unlike in type,
or the interfaces used are not alike in the numbering scheme and link capacity, or the zone to interface
mappings are different—the firewalls must be in separate templates. Further, the way the firewalls are
configured to access network resources might be different because the firewalls are spread geographically;
for example, the DNS server, syslog servers and gateways that they access might be different. So, to allow
for an optimal base configuration, in Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama we must place the
firewalls in separate templates as follows:
• T_Branch for the branch office firewalls
• T_Regional for the regional office firewalls
• T_DataCenter for the data center firewalls

Figure 16: Device Group Example
If you plan to deploy your firewalls in an active/active HA configuration, assign each

firewall in the HA pair to a separate template. Doing so gives you the flexibility to set up
separate networking configurations for each peer. For example, you can manage the
networking configurations in a separate template for each peer so that each can connect
to different northbound and southbound routers, and can have different OSPF or BGP
peering configurations.
Set Up Your Centralized Configuration and Policies

In Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama, we would need to perform the following tasks to
centrally deploy and administer firewalls:
• Add the Managed Firewalls and Deploy Updates
• Use Templates to Administer a Base Configuration
• Use Device Groups to Push Policy Rules
• Preview the Rules and Commit Changes
Add the Managed Firewalls and Deploy Updates

The first task in Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama is to add the firewalls as managed devices
and deploy content updates and PAN-OS software updates to those firewalls.
STEP 1 | For each firewall that Panorama will manage, Add a Firewall as a Managed Device.
In this example, add 12 firewalls.
STEP 2 | Deploy the content updates to the firewalls. If you purchased a Threat Prevention subscription,
the content and antivirus databases are available to you. First install the Applications or
Applications and Threats database, then the Antivirus.
To review the status or progress for all tasks performed on Panorama, see Use the
Panorama Task Manager.
1. Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates.

2. Click Check Now to check for the latest updates. If the value in the Action column is Download, this
indicates an update is available.
3. Click Download. When the download completes, the value in the Action column changes to Install.

4. In the Action column, click Install. Use the filters or user-defined tags to select the managed firewalls
on which you would like to install this update.
5. Click OK, then monitor the status, progress, and result of the content update for each firewall. The
Result column displays the success or failure of the installation.
STEP 3 | Deploy the software updates to the firewalls.

1. Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Software.
2. Click Check Now to check for the latest updates. If the value in the Action column is Download, this
indicates an update is available.
3. Locate the version that you need for each hardware model and click Download. When the download
completes, the value in the Action column changes to Install.
4. In the Action column, click the Install link. Use the filters or user-defined tags to select the managed
firewalls on which to install this version.
5. Enable the check box for Reboot device after install or Upload only to device (do not install) and
click OK. The Results column displays the success or failure of the installation.
Use Templates to Administer a Base Configuration

The second task in Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama is to create the templates you will need
to push the base configuration to the firewalls.
STEP 1 | For each template you will use, Add a Template and assign the appropriate firewalls to each.
In this example, create templates named T_Branch, T_Regional, and T_DataCenter.
STEP 2 | Define a DNS server, NTP server, syslog server, and login banner. Repeat this step for each
template.
2. Define the DNS and NTP servers:
1. Select Device > Setup > Services > Global and edit the Services.
2. In the Services tab, enter an IP address for the Primary DNS Server.
For any firewall that has more than one virtual system (vsys), for each vsys, add a
DNS server profile to the template (Device > Server Profiles > DNS).
3. In the NTP tab, enter an IP address for the Primary NTP Server.
3. Add a login banner: select Device > Setup > Management, edit the General Settings, enter text for
the Login Banner and click OK.
4. Configure a Syslog server profile (Device > Server Profiles > Syslog).
STEP 3 | Enable HTTPS, SSH, and SNMP access to the management interface of the managed firewalls.
Repeat this step for each template.
2. Select Setup > Management, and edit the Management Interface Settings.
3. Under Services, select the HTTPS, SSH, and SNMP check boxes, and click OK.
STEP 4 | Create a Zone Protection profile for the firewalls in the data center template (T_DataCenter).
1. Select the Network tab and, in the Template drop-down, select T_DataCenter.
2. Select Network Profiles > Zone Protection and click Add.
3. For this example, enable protection against a SYN flood—In the Flood Protection tab, select the SYN
check box, set the Action to SYN Cookies as, set the Alert packets/second to 100, set the Activate
packets/second to 1000, and set the Maximum packets/second to 10000.

4. For this example, enable alerts—In the Reconnaissance Protection tab, select the Enable check boxes
for TCP Port Scan, Host Sweep, and UDP Port Scan. Ensure the Action values are set to alert (the
default value).
5. Click OK to save the Zone Protection profile.
STEP 5 | Configure the interface and zone settings in the data center template (T_DataCenter), and then
attach the Zone Protection profile you just created.
Before performing this step, you must have configured the interfaces locally on the
firewalls. As a minimum, for each interface, you must have defined the interface type,
assigned it to a virtual router (if needed), and attached a security zone.
1. Select the Network tab and, in the Template drop-down, select T_DataCenter.
2. Select Network > Interface and, in the Interface column, click the interface name.
3. Select the Interface Type from the drop-down.
4. In the Virtual Router drop-down, click New Virtual Router. When defining the router, ensure the
Name matches what is defined on the firewall.
5. In the Security Zone drop-down, click New Zone. When defining the zone, ensure that the Name
matches what is defined on the firewall.
7. Select Network > Zones, and select the zone you just created. Verify that the correct interface is
attached to the zone.
8. In the Zone Protection Profile drop-down, select the profile you created, and click OK.
STEP 6 | Push your template changes.

2. Select Templates and select the firewalls assigned to the templates where you made changes.
3. Commit and Push your changes to the Panorama configuration and to the template.
Use Device Groups to Push Policy Rules

The third task in Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama is to create the device groups to manage
policy rules on the firewalls.
STEP 1 | Create device groups and assign the appropriate firewalls to each device group: see Add a
Device Group.
In this example, create device groups named DG_BranchAndRegional and DG_DataCenter.
When configuring the DG_BranchAndRegional device group, you must assign a Master firewall. This
is the only firewall in the device group that gathers user and group mapping information for policy
evaluation.
STEP 2 | Create a shared pre-rule to allow DNS and SNMP services.

1. Create a shared application group for the DNS and SNMP services.
1. Select Objects > Application Group and click Add.
2. Enter a Name and select the Shared check box to create a shared application group object.
3. Click Add, type DNS, and select dns from the list. Repeat for SNMP and select snmp, snmp-trap.
4. Click OK to create the application group.
2. Create the shared rule.
1. Select the Policies tab and, in the Device Group drop-down, select Shared.
2. Select the Security > Pre-Rules rulebase.

3. Click Add and enter a Name for the security rule.
4. In the Source and Destination tabs for the rule, click Add and enter a Source Zone and a
Destination Zone for the traffic.
5. In the Applications tab, click Add, type the name of the applications group object you just created,
and select it from the drop-down.
6. In the Actions tab, set the Action to Allow, and click OK.
STEP 3 | Define the corporate acceptable use policy for all offices. In this example, create a shared rule
that restricts access to some URL categories and denies access to peer-to-peer traffic that is of
risk level 3, 4, or 5.
2. Select Security > Pre-Rules and click Add.
3. In the General tab, enter a Name for the security rule.
4. In the Source and Destination tabs, click Add and select any for the traffic Source Zone and
Destination Zone.
5. In the Application tab, define the application filter:
1. Click Add and click New Application Filter in the footer of the drop-down.
2. Enter a Name, and select the Shared check box.
3. In the Risk column, select levels 3, 4, and 5.
4. In the Technology column, select peer-to-peer.
5. Click OK to save the new filter.
6. In the Service/URL Category tab, URL Category section, click Add and select the categories you want
to block (for example, streaming-media, dating, and online-personal-storage).
7. You can also attach the default URL Filtering profile—In the Actions tab, Profile Setting section, select
the Profile Type option Profiles, and select the URL Filtering option default.
8. Click OK to save the security pre-rule.
STEP 4 | Allow Facebook for all users in the Marketing group in the regional offices only.
Enabling a security rule based on user and group has the following prerequisite tasks:
• Set up User-ID on the firewalls.
• Enable User-ID for each zone that contains the users you want to identify.
• Define a master firewall for the DG_BranchAndRegional device group (see step 1).
1. Select the Policies tab and, in the Device Group drop-down, select DG_BranchAndRegional.
4. In the Source tab, Add the Source Zone that contains the Marketing group users.
5. In the Destination tab, Add the Destination Zone.
6. In the User tab, Add the Marketing user group to the Source User list.
7. In the Application tab, click Add, type Facebook, and then select it from the drop-down.
8. In the Action tab, set the Action to Allow.
9. In the Target tab, select the regional office firewalls and click OK.
STEP 5 | Allow access to the Amazon cloud application for the specified hosts/servers in the data
center.
1. Create an address object for the servers/hosts in the data center that need access to the Amazon
cloud application.
1. Select Objects > Addresses and, in the Device Group drop-down, select DG_DataCenter.
2. Click Add and enter a Name for the address object.

3. Select the Type, and specify an IP address and netmask (IP Netmask), range of IP addresses (IP
Range), or FQDN.
4. Click OK to save the object.
2. Create a security rule that allows access to the Amazon cloud application.
1. Select Policies > Security > Pre-Rules and, in the Device Group drop-down, select
DG_DataCenter.
3. Select the Source tab, Add the Source Zone for the data center, and Add the address object
(Source Address) you just defined.
4. Select the Destination tab and Add the Destination Zone.
5. Select the Application tab, click Add, type amazon, and select the Amazon applications from the
list.
6. Select the Action tab and set the Action to Allow.
7. Click OK to save the rule.
STEP 6 | To enable logging for all internet-bound traffic on your network, create a rule that matches
trust zone to untrust zone.
4. In the Source and Destination tabs for the rule, Add trust_zone as the Source Zone and
untrust_zone as the Destination Zone.
5. In the Action tab, set the Action to Deny, set the Log Setting to Log at Session end, and click OK.
Preview the Rules and Commit Changes

The final task in Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama is to review the rules and commit the
changes you have made to Panorama, device groups, and templates.
STEP 1 | Preview the rules.

This preview enables you to visually evaluate how rules are layered for a particular rulebase.
1. Select Policies and Preview Rules.
2. Select a Rulebase, Device Group, and Device.
3. Close the preview dialog when you finish.
STEP 2 | Commit and push your configuration changes.

2. Select Device Groups, select the device groups you added, and Include Device and Network
Templates.
STEP 3 | Verify that Panorama applied the template and policy configurations.
1. In the Panorama header, set the Context to the firewall to access its web interface.
2. Review the template and policy configurations to ensure your changes are there.

Manage Large-Scale Firewall Deployments
Panorama™ provides multiple options to manage a large-scale firewall deployment. For
consolidation of all management functions, Panorama supports management of up to 5,000
firewalls using an M-600 appliance or up to 2,000 firewalls with a Panorama virtual appliance
in Management Only mode. To simplify the deployment and operational management of a
large-scale firewall deployment greater than 5,000 firewalls, the Panorama Interconnect plugin
allows you to manage multiple Panorama management server Nodes from a single Panorama
Controller.
> Determine the Optimal Large-Scale Firewall Deployment Solution

> Increased Device Management Capacity for M-600 and Panorama Virtual Appliance
> Panorama Interconnect
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Determine the Optimal Large-Scale Firewall
Deployment Solution
To ease the operational burden of managing the configuration of your large-scale firewall deployment, Palo
Alto Networks provides different firewall management options to best suit your deployment scenario.
If your large-scale firewall deployment is composed of one or very few Panorama management servers, you
can deploy an M-600 appliance to manage up to 5,000 firewalls, or Panorama virtual appliance to manage
up to 2,000 firewalls, to leverage all Panorama capabilities from a single Panorama management server. The
Increased Device Management Capacity for M-600 and Panorama Virtual Appliance is ideal for vertically
scaled deployments where you manage a large number of firewalls from a single Panorama management
server rather than deploying multiple Panorama management servers to manage fewer firewalls.
If your large-scale firewall deployment is composed of multiple Panorama management servers with
similar configurations, the Panorama Interconnect plugin allows you to manage multiple Panorama Nodes
from a single Panorama Controller. This plugin simplifies the deployment and operational management
of large scale firewall deployments because you can centrally manage policy and configuration from a
Panorama Controller. From the Panorama Controller, the device group and template stack configuration is
synchronized to the Panorama Nodes and pushed to managed devices. The Panorama Interconnect plugin is
ideal for horizontally-scaled firewall deployments with multiple distributed Panorama management servers.
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Increased Device Management Capacity for
M-600 and Panorama Virtual Appliance
The M-600 appliance in Management Only mode can manage up to 5,000 firewalls or a Panorama virtual
appliance in Management Only mode can manage up to 2,000 firewalls in order to reduce the management
footprint of your large-scale firewall deployment.
• Increased Device Management Capacity Requirements
• Deploy Panorama for Increased Device Management
Increased Device Management Capacity Requirements

You can manage up to 5,000 firewalls using a single M-600 appliance in Management Only mode or manage
up to 2,000 firewalls using a single Panorama virtual appliance in Management Only mode. Managing such
large deployments from a single Panorama management server alleviates the operational complexity of
configuration management and reduces the security and compliance risk of managing multiple Panorama
management servers.
For log collection, a single Panorama management server is ideal because it provides a centralized location
to view and analyze log data from managed devices rather than requiring you to access each individual
Panorama management server. To provide redundancy in the event of system or network failure, Palo
Alto Networks recommends deploying two Panorama management servers in a high availability (HA)
configuration.
For generating pre-defined reports, you must enable Panorama to use Panorama data for pre-defined
reports. This generates pre-defined reports using log data already collected by Panorama or the Dedicated
Log Collector, which reduces the resource utilization when generating reports. Enabling this setting is
required, otherwise Panorama performance may be impacted, and Panorama may become unresponsive.
For increased device management capabilities, the Panorama management server must meet the following
minimum requirements:
Requirement M-Series Appliance Panorama Virtual Appliance
Model M-600 All supported Panorama

hypervisors. For more information,
see Panorama Models.
Panorama Mode Management Only Management Only
Number of managed 5,000 2,500

firewalls
System Disk 240GB SSD—Used to store the • 81GB—Used to store the

operating system files and system operating system files and
logs. system logs.
• Additional disk with a minimum
90GB capacity.
Cores 28 (with Hyper-Threaded) 28 (with Hyper-Threaded)
Memory 256GB 250GB

Requirement M-Series Appliance Panorama Virtual Appliance
Log Collection Local log collection is not Local log collection is not
supported. supported.
See Deploy Panorama with See Deploy Panorama with
Dedicated Log Collectors to set up Dedicated Log Collectors to set up
log collection. log collection.
Logging and Reporting Enable the Use Panorama Enable the Use Panorama
Data for Pre-Defined Reports Data for Pre-Defined Reports
setting (Panorama > Setup > setting (Panorama > Setup >
Management > Logging and Management > Logging and
Reporting Settings > Log Export Reporting Settings > Log Export
and Reporting) and Reporting)
Deploy Panorama for Increased Device Management

To deploy Panorama for increased device management, determine your deployment scenario and follow the
procedure:
• Install Panorama for Increased Device Management Capacity
• Upgrade Panorama for Increased Device Management Capacity
Install Panorama for Increased Device Management Capacity

Activate the device management license to manage more than 1,000 firewalls from a single M-600
Panorama™ management server or a single Panorama virtual appliance.
STEP 1 | Contact your Palo Alto Networks sales representative to obtain the increased device
management license.
• If you are deploying an M-600 appliance, obtain the PAN-M-600-P-1K device management license.
• If you are deploying a Panorama virtual appliance, obtain the PAN-PRA-1000 device management
license.
STEP 2 | Set up the Panorama management server.

• (M-600 appliances only) Set Up the M-Series Appliance.
or
• Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
STEP 3 | Change the Panorama management server to Management Only mode if Panorama is not
already in this mode.
• Begin at Step 5 to Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Management Only Mode.
• Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode.
STEP 4 | Register your Panorama management server and install licenses.

3. Activate the device management license on the Panorama management server.
• Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance.

Internet-connected.
• Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is
Internet-connected.
STEP 5 | Select Panorama > Licenses and verify that the device management license is successfully
activated.
If you are activating a new device management license on a Panorama, you can manage
up to 5,000 firewalls with an M-600 appliance, or up to 2,000 firewalls with a Panorama
virtual appliance, but the Description still displays Device management license to
manage up to 1000 devices or more.
Upgrade Panorama for Increased Device Management Capacity

Upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0 to use your existing device management license on your M-600 appliance to
manage up to 5,000 firewalls or Panorama™ virtual appliance to manage up to 2,000 firewalls.
STEP 1 | Increase CPUs and Memory on the Panorama Virtual Appliance if the Panorama virtual
appliance does not already meet the minimum resource requirements for increased device
management.
Review the Increased Device Management Capacity Requirements to verify whether your existing
Panorama virtual appliance meets the minimum requirements before upgrading.
STEP 3 | Change the Panorama management server to Management Only if Panorama is not already in
this mode.
• (M-600 appliances only) Begin at Step 5 to Set Up an M-Series Appliance in Management Only
Mode.
or
• Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode.
STEP 5 | Upgrade the Panorama management server.

• Install Updates for Panorama with an Internet Connection.
• Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected.
• Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration.
STEP 6 | Select Panorama > Licenses and verify that the device management license is successfully
activated.

If you activated your device management license and then upgraded to PAN-OS 9.0, you
can manage up to 5,000 firewalls with an M-600 appliance, or up to 2,000 firewalls with
a Panorama virtual appliance, but the Description still displays Device management
license to manage up to 1000 devices.

Panorama Interconnect
Use Panorama™ Interconnect to manage the configuration of your large-scale firewall deployment.
Panorama Interconnect is ideal when managing the configuration of multiple Panorama management
servers with similar configurations.
• Panorama Interconnect Overview
• Panorama Interconnect Requirements
• Enable Authentication Between the Panorama Controller and Nodes
• Set Up the Panorama Interconnect Plugin
• Synchronize Panorama Interconnect
• Manage Firewalls with Panorama Interconnect
• Upgrade the Panorama Interconnect Plugin
Panorama Interconnect Overview

When you have homogeneous configurations across a large number of firewalls that exceed the
management capacity of a single Panorama instance, or if you have deployed multiple Panorama™
management servers, you can use the Interconnect plugin on Panorama to reduce the operational burden.
The Interconnect plugin allows you to set up a Panorama Controller that manages up to 64 Panorama
Nodes, so that you can streamline common configuration and policies across Panorama appliances and the
managed firewalls on your network. For example, you can set up the Panorama Controller as the central
point for managing both the Panorama specific configuration such as admin roles on the Panorama Nodes,
and all the common template stack and device group configurations that you push to the Panorama Nodes
for managing all the firewalls. The following figure illustrates the Panorama Interconnect hierarchy, where
the Panorama Controller manages multiple Panorama Nodes, which in turn manage multiple devices.
The following figure displays an example of a Panorama Interconnect Setup page for a Panorama Controller
and a Panorama Node once they have been successfully configured.

The following tasks must be completed to set up the Panorama Interconnect plugin:
Task Details
Review the Panorama Interconnect Requirements The Panorama management servers and
firewalls must meet the system and operational
requirements in order to successfully deploy
Panorama Interconnect.
This includes installing and activating licenses,
and registering the Panorama management
server.
Enable Authentication Between the Panorama Generate or import a Certificate Authority and
Controller and Nodes issue certificates for the Nodes, and configure
a certificate profile, to secure communication
between the Panorama Controller and Panorama
Nodes.
Set Up the Panorama Interconnect Plugin Download, install, and set up the Panorama
Interconnect plugin on the Panorama Controller
and Panorama Nodes.
Prepare the Panorama Controller to Push On the Panorama Controller, Add a Device Group
Configuration to the Managed Firewalls and Configure a Template Stack to configure
policy rules, objects, and settings to enable the
firewalls to operate on the network.
Synchronize Panorama Interconnect Push the Panorama-specific configuration, as

well as the template stack and device group
configurations, from the Panorama Controller to
the Panorama Nodes.
Manage Firewalls with Panorama Interconnect Add one or more firewalls and push the
synchronized configuration from the Panorama
Node to the managed devices.
Panorama Interconnect Requirements

Plan and review the requirements for successfully deploying the Panorama™ Interconnect plugin on your
Panorama management servers:
• Plan Your Panorama Interconnect Deployment
• System Requirements for Panorama Interconnect
• Certificate Requirements for Panorama Interconnect

Plan Your Panorama Interconnect Deployment
To successfully deploy the Panorama™ Interconnect plugin on your Panorama management servers:
Set the Panorama Controller and the Panorama Nodes to Management Only mode. See Set Up an M-
Series Appliance in Management Only Mode or Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management
Only Mode for more information on changing your Panorama management server mode.
Deploying Panorama Interconnect on a Panorama Controller or Panorama Node in

Panorama mode with local log collection may result in decreased performance due to
high resource demand for management processes and log collection processes.
Register Panorama and Install Licenses for the Panorama Controller and Panorama Nodes.
Deploy one or more Dedicated Log Collectors for log collection. See Set Up Panorama for more
information on log storage requirements and procedures deploying a Panorama management server in
Log Collection mode.
Ensure that the Panorama Controller and all Panorama Nodes are in Operational mode before installing
the plugin. The Panorama Interconnect plugin does not support Panorama management servers in FIPS
mode, and may cause the Panorama management server to be come unresponsive.
Obtain a Certificate Authority (CA), and generate Panorama Node certificates signed by the Panorama
Controller CA to secure communication between the Panorama Controller and Panorama Nodes. See
Enable Authentication Between the Panorama Controller and Nodes for more information.
Enable HTTPS access on the Panorama Controller, Panorama Nodes and managed firewalls so you can
Log in to the Panorama Web Interface and firewall web interfaces. Panorama Interconnect does not
support CLI and API access.
System Requirements for Panorama Interconnect

Ensure that the Panorama™ management servers and firewalls meet the following system requirements to
successfully install the Panorama Interconnect plugin and managing your large-scale firewall deployment:
• Panorama Interconnect can only manage single VSYS firewalls
Requirements Panorama Controller and Nodes Firewall
Mode Management Only (Recommended) N/A
CPUs and memory 8 CPUs and 16GB memory N/A
System Disk 81GB N/A
Supported OS PAN-OS 8.1.3 or later releases PAN-OS 7.1 or later releases
Supported Models • M-Series Appliances—M-600 • Physical Firewalls—See Firewall

• Panorama Virtual Appliance—See Models for all supported physical
Panorama Models for all supported firewall models.
Panorama virtual appliance models. • VM-Series Firewalls—See VM-
Series Models for all supported
VM-Series firewalls.
Certificate Requirements for Panorama Interconnect

To secure communication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama Nodes, make sure the
certificates you use meet the following requirements:

A Certificate Authority (CA) responsible for issuing certificates to Panorama Nodes is required on the
Panorama Controller. You can either Create a Self-Signed Root CA Certificate or Import a Certificate and
Private Key to sign it. Please note you must configure the CA certificate in the Panorama tab in order to
set up the Interconnect plugin.
Import a certificate or generate a unique certificate for each Panorama Node, The CA certificate on the
Panorama Controller must issue the certificates that you use on the Nodes.
• If you are importing a certificate to the Panorama Node, ensure that the certificate Common Name is
the serial number of the Panorama Node.
• The certificate must be in PKCS12 or PEM format and must include a private key so that the
Panorama Nodes can authenticate successfully.
Enable Authentication Between the Panorama Controller and

Nodes
Create a Certificate Profile to secure communication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama
Nodes.
• Obtain the CA Certificate for the Panorama Controller
• Generate the Panorama Node Certificate
• Create a Certificate Profile for Authenticating Panorama Nodes
Obtain the CA Certificate for the Panorama Controller

Create a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) responsible for issuing certificates to Panorama™ Nodes to
secure connections to the internet. A trusted CA is required when setting up Panorama for large scale
firewall deployments.
STEP 1 | Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the Panorama Controller.
STEP 2 | Create the Certificate Authority certificate.

• Generate a new CA certificate
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates and Generate a new certificate.
2. For the Certificate Type, select Local.
3. Enter a Certificate Name, such as panorama-ca. The name is case-sensitive and can have up to 31
characters. It must be unique and use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
4. In the Common Name field, enter the IP address or FQDN of the Panorama Controller.
5. Leave the Signed By field blank to designate the certificate as self-signed.
6. Select the Certificate Authority check box.
7. Generate the CA certificate.

• Import an existing CA certificate
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates and Import the CA certificate.
2. Enter a Certificate Name, such as panorama-CA. The name is case-sensitive and can have up to 31
characters. It must be unique and use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
3. Browse to find the Certificate File.
4. Select a File Format:
• Base64 Encoded Certificate (PEM)—You must import the key separately from the certificate.
Select the Import Private Key check box, and Browse for the Key File.
• Encrypted Private Key and Certificate (PKCS12)— Common format in which the key and
certificate are in a single container (Certificate File).
5. Enter and re-enter (confirm) the Passphrase used to encrypt the key.
6. Click OK. The Certificates page now displays the imported CA certificate.
STEP 3 | Click Commit and Commit to Panorama.
Generate the Panorama Node Certificate

For the Panorama™ Controller to authenticate each Panorama Node, create a unique certificate for each
Panorama Node. The Panorama Controller and Node use certificate-based authentication to securely

communicate with each other. Before you generate the unique Panorama Node certificates, Obtain the CA
Certificate for the Panorama Controller.
If your Panorama Node is in a high availability (HA) configuration, you must create and import the Panorama
Node certificates of both Panorama Nodes to each peer in the HA configuration.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates and Generate a new certificate:
SCEP is currently not supported.
2. Enter a Certificate Name, such as panorama-node1_cert. The name is case-sensitive and can have
up to 31 characters. It must be unique and use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
3. In the Common Name field, enter the serial number of the Panorama Node.
The serial number must be entered in the Common Name field in order to authenticate
the connection between the Panorama Controller and Panorama Node. The
Panorama Node cannot connect to the Panorama Controller if the serial number is not
entered in this field.
4. In the Signed By field, select the CA certificate.
5. Generate the certificate.
STEP 4 | Export the certificates for each Panorama Node generated in Step 2.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates, select the certificate, and Export
Certificate.
2. Select the File Format:
• Base64 Encoded Certificate (PEM)—Allows you to export the certificate and private key
separately. If you want the exported file to include the private key, select the Export Private Key
check box.

• Encrypted Private Key and Certificate (PKCS12)— Export the certificate and private in a single
file.
3. Check the Export private key box.
4. Enter a Passphrase and Confirm Passphrase to encrypt the private key. This passphrase is when
importing the certificate key to the Panorama Nodes.
5. Click OK and save the certificate/key file to your computer.
6. Enter a descriptive file name for the certificate so that you can easily identify the Panorama Node it
needs to be imported to, and Save the certificate.
STEP 5 | Import the certificate in to each Panorama Node.

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the Panorama Node.
2. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates, and Import a certificate:
SCEP is currently not supported.
2. Enter the same Certificate Name.The name is case-sensitive and can have up to 31 characters. It
must be unique and use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
3. Browse for the certificate you exported in Step 4.
4. Check the Import private key box.
5. Enter the Passphrase and Confirm Passphrase used to encrypt the private key.
6. Click OK to import the certificate.
3. Click Commit and Commit to Panorama.
Create a Certificate Profile for Authenticating Panorama Nodes

Certificate profiles define which certificate authority (CA) certificates to use for verifying the Panorama
Node certificates used to secure communication between the Panorama™ Controller and Panorama Nodes
and to verify Panorama Node revocation status. A certificate profile is required to set up Panorama for large
scale firewall deployments.

STEP 2 | Obtain the CA Certificate for the Panorama Controller.
STEP 3 | Generate the Panorama Node Certificate used to secure communication between the
Panorama Controller and Panorama Nodes. Repeat this step for all Panorama Nodes.
STEP 4 | Create a Certificate Profile.
CRL and OCSP is currently not supported.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile and Add a new Certificate Profile.
2. Enter a Name for the Certificate Profile.
3. Add the CA certificate created in Step 2.
4. Click OK to finishing adding the Certificate Profile.
Set Up the Panorama Interconnect Plugin

Centralize the template stack and device group management of large scale firewall deployments using
Panorama™ Interconnect to push replicated configurations from a Panorama Controller to Panorama Nodes
to ensure consistency of firewall configurations and security policies. Panorama Interconnect allows you
to establish a Panorama Controller with which to manage the Panorama Nodes, who manage the firewalls
and push configurations. This allows you to manage the configuration of large scale firewall deployments
from a single location, reducing the time you need to spend configuring multiple Panorama management
servers, and reducing your security vulnerability in the event of a misconfiguration. Before setting up the
Panorama Interconnect plugin on your Panorama management servers, review the Panorama Interconnect
Requirements.
If your Panorama Node is in a high availability (HA) configuration, you must set up the Panorama
Interconnect plugin on both Panorama HA peers.
STEP 1 | Install the Panorama Interconnect plugin. You must install the plugin on the Panorama
Controller, and all Panorama Nodes.

2. Select Panorama > Plugins and search for Interconnect.
3. Download and Install the Panorama Interconnect plugin.
4. Click Commit > Commit to Panorama to finish installing the Panorama Interconnect plugin.
STEP 2 | Enable Authentication Between the Panorama Controller and Nodes to secure authentication
between the Panorama Controller and Panorama Nodes.
STEP 3 | Set up the plugin on the Panorama Controller. Repeat this step on the high availability peer if
the Panorama Controller is in an HA configuration.
Once the Panorama has been configured as the Panorama Controller, you cannot
reconfigure the Panorama Controller as a Panorama Node. Verify that you are configuring
the correct Panorama management server as the Panorama Controller before continuing.
1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Setup and edit the Interconnect Plugin Setup:
2. In the Server Mode field, select Yes.
3. Select the Certificate Profile you created in Step 2.
4. Click OK to save the settings.
5. Click Commit and Commit to Panorama.
STEP 4 | Set up the plugin on the Panorama Node. Repeat this step for all Panorama Nodes.
If your Panorama Node is in a high availability (HA) configuration, you must select the
Panorama Node certificate you imported to each Panorama Node HA peer when setting
up the Panorama Interconnect plugin on each peer.
1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Setup and edit the Interconnect Plugin Setup:
1. In the Server Mode field, select No.
2. Manager Panorama IP—Enter the management IP address of the Panorama Controller.
3. HA Manager IP—If the Panorama Controller is in a High Availability configuration, enter the
management IP address of the HA Panorama Controller peer.
4. Select the Panorama Node certificate you imported in Step 2.
5. (HA only) Select the peer Panorama Node certificate you imported in Step 2.

3. Click Commit and Commit to Panorama to finish setting up the plugin on the Panorama Node.
STEP 5 | Add the Panorama Nodes to the Panorama Controller.

1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes and Add the Panorama Node.
1. Enter a Name for the Panorama Node. This does not need to match Device Name set on the
A period (.) in the Panorama Node Name is not supported.
2. Enter the Serial No of the Panorama Node.

3. Enter the IP address of the Panorama Node. The IP address must be accessible to the Panorama
Controller.
4. Enter a Description of the Panorama Node.
2. Click OK to add the Panorama Node.
3. Click Commit and Commit to Panorama to finish adding the Panorama Node.
STEP 6 | Verify that the newly added Panorama Node is Connected.

1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes.
2. Find the Panorama Node you added, and verify that the Connection Status column displays
Connected.
STEP 7 | Once the plugin has been successfully installed on the Panorama Controller and Panorama
Nodes, perform the next steps to complete setting up Panorama Interconnect:
1. On the Panorama Controller, Add a Device Group. Repeat this step to create as many device groups
as required.
2. On the Panorama Controller, Configure a Template Stack. Repeat this step to create as many
template stacks as required.
3. Synchronize Panorama Interconnect to push the Panorama-specific configuration, as well as the
template stack and device group configurations, from the Panorama Controller to the Panorama
Nodes.
4. On the Panorama Controller, add one or more firewalls to be managed by a Panorama Node.
• Add a Firewall to a Panorama Node
• Import Multiple Firewalls to a Panorama Node
5. Push the Panorama Node Configuration to Managed Devices.

Synchronize Panorama Interconnect
To push the Panorama™ template stack and device group configurations from the Panorama Controller,
synchronize the Panorama Node configuration with the Panorama Controller to sync any Panorama-specific
configuration and enable the Panorama Node to push the configuration to the managed devices.
• Push the Common Panorama Configuration to Panorama Nodes
• Synchronize the Panorama Node with the Panorama Controller
Push the Common Panorama Configuration to Panorama Nodes

Push the common configuration of the Panorama™ Controller to the Panorama Node to apply any
Panorama-specific configurations to the Panorama Nodes. To synchronize the template stack and device
group configuration to push them to managed devices, see Synchronize the Panorama Node with the
Panorama Controller.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes and select the Panorama Nodes managing
the firewalls to push the configuration to.
STEP 3 | Push Common Config to push the Panorama-specific configurations to the Panorama Nodes.
Synchronize the Panorama Node with the Panorama Controller

Synchronize the Panorama™ Controller configuration with the Panorama Nodes so that the Panorama Node
can push any template stack or device group configurations to the managed devices.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes and select the Panorama Nodes to
synchronize with the Panorama Controller.
STEP 3 | Synchronize Config to push the device group and template stack configurations to the
Panorama Nodes. This is required to push the configuration to managed devices.

STEP 4 | In the Sync Status column, verify that the Panorama Node is in-sync.
Manage Firewalls with Panorama Interconnect

Add a single firewall, or bulk import multiple devices, to be managed by a Panorama™ Node.
• Add a Firewall to a Panorama Node
• Import Multiple Firewalls to a Panorama Node
• Import Template Stack Variables
• Manage the Master Key with Panorama Interconnect
• Push the Panorama Node Configuration to Managed Devices
Add a Firewall to a Panorama Node

Add a single firewall to be managed by a Panorama™ Node in order to manage the template stack and
device group configuration from a centralized Panorama Controller. To bulk import multiple firewalls, see
Import Multiple Firewalls to a Panorama Node.
STEP 1 | Configure the firewall to communicate with the Panorama Node.

2. Add the Panorama Node IP address to the firewall.
3. (Optional) If you have set up a High Availability pair in Panorama, enter the IP address of the
4. Click OK.
STEP 3 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices and Add the firewall.
STEP 4 | Enter the firewall information:

• Enter the Serial No of the firewall.
• Select the Panorama Node to manage the firewall.
• Select the Template Stack with which to manage the firewall configuration.
• Select the Device Group with which to associate the firewall.
STEP 5 | Click OK to add the firewall as a managed device.
STEP 6 | Click Commit and Commit to Panorama to finish adding the firewall.
STEP 7 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes and Synchronize Config.
STEP 8 | Verify that the newly added firewall is Connected.

1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices.
2. Find the firewall you added, and verify that the Connection Status column displays Connected.
Import Multiple Firewalls to a Panorama Node

You can import multiple firewall to be managed by a Panorama™ Node using a CSV template provided to
you during the import procedure. Importing multiple firewalls at once allows you to quickly add multiple
firewalls to Panorama Nodes, and assign them to a template stack and device group to centralize its
configuration management.
When importing multiple firewalls, you can add firewalls to different Panorama Nodes, and different
template stacks and device groups. For example, you have deployed Panorama Node A and Panorama Node
B, each with two template stacks and two device groups. If you are importing 100 firewalls, they can be
imported in the following way:
• Add 50 firewalls to Panorama Node A:
• Assign 25 firewalls to template stack A1 and device group A1.
• Assign 25 firewalls to template stack A2 and device group A2.
• Add 50 firewalls to Panorama Node B:
• Assign 30 firewalls to template stack B1 and device group B1.
• Assign 20 firewalls to template stack B2 and device group B2.
To add a single firewall, see Add a Firewall to a Panorama Node.
STEP 1 | Configure the firewall to communicate with the Panorama Node.

Repeat this step for all firewalls to be managed by a Panorama using the Interconnect plugin.

2. Add the Panorama Node IP address to the firewall.
3. (Optional) If you have set up a High Availability pair in Panorama, enter the IP address of the
4. Click OK.
STEP 3 | Click Commit and Commit to Panorama any pending configurations changes to the Panorama
Controller. Importing multiple firewalls requires that there be no pending changes to the
Panorama Controller, or the import fails.
STEP 4 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices and Import the firewalls.
STEP 5 | Click Download Sample CSV to download a template of the CSV file with the correct format to
upload multiple firewalls.
STEP 6 | Fill out the downloaded CSV. Enter the appropriate values in the serial, panorama, device-
group, and template-stack fields. The Panorama Node, device group, and template stack must
already be added and created on the Panorama Controller before importing the firewalls and
are required to successfully add the firewall. Once you have finished entering the firewall
information, Save the file.
You also have the ability to assign the firewalls to content schedules. These are not required for the
firewall import.
Changing the CSV column order is not supported. The firewall import fails if the column
order re-ordered.
STEP 7 | Back in the Panorama web interface, Select File to browse and select the CSV file containing
the firewall information.
A firewall with required information missing in the bulk import causes the entire import
to fail. You are prompted with an error message indicating the location of issues in the
import file if an error is encountered.
STEP 8 | Append the new devices to add them to the end of the list of Devices. All imported devices
must be new devices. The import fails if any of the devices being imported are part of the
running configuration on the Panorama Controller.
De-select the Append box if you want to delete existing devices in the list and just add the
new devices that you are adding now.
STEP 9 | Click OK to add the firewalls as managed devices.

STEP 10 | Click Commit and Commit to Panorama to finish adding the firewalls.
STEP 11 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes and Synchronize Config.
STEP 12 | Verify that the newly imported firewalls are Connected.

1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices.
2. Find the firewalls you imported, and verify that the Connection Status column displays Connected.
Import Template Stack Variables

Use template stack variables to replace IP addresses, IP ranges, FQDN, interfaces in IKE, VPN and HA
configurations, and group IDs in your firewalls configurations. Variables allow you to reduce the total
number of templates and template stacks you need to manage, while allowing you to preserve any firewall-
specific values.
Importing template stack variables allows you to overwrite the values of multiple existing variables, and you
cannot create new template stack variables when importing. For more information how on how to create
new template or template stack variable, see Configure a Template or Template Stack Variables.
STEP 1 | Export the existing template stack variables.

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the Panorama Controller.
2. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices and Export Variables.
3. From the drop-down menu, select the template stack Name.
4. Click OK and save the CSV file.
STEP 2 | Edit the CSV file containing the template stack variables to import to Panorama Interconnect in
the following format:
Values that display as #inherited# are values that are defined in the template stack.
1. Correct the number of the cells containing the firewall serial number. Repeat this step for all firewalls
in the CSV file.
1. Right-click the cell containing the firewall serial number and select Format Cells.
2. Select Number > Text and click OK.
3. Add a 0 at the beginning of the serial number.

2. Enter a new value for the desired template variable.
3. Select File > Save As and save the file in CSV UTF-8 format.
STEP 3 | Import the CSV file to the template stack.

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the Panorama Controller.
2. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices and Import Variables.
3. In the Select template stack drop-down, select the template stack to import the variables to.
4. In the Import CSV File, click Select File and select the CSV file containing the template stack
variables.
5. Click OK to import the template stack variables.
STEP 4 | Synchronize the Panorama Node with the Panorama Controller.
STEP 5 | Push the Panorama Node Configuration to Managed Devices.

Manage the Master Key with Panorama Interconnect
Panorama, firewalls, Log Collectors, and WF-500 appliances use a master key to encrypt sensitive elements
in the configuration and they have a default master key they use to encrypt passwords and configuration
elements.
As part of a standard security practice, you must renew the key on each individual firewall, Log Collector,
WildFire appliance, and Panorama when your master key expires. The master key deployed to your
managed devices must be the same for the Panorama Controller, Panorama Nodes, and managed devices
to successfully push the configuration. To ensure a uniform key deployment, deploy a new master key or
renew an expiring master key on multiple firewalls, Log Collectors, and WF-500 appliances directly from
Panorama. When using Panorama Interconnect, you must configure and deploy the same master key for the
Panorama Controller and all Panorama Nodes and managed devices during a single procedure. To deploy
a master key to managed devices, you must configure the master key on each Panorama Node and deploy
them to all devices managed by that node. See Configure the Master Key for more information.
STEP 1 | Configure the master key on the Panorama Controller.

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface on the Panorama Controller.
2. Select Panorama > Master Key and Diagnostics and configure the master key.
4. Configure the Panorama Controller to Auto Renew with Same Master Key for a specified number
of days after the lifetime of the key expires.
5. Click OK.
STEP 2 | Deploy the master key to devices managed by the Panorama Node.
Repeat this step for all Panorama Nodes.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface on the Panorama Node.
2. Select Panorama > Master Key and Diagnostics and configure the master key.The new master key
must be the same key you configured on the Panorama Controller in Step 1
4. Configure the Panorama Controller to Auto Renew with Same Master Key for a specified number
of days after the lifetime of the key expires.
5. Click OK.
3. Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary and Deploy Master Key.

5. Configure the master key. The key must be the same key you configured in Step 1:
1. If renewing a master key, enter the Current Master Key. IIf you are replacing the default master
4. Click OK.
A System log generates when a you deploy a new master key from Panorama.

STEP 3 | Deploy the master key to Log Collectors.
Repeat this step for all Panorama Nodes. The new master key must be the same as the one configured in
Step 1.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Deploy Master Key.
4. Click OK.
STEP 4 | Deploy the master key to managed WildFire appliances.

Repeat this step for all Panorama Nodes. The new master key must be the same as the one configured in
Step 1.
1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and Deploy Master Key.
4. Click OK.

Push the Panorama Node Configuration to Managed Devices
Once you Synchronize the Panorama Node with the Panorama Controller, template stack and device group
configurations, push the template stack and device group configuration to the managed devices.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Interconnect > Devices.
STEP 3 | Push to Devices to push the synchronized configuration from the Panorama Nodes to the
managed devices.
STEP 4 | Add the Panorama Node managing the devices to push the configuration to. Repeat this step
to push to multiple Panorama Nodes, devices groups, or templates as needed:
1. Select the Panorama Node.
2. Select the Device Group to push both the device group and template stack configurations, or select a
Template Stack to only push the template stack configuration.
3. Click OK to finish defining the push scope.
STEP 5 | Click OK to push the configuration to managed devices.

STEP 6 | In the Device Group Push Status column, and the Template Stack Push Status column, verify
that the pushes are in-sync.
Upgrade the Panorama Interconnect Plugin

Use the following procedure to upgrade the Panorama™ Interconnect plugin on the Panorama Controller
and Panorama Nodes. When you upgrade the Panorama Interconnect plugin, you must upgrade the
Panorama Controller before you upgrade the Panorama Nodes to the same plugin version as the Controller.
The new plugin version you download and install on the Panorama Node must be the same plugin version
you installed on the Panorama Controller to ensure that the plugin version on the Panorama Controller and
selected Panorama Nodes remain synchronized.
If this is the first time you are installing the plugin, see Set Up the Panorama Interconnect Plugin.
STEP 2 | Upgrade the Panorama Interconnect plugin on the Panorama Controller.

1. Select Panorama > Plugins and search for Interconnect.
2. Download and Install the new Interconnect plugin version. A prompt is displayed to notify you after
the installation is completed.
3. Verify that the Dashboard displays the newly installed Interconnect plugin version.
STEP 3 | Upgrade the Panorama Interconnect plugin on the Panorama Node.

1. Select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes, select one or more Panorama Nodes, and
Upgrade Plugin.
2. Verify the selected Panorama Nodes and click OK to begin the plugin upgrade.
3. Wait until the plugin upgrade job is Completed. Click Panorama > Interconnect > Tasks to view the
job progress.
4. After the upgrade completes successfully, select Panorama > Interconnect > Panorama Nodes to
verify that the Plugin version is correct for the selected Panorama Nodes.

Manage Log Collection
All Palo Alto Networks firewalls can generate logs that provide an audit trail of firewall
activities. For Centralized Logging and Reporting, you must forward the logs generated on the
firewalls to your on-premise infrastructure that includes the Panorama™ management server
or Log Collectors or send the logs to the cloud-based Cortex Data Lake. Optionally, you can
then configure Panorama to forward the logs to external logging destinations (such as syslog
servers).
If you forward logs to a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, you don’t need to
perform any additional tasks to enable logging. If you forward logs to Log Collectors, you
must configure them as managed collectors and assign them to Collector Groups. A managed
collector can be local to an M-Series appliance, or Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama
mode. Additionally, an M-Series appliance, or Panorama virtual appliance in Log Collector
mode can be Dedicated Log Collectors. To determine whether to deploy either or both types
of managed collectors, see Local and Distributed Log Collection.
To manage the System and Config logs that Panorama generates locally, see Monitor
Panorama.
> Configure a Managed Collector

> Manage Collector Groups
> Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama
> Forward Logs to the Cortex Data Lake
> Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama
> Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults
> Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations
> Log Collection Deployments
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Configure a Managed Collector
To enable the Panorama management server to manage a Log Collector, you must add it as a managed
collector. You can add two types of managed collectors:
• Dedicated Log Collector—To set up a new M-600, M-500, M-200, M-100 appliance, or Panorama virtual
appliance as a Log Collector or switch an existing M-Series appliance or Panorama virtual appliance from
Panorama mode to Log Collector mode, see Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector. Keep in
mind that switching from Panorama Mode to Log Collector Mode removes the local Log Collector that is
predefined on the M-Series appliance in Panorama mode.
• Local Log Collector—A Log Collector can run locally on the M-600, M-500, M-200, M-100 appliance,
or Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode. On the M-Series appliances, the Log Collector is
predefined; on the virtual appliance, you must add the Log Collector. When the Panorama management
server has a high availability (HA) configuration, each HA peer can have a local Log Collector. However,
relative to the primary Panorama, the Log Collector on the secondary Panorama is remote, not local.
Therefore, to use the Log Collector on the secondary Panorama, you must manually add it to the primary
Panorama (for details, see Deploy Panorama M-Series Appliances with Local Log Collectors or Deploy
Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors). If you delete a local Log Collector, you can later
add it back. The following steps describe how to add a local Log Collector.
As a best practice, retain a local Log Collector and Collector Group on the Panorama
management server, regardless of whether it manages Dedicated Log Collectors.
If the Panorama virtual appliance is in Legacy mode, you must switch to Panorama mode
to create a Log Collector. For details, see Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local
Log Collector.

You will need this when you add the Log Collector as a managed collector.
2. Select Dashboard and record the Serial # in the General Information section.
STEP 2 | Add the Log Collector as a managed collector.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add a new Log Collector.
STEP 3 | (Optional) Configure the Log Collector admin authentication.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and edit the Log Collector by clicking its name.
2. Configure the Log Collector admin password:
1. Select the password Mode.
2. If you selected Password mode, enter a plaintext Password and Confirm Password. If you
selected Password Hash mode, enter a hashed password string of up to 63 characters.
3. Configure the admin login security requirements:
If you set the Failed Attempts to a value other than 0 but leave the Lockout Time at
0, then the admin user is indefinitely locked out until another administrator manually
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unlocks the locked out admin. If no other administrator has been created, you must
reconfigure the Failed Attempts and Lockout Time settings on Panorama and push the
configuration change to the Log Collector. To ensure that an admin is never locked
out, use the default 0 value for both Failed Attempts and Lockout Time.
1. Enter the number of login Failed Attempts value. The range is between the default value 0 to the
maximum of 10 where the value 0 specifies unlimited login attempts.
2. Enter the Lockout Time value between the default value 0 to the maximum of 60 minutes.

The Log Collector name has the same value as the hostname of the Panorama management server.
2. Select Disks and Add each disk pair.
STEP 5 | (Optional) If your deployment is using custom certificates for authentication between Panorama
and managed devices, deploy the custom client device certificate. For more information, see
Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates.
2. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add a new Log Collector or select an existing one. Select
Communication.
4. Click OK.
STEP 6 | (Optional) Configure Secure Server Communication on a Log Collector. For more information,
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and click Add. Select Communication.
6. In Disconnect Wait Time (min), enter the number of minutes Panorama should before breaking and
reestablishing the connection with its managed devices. This field is blank by default and the range is
0 to 44,640 minutes.
configuration.

4. Click OK.
8. Click OK.
STEP 7 | Verify your changes.

1. Verify that the Panorama > Managed Collectors page lists the Log Collector you added. The
Connected column displays a check mark to indicate that the Log Collector is connected to
Panorama. You might have to wait a few minutes before the page displays the updated connection
status.
Until you Configure a Collector Group and push configuration changes to the Collector
Group, the Configuration Status column displays Out of Sync, the Run Time Status
column displays disconnected, and the CLI command show interface all
displays the interfaces as down.
2. Click Statistics in the last column to verify that the logging disks are enabled.

Before a Log Collector can receive firewall logs, you must:
2. Configure a Collector Group—On the M-Series appliances, a default Collector Group is predefined
and already contains the local Log Collector as a member. On the Panorama virtual appliance, you
must add the Collector Group and add the local Log Collector as a member. On both models, assign
firewalls to the local Log Collector for log forwarding.

Manage Collector Groups
A Collector Group is 1 to 16 Log Collectors that operate as a single logical unit for collecting firewall logs.
You must assign at least one Log Collector to a Collector Group for firewalls to successfully send logs
to a Log Collector. Firewall logs are dropped if there is no Collector Group configured or none of the
Log Collectors are assigned to a Collector Group. You can configure a Collector Group with multiple Log
Collectors to ensure log redundancy or to accommodate logging rates that exceed the capacity of a single
Log Collector (see Panorama Models). To understand the risks and recommended mitigations, see Caveats
for a Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors.
The M-600, M-500, M-200 and M-100 appliances in Panorama mode have a predefined Collector Group
that contains a predefined local Log Collector. You can edit all the settings of the predefined Collector
Group except its name (default).
If you delete a Collector Group, you will lose logs.

Palo Alto Networks recommends preserving the predefined Log Collector and Collector
Group on the Panorama management server, regardless of whether Panorama also
manages Dedicated Log Collectors.
If you switch an M-Series appliance from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode, the
appliance will lose its predefined Collector Group and Log Collector. You would then have
to Set Up the M-Series Appliance as a Log Collector, add it as a managed collector to
Panorama, and configure a Collector Group to contain the managed collector.
• Configure a Collector Group

• Configure Authentication with Custom Certificates Between Log Collectors
• Move a Log Collector to a Different Collector Group
• Remove a Firewall from a Collector Group
Configure a Collector Group

Before configuring Collector Groups, decide whether each one will have a single Log Collector or multiple
Log Collectors (up to 16). A Collector Group with multiple Log Collectors supports higher logging rates and
log redundancy but has the following requirements:
• In any single Collector Group, all the Log Collectors must run on the same Panorama model: all M-600
appliances, all M-500 appliances, all M-200, all M-100 appliances, or all Panorama virtual appliances.
• Log redundancy is available only if each Log Collector has the same number of logging disks. To add
disks to a Log Collector, see Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.
• (Best Practice) All Log Collectors in the same Collector Group should be in the same local area network
(LAN). Avoid adding Log Collectors in the same or different wide area networks (WAN) to the same
Collector Group as network disruption are much more common and may result in log data loss.
Additionally, it is recommended that Log Collectors in the same Collector Group be in close physical
proximity to each other to allow Panorama to quickly query the Log Collectors when needed.
STEP 1 | Perform the following tasks before configuring the Collector Group.
1. Add a Firewall as a Managed Device for each firewall that you will assign to the Collector Group.
2. Configure a Managed Collector for each Log Collector that you will assign to the Collector Group.
STEP 2 | Add the Collector Group.

1. Access the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Collector Groups, and Add a Collector Group
or edit an existing one.

2. Enter a Name for the Collector Group if you are adding one.
You cannot rename an existing Collector Group.
3. Enter the Minimum Retention Period in days (1 to 2,000) for which the Collector Group will retain
firewall logs.
By default, the field is blank, which means the Collector Group retains logs indefinitely.
4. Add Log Collectors (1 to 16) to the Collector Group Members list.
5. (Recommended) Enable log redundancy across collectors if you are adding multiple Log Collectors to
a single Collector group.
Redundancy ensures that no logs are lost if any one Log Collector becomes unavailable. Each log will
have two copies and each copy will reside on a different Log Collector. For example, if you have two
Log Collectors in the collector group the log is written to both Log Collectors.
Enabling redundancy creates more logs and therefore requires more storage capacity, reducing
storage capability in half. When a Collector Group runs out of space, it deletes older logs.
Redundancy also doubles the log processing traffic in a Collector Group, which reduces its maximum
logging rate by half, as each Log Collector must distribute a copy of each log it receives.
STEP 3 | Assign Log Collectors and firewalls to the Collector Group.

1. Select Device Log Forwarding and Add log forwarding preference lists for the firewalls.
Log data is forwarded over a separate TCP channel. By adding a log forwarding preference, list you
enable the creation of separate TCP connections for forwarding log data.
A preference list determines the order in which Log Collectors receive logs from a
firewall. If a log forwarding preference list is not assigned, you may encounter one of
the following scenarios:
• If Panorama is in Management Only mode, Panorama drops all incoming logs.
• If the local Log Collector is not configured as a managed collector when Panorama
is in Panorama mode, Panorama drops all incoming logs.
• If the local Log Collector is configured as a managed collector when Panorama
is in Panorama mode, incoming logs are received but the Panorama may act as
a bottleneck because all managed firewalls are forwarding logs to the local Log
Collector first before being redistributed to other available Log Collectors.
1. In the Devices section, Modify the list of firewalls and click OK.
2. In the Collectors section, Add Log Collectors to the preference list.
If you enable redundancy in Step 2, it is recommended to add at least two Log Collectors. If
you assign multiple Log Collectors, the first one will be the primary; if the primary becomes
unavailable, the firewalls send logs to the next Log Collector in the list. To change the priority of a
Log Collector, select it and Move Up (higher priority) or Move Down (lower priority).
3. Click OK.
STEP 4 | Define the storage capacity (log quotas) and expiration period for each log type.
1. Return to the General tab and click the Log Storage value.
If the field displays 0MB, verify that you enabled the disk pairs for logging and
committed the changes (see Configure a Managed Collector, Disks tab).
2. Enter the log storage Quota(%) for each log type.
3. Enter the Max Days (expiration period) for each log type (1 to 2,000).
By default, the fields are blank, which means the logs never expire.

STEP 5 | Commit and verify your changes.
1. Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to Panorama and the
Collector Group you configured.
2. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors to verify the Log Collectors in the Collector Group are:
• Connected to Panorama—The Connected column displays a check mark icon to indicate that a
Log Collector is connected to Panorama.
• Synchronized with Panorama—The Configuration Status column indicates whether a Log
Collector is In Sync (green icon) or Out of Sync (red icon) with Panorama.
STEP 6 | Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources to verify your firewalls successfully

connected to the Log Collector.

The Collector Group won’t receive firewall logs until you configure the firewalls to forward to
Panorama.
2. (Optional) Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations.
You can configure each Collector Group to forward logs to separate destinations (such as a syslog
server).
Configure Authentication with Custom Certificates Between Log

Collectors
Complete the following procedure to configure custom certificates for communication between Log
Collectors. You must configure secure server communication and secure client communication on each
Log Collector in a Collector Group because the server and client roles are chosen dynamically. Use custom
certificates to create a unique chain of trust that ensures mutual authentication between the members of
your Log Collector Group.
For more information about using custom certificates, see How Are SSL/TLS Connections Mutually
Authenticated?
STEP 1 | Obtain key pairs and certificate authority (CA) certificates for each Log Collector.
STEP 2 | Import the CA certificate to validate the identity of the client Log Collector, the server key pair,
and the client key pair for each Log Collector in the Collector Group.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates > Import.
2. Import the CA certificate, server key pair, and client key pair.
3. Repeat th step for the each Log Collector.
STEP 3 | Configure a certificate profile that includes the root CA and intermediate CA for secure server
communication. This certificate profile defines the authentication between Log Collectors.
If you configure an intermediate CA as part of the certificate profile, you must also include the root
CA.
STEP 4 | Configure the certificate profile for secure client communication. You can configure this profile
on each client Log Collector individually or you can push the configuration from Panorama™ to
managed Log Collectors.

If you are using SCEP for the client certificate, configure a SCEP profile instead of a
certificate profile.

2. Configure a Certificate Profile.

2. Configure an SSL/TLS service profile to define the certificate and protocol that the Log Collectors use
for SSL/TLS services.
STEP 6 | After deploying custom certificates on all Log Collectors, enforce custom-certificate
authentication.
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and select the Collector Group.
2. On the General tab, Enable secure inter LC Communication.
If you enable secure inter LC communication and your Collector Group includes a local Log Collector,
a link should appear that stating that the Log Collector on local Panorama is using the secure client
configuration from Panorama > Secure Communication Settings. You can click this link to open the
Secure Communication Settings dialog and configure the secure server and secure client settings for
the Local Log Collector from there.
3. Click OK.
STEP 7 | Configure secure server communication on each Log Collector.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors for Dedicated Log Collectors or Panorama > Setup >
Management and Edit the Secure Communication Settings for a Local Log Collector.
2. For Dedicated Log Collectors, click the Log Collector and select Communications.
3. Enable the Customize Secure Server Communication feature.
profile applies to all SSL connections between Log Collectors.
5. Select the Certificate Profile from the drop-down.
6. Verify that the Custom Certificates Only is disabled (cleared). This allows the inter Log Collector
communication to continue with the predefined certificate while configuring to custom certificates.
7. Set the disconnect wait time—the number of minutes Log Collectors wait before breaking and
reestablishing the connection with other Log Collectors. This field is empty by default (range is 0 to
44,640).
8. (Optional) Configure an authorization list. The authorization list adds an additional layer of security
beyond certificate authentication. The authorization list checks the client certificate Subject or
Subject Alt Name. If the Subject or Subject Alt Name presented with the client certificate does not
match an identifier in the authorization list, authentication is denied.
3. Enter the Common Name if the identifier is Subject or an IP address, hostname, or email if the
4. Click OK.
5. Enable the Check Authorization List option to configure Panorama to enforce the authorization
list.
9. Click OK.
10.Commit your changes.

After committing these changes, the disconnect wait time countdown begins. When the wait time ends,
Log Collectors in the Collector Group cannot connect without the configured certificates.
STEP 8 | Configure secure client communication on each Log Collector.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors for Dedicated Log Collectors or Panorama > Setup >
Management and Edit the Secure Communication Settings for a Local Log Collector.
2. For Dedicated Log Collectors, click the Log Collector and select Communications.
3. Under Secure Client Communications, select the Certificate Type, Certificate, and Certificate Profile
from the respective drop-downs.
4. Click OK.
Move a Log Collector to a Different Collector Group

M-600, M-500, M-200, M-100 and Panorama virtual appliances can have one or more Log Collectors in
each Collector Group. You assign Log Collectors to a Collector Group based on the logging rate and log
storage requirements of that Collector Group. If the rates and required storage increase in a Collector
Group, the best practice is to Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance or Configure a Collector Group
with additional Log Collectors. However, in some deployments, it might be more economical to move Log
Collectors between Collector Groups.
When a Log Collector is local to an M-500 or M-100 appliance in Panorama mode, move
it only if the appliance is the passive peer in a high availability (HA) configuration. HA
synchronization applies the configurations associated with the new Collector Group. Never
move a Log Collector that is local to the active HA peer.
In any single Collector Group, all the Log Collectors must run on the same Panorama model:
all M-600 appliances, all M-500 appliances, all M-200 appliances, all M-100 appliances, or all
Panorama virtual appliances.
Log redundancy is available only if each Log Collector has the same number of logging
disks. To add disks to a Log Collector, see Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.
STEP 1 | Remove the Log Collector from Panorama management.

1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and edit the Collector Group that contains the Log Collector
you will move.
2. In the Collector Group Members list, select and Delete the Log Collector.
3. Select Device Log Forwarding and, in the Log Forwarding Preferences list, perform the following
steps for each set of firewalls assigned to the Log Collector you will move:
1. In the Devices column, click the link for the firewalls assigned to the Log Collector.
2. In the Collectors column, select and Delete the Log Collector.
To reassign the firewalls, Add the new Log Collector to which they will forward logs.
3. Click OK twice to save your changes.

4. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and then select and Delete the Log Collector you will move.
STEP 2 | Configure a Collector Group.

Add the Log Collector to its new Collector Group and assign firewalls to the Log Collector.

When you push changes to the Collector Group configuration, Panorama starts
redistributing logs across the Log Collectors. This process can take hours for each
terabyte of logs. During the redistribution process, the maximum logging rate is reduced.
In the Panorama > Collector Groups page, the Log Redistribution State column indicates
the completion status of the process as a percentage.
STEP 3 | Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama for the new Collector Group you configured.
STEP 4 | Select Commit > Commit and Push to commit your changes to Panorama and push the
changes to device groups, templates, and Collector Groups if you have not already done so.
Remove a Firewall from a Collector Group

If you use a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode to manage Dedicated Log Collectors, you have the
option to forward firewall logs to Panorama instead of forwarding to the Log Collectors. For such cases, you
must remove the firewall from the Collector Group; the firewall will then automatically forward its logs to
Panorama.
To temporarily remove the log forwarding preference list on the firewall, you can delete
it using the CLI on the firewall. You must however, remove the assigned firewalls in the
Collector Group configuration on Panorama. Otherwise, the next time you push changes
to the Collector Group, the firewall will be reconfigured to send logs to the assigned Log
Collector.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Collector Groups and edit the Collector Group.
STEP 2 | Select Device Log Forwarding, click the firewall in the Devices list, Modify the Devices list,
clear the check box of the firewall, and click OK three times.
STEP 3 | Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to Panorama and
the Collector Group from which you removed the firewall.

Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama
Each firewall stores its log files locally by default and cannot display the logs that reside on other firewalls.
Therefore, to achieve global visibility into the network activity that all your firewalls monitor, you must
forward all firewall logs to Panorama and Use Panorama for Visibility. In cases where some teams in your
organization can achieve greater efficiency by monitoring only the logs that are relevant to their operations,
you can create forwarding filters based on any log attributes (such as threat type or source user). For
example, a security operations analyst who investigates malware attacks might be interested only in Threat
logs with the type attribute set to wildfire-virus.
The following steps describe how to use Panorama templates and device groups for configuring multiple
firewalls to forward logs.
If Panorama manages firewalls running software versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.0, specify
a WildFire® server from which Panorama can gather analysis information for WildFire
samples that those firewalls submit. Panorama uses the information to complete WildFire
Submissions logs that are missing field values introduced in PAN-OS 7.0. Firewalls running
earlier releases won’t populate those fields. To specify the server, select Panorama >
Setup > WildFire, edit the General Settings, and enter the WildFire Private Cloud name. The
default is wildfire-public-cloud, which is the WildFire cloud hosted in the United States.
You can also forward firewall logs to external services (such as a syslog server). For details,
see Log Forwarding Options.
STEP 1 | Add a Device Group for the firewalls that will forward logs.
Panorama requires a device group to push a Log Forwarding profile to firewalls. Create a new device
group or assign the firewalls to an existing device group.
STEP 2 | Add a Template for the firewalls that will forward logs.
Panorama requires a template to push log settings to firewalls. Create a new template or assign the
firewalls to an existing template.
STEP 3 | Create a Log Forwarding profile.

The profile defines the destinations for Traffic, Threat, WildFire Submission, URL Filtering, Data Filtering,
Tunnel and Authentication logs.
1. Select Objects > Log Forwarding, select the Device Group of the firewalls that will forward logs, and
Add a profile.
2. Enter a Name to identify the Log Forwarding profile.
3. Add one or more match list profiles.
The profiles specify log query filters, forwarding destinations, and automatic actions such as tagging.
For each match list profile:
2. Select the Log Type.
3. In the Filter drop-down, select Filter Builder. Specify the following and then Add each query:
Connector logic (and/or)
Log Attribute
Operator to define inclusion or exclusion logic

Attribute Value for the query to match
4. Select Panorama.
4. Click OK to save the Log Forwarding profile.
STEP 4 | Assign the Log Forwarding profile to policy rules and network zones.
Security, Authentication, and DoS Protection rules support log forwarding. In this example, you assign
the profile to a Security rule.
Perform the following steps for each rule that will trigger log forwarding:
1. Select the rulebase (for example, Policies > Security > Pre Rules), select the Device Group of the
firewalls that will forward logs, and edit the rule.
2. Select Actions and select the Log Forwarding profile you created.
3. Set the Profile Type to Profiles or Group, and then select the security profiles or Group Profile
required to trigger log generation and forwarding for:
• Threat logs—Traffic must match any security profile assigned to the rule.
• WildFire logs—Traffic must match a WildFire Analysis profile assigned to the rule.
4. For Traffic logs, select Log At Session Start and/or Log At Session End.
5. Click OK to save the rule.
STEP 5 | Configure the destinations for System logs, Configuration logs, User-ID™ logs, and HIP Match
logs.
Panorama generates Correlation logs based on the firewall logs it receives, rather than
aggregating Correlation logs from firewalls.
1. Select Device > Log Settings and select the Template of the firewalls that will forward logs.
2. For each log type that the firewall will forward, see step Add one or more match list profiles.
STEP 6 | (PA-7000 Series firewalls only) Configure a log card interface to perform log forwarding.
When you configure a data port on one of the PA-7000 Series Network Processing Cards (NPCs) as a
Log Card interface, the firewall will automatically begin using this interface to forward logs to the logging
destinations you configure and forward files for WildFire analysis. Make sure that the interface you
configure can reach the log forwarding destinations and the WildFire cloud, WildFire appliance, or both.
Because PA-7000 Series firewall can now forward logs to Panorama, Panorama no
longer treats the PA-7000 Series firewalls it manages as Log Collectors. If you have
not configured the PA-7000 Series firewalls to forward logs to Panorama, all logs a
managed PA-7000 Series firewall generates are only viewable from the local firewall and
not from Panorama. If you do not yet have a log forwarding infrastructure that is capable
of handling the logging rate and volume from the PA-7000 Series firewalls, starting with
PAN-OS 8.0.8 you can enable Panorama to directly query PA-7000 Series firewalls
when monitoring logs. To use this functionality, both Panorama and the PA-7000 Series
firewalls must be running PAN-OS 8.0.8 or later. Enable Panorama to directly query
PA-7000 Series firewalls by entering the following command from the Panorama CLI:
> debug reportd send-request-to-7k yes
After running this command, you will be able to view logs for managed PA-7000 Series
firewalls on the Panorama Monitor tab. Additionally, as with all managed devices, you can
also generate reports that include PA-7000 Series log data by selecting Remote Device
Data as the Data Source. If you later decide to enable the PA-7000 Series firewalls to

forward logs to Panorama, you must first disable this option using the debug reportd
send-request-to-7k no command.
1. Select Network > Interfaces > Ethernet, select the Template of the firewalls that will forward logs,
and Add Interface.
2. Select the Slot and Interface Name.
3. Set the Interface Type to Log Card.
4. Enter the IP Address, Default Gateway, and (for IPv4 only) Netmask.
5. Select Advanced and specify the Link Speed, Link Duplex, and Link State.
These fields default to auto, which specifies that the firewall automatically determines
the values based on the connection. However, the minimum recommended Link
Speed for any connection is 1000 (Mbps).
STEP 7 | Configure Panorama to receive the logs.
If you will forward logs to a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, you can skip this
step.
1. For each Log Collector that will receive logs, Configure a Managed Collector.
2. Configure a Collector Group to assign firewalls to specific Log Collectors for log forwarding.

1. Select Commit > Commit and Push and Edit Selections.
2. Select Merge with Device Candidate Config and Include Device and Network Templates, and click
OK.
3. Commit and Push your changes to Panorama and push the changes to the device groups, templates,
and Collector Groups.
4. Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama to confirm that your configuration is successful.

To change the log forwarding mode that the firewalls use to send logs to Panorama,
you can Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults. You can also Manage Storage
Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports.

Forward Logs to Cortex Data Lake
Cortex Data Lake is Palo Alto Networks’ cloud-based logging infrastructure. Before you can configure your
managed firewalls to send logs to Cortex Data Lake (previously called the Logging Service), you need to
purchase a license for the volume of logs in your deployment, and install the cloud services plugin. If you
already have on premise Log Collectors, you can use Cortex Data Lake to complement and augment your
existing setup.
STEP 1 | Install Panorama Plugins.
STEP 2 | Configure the firewalls to send logs to Cortex Data Lake.

For firewalls running PAN-OS 8.1 or later releases, you can opt to send logs to both the Cortex Data
Lake and to your Panorama and on premise log collection setup when you select Enable Duplicate
Logging (Cloud and On-Premise). When enabled, the firewalls that belong to the selected Template will
save a copy of the logs to both locations. You may select either Enable Duplicate Logging (Cloud and
On-Premise) or Enable Logging Service, but not both.

Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama
Verify log forwarding to Panorama once you Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama or to the Cortex Data
Lake to test that your configuration succeeded.
After you configure log forwarding to Log Collectors, managed firewalls open a TCP connection to all
configured Log Collectors. These connections timeout every sixty (60) seconds and do not indicate that
the firewall has lost connection to the Log Collectors. When you configure log forwarding to a local or
Dedicated Log Collector over a supported ethernet interface, the firewall traffic logs show incomplete
sessions despite the firewall being able to successfully connect to the Log Collectors. If you configure log
forwarding over the management port, no traffic logs showing incomplete sessions are generated. Traffic
logs showing incomplete sessions are generated by all firewalls except for the PA-5200 and PA-7000
series firewalls.
STEP 1 | Access the firewall CLI.
STEP 2 | If you configured Log Collectors, verify that each firewall has a log forwarding preference list.
> show log-collector preference-list
If the Collector Group has only one Log Collector, the output will look something like this:
Forward to all: No
Log collector Preference List
Serial Number: 003001000024
IP Address: 10.2.133.48
IPV6 Address: unknown
STEP 3 | Verify that each firewall is forwarding logs.
> show logging-status
For successful forwarding, the output indicates that the log forwarding agent is active.
• For a Panorama virtual appliance, the agent is Panorama.
• For an M-Series appliance, the agent is a LogCollector.
• For the Cortex Data Lake, the agent is Log CollectionService.. And the
‘Log Collection log forwarding agent’ is active and connected

to <IP_address>.
STEP 4 | View the average logging rate. The displayed rate will be the average logs/second for the last
five minutes.
• If Log Collectors receive the logs, access the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Managed
Collectors and click the Statistics link in the far-right column.
• If a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode receives the logs, access the Panorama CLI and run
the following command: debug log-collector log-collection-stats show incoming-
logs

This command also works on an M-Series appliance.

Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults
You can define the log forwarding mode that the firewalls use to send logs to Panorama and, when
configured in a high availability (HA) configuration, specify which Panorama peer can receive logs. To access
these options, select Panorama > Setup > Management, edit the Logging and Reporting Settings, and select
Log Export and Reporting.
• Define the log forwarding mode on the firewall: The firewalls can forward logs to Panorama (pertains
to both the M-Series appliance and the Panorama virtual appliance) in either Buffered Log Forwarding
mode or in the Live Mode Log Forwarding mode.
Logging Options Description
(Best Practice) Buffered Log Allows each managed firewall to buffer logs and send the logs at 30-
Forwarding from Device second intervals to Panorama (not user configurable).
Default: Enabled Buffered log forwarding is very valuable when the firewall loses
connectivity to Panorama. The firewall buffers log entries to its
local hard disk and keeps a pointer to record the last log entry that
was sent to Panorama. When connectivity is restored the firewall
resumes forwarding logs from where it left off.
The disk space available for buffering depends on the log storage
quota for the firewall model and the volume of logs that are pending
roll over. If the firewall was disconnected for a long time and the last
log forwarded was rolled over, all the logs from its local hard disk will
be forwarded to Panorama on reconnection. If the available space on
the local hard disk of the firewall is consumed, the oldest entries are
deleted to allow logging of new events.
Live Mode Log Forwarding from In live mode, the managed firewall sends every log transaction to
Device Panorama at the same time as it records it on the firewall.
This option is enabled when
the check box for Buffered
Log Forwarding from Device is
cleared.
• Define log forwarding preference on a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode that is deployed in a
high availability (HA) configuration:
• When logging to a virtual disk, enable logging to the local disk on the primary Panorama peer only. By
default, both Panorama peers in the HA configuration receive logs.
For the 5200 and 7000 series firewalls, only the active peer receive logs.
• When logging to an NFS (ESXi server only), enable the firewalls to send only newly generated logs to
a secondary Panorama peer, which is promoted to primary, after a failover.

Logging Options Pertains to Description
Only Active Primary Logs to Panorama virtual appliance Allows you to configure only the
Local Disk in Legacy mode that is primary Panorama peer to save logs
logging to a virtual disk to the local disk.
Default: Disabled
and is deployed in an HA
configuration.
Get Only New Logs on Convert Panorama virtual appliance With NFS logging, when you
to Primary in Legacy mode that is have a pair of Panorama servers
mounted to a Network File configured in a high availability
Default: Disabled
System (NFS) datastore, runs configuration, only the primary
on a VMware ESXi server, Panorama peer mounts the NFS
and is deployed in an HA datastore. Therefore, the firewalls
configuration can only send logs to the primary
Panorama peer, which can write to
the NFS datastore.
When an HA failover occurs, the
Get Only New Logs on Convert
to Primary option allows an
administrator to configure the
managed firewalls to send only newly
generated logs to Panorama. This
event is triggered when the priority
of the active-secondary Panorama is
promoted to primary and it can begin
logging to the NFS. This behavior
is typically enabled to prevent the
firewalls from sending a large volume
of buffered logs when connectivity
to Panorama is restored after a
significant period of time.

Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to
External Destinations
Panorama enables you to forward logs to external services, including syslog, email, SNMP trap, and HTTP-
based services. Using an external service enables you to receive alerts for important events, archive
monitored information on systems with dedicated long-term storage, and integrate with third-party security
monitoring tools. In addition to forwarding firewall logs, you can forward the logs that the Panorama
management server and Log Collectors generate. The Panorama management server or Log Collector that
forwards the logs converts them to a format that is appropriate for the destination (syslog message, email
notification, SNMP trap, or HTTP payload).
If your Panorama management server is a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, it

converts and forwards logs to external services without using Log Collectors.
You can also forward logs directly from firewalls to external services: see Log Forwarding
Options.
On a Panorama virtual appliance running Panorama 5.1 or earlier releases, you can use
Secure Copy (SCP) commands from the CLI to export the entire log database to an SCP
server and import it to another Panorama virtual appliance. A Panorama virtual appliance
running Panorama 6.0 or later releases, and M-Series appliances running any release, do
not support these options because the log database on those models is too large for an
export or import to be practical.
To forward logs to external services, start by configuring the firewalls to forward logs to Panorama. Then
you must configure the server profiles that define how Panorama and Log Collectors connect to the
services. Lastly, you assign the server profiles to the log settings of Panorama and to Collector Groups.
STEP 1 | Configure the firewalls to forward logs to Panorama.

Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama.
STEP 2 | Configure a server profile for each external service that will receive log information.
1. Select Panorama > Server Profiles and select the type of server that will receive the log data: SNMP
Trap, Syslog, Email, or HTTP.
2. Configure the server profile:
• Configure an SNMP Trap server profile. For details on how SNMP works for Panorama and Log
Collectors, refer to SNMP Support.
• Configure a Syslog server profile. If the syslog server requires client authentication, use the
Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates page to create a certificate for securing syslog
communication over SSL.
• Configure an Email server profile.
• Configure an HTTP server profile.
STEP 3 | Configure destinations for:

• Logs that the Panorama management server and Log Collectors generate.
• Firewall logs that a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode collects.
1. Select Panorama > Log Settings.
2. Add one or more match list profiles for each log type.

The profiles specify log query filters, forwarding destinations, and automatic actions such as tagging.
For each match list profile:
2. Select the Log Type.
3. In the Filter drop-down, select Filter Builder. Specify the following and then Add each query:
Connector logic (and/or)
Log Attribute
Operator to define inclusion or exclusion logic
Attribute Value for the query to match
4. Add the server profiles you configured for each external service.
STEP 4 | Configure destinations for firewall logs that Log Collectors receive.
Each Collector Group can forward logs to different destinations. If the Log Collectors are
local to a high availability (HA) pair of Panorama management servers, you must log into
each HA peer to configure log forwarding for its Collector Group.
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and edit the Collector Group that receives the firewall logs.
2. (Optional, SNMP trap forwarding only) Select Monitoring and configure the SNMP settings.
3. Select Collector Log Forwarding and Add configured match list profiles as necessary.
4. Click OK to save your changes to the Collector Group.
STEP 5 | (Syslog forwarding only) If the syslog server requires client authentication and the firewalls
forward logs to Dedicated Log Collectors, assign a certificate that secures syslog
communication over SSL.
Perform the following steps for each Dedicated Log Collector:
2. Select the Certificate for Secure Syslog and click OK.
STEP 6 | (SNMP trap forwarding only) Enable your SNMP manager to interpret traps.
Load the Supported MIBs and, if necessary, compile them. For the specific steps, refer to the
documentation of your SNMP manager.
STEP 7 | Commit and verify your configuration changes.

1. Select Commit > Commit and Push to commit your changes to Panorama and push the changes to
device groups, templates, and Collector Groups.
2. Verify that the external services are receiving the log information:
• Email server—Verify that the specified recipients are receiving logs as email notifications.
• Syslog server—Refer to the documentation for your syslog server to verify it’s receiving logs as
syslog messages.
• SNMP manager—Refer to the documentation for your SNMP trap server to verify it’s receiving
logs as SNMP traps.
• HTTP server—Verify that the HTTP-based server is receiving logs in the correct payload format.

Log Collection Deployments
The following topics describe how to configure log collection in the most typical deployments. Before
starting, Plan Your Panorama Deployment according to your current and future logging needs.
The deployments in these topics all describe Panorama in a high availability (HA)
configuration. Palo Alto Networks recommends HA because it enables automatic recovery
(in case of server failure) of components that are not saved as part of configuration backups.
In HA deployments, the Panorama management server only supports an active/passive
configuration.
• Deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors

• Deploy Panorama M-Series Appliances with Local Log Collectors
• Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors
• Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances in Legacy Mode with Local Log Collection
Deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors

The following figures illustrate Panorama in a distributed log collection deployment. In these examples,
the Panorama management server comprises two M-100 or M-500 appliances in Panorama mode that are
deployed in an active/passive high availability (HA) configuration. Alternatively, you can use an HA pair of
Panorama virtual appliances. The firewalls send logs to Dedicated Log Collectors (M-Series appliances in
Log Collector mode). This is the recommended configuration if the firewalls generate over 10,000 logs/
second.
If you will assign more than one Log Collector to a Collector Group, see Caveats for a
Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors to understand the requirements, risks, and
recommended mitigations.

Figure 17: Single Dedicated Log Collector Per Collector Group
Figure 18: Multiple Dedicated Log Collectors Per Collector Group
Perform the following steps to deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors. Skip any steps you have
already performed (for example, the initial setup).

STEP 1 | Perform the initial setup of the Panorama management server (virtual appliances or M-Series
appliances) and the Dedicated Log Collectors.
For each M-Series appliance:
1. Rack mount the M-Series appliance. Refer to the M-Series Hardware Reference Guide for
instructions.
Palo Alto Networks recommends reserving the management (MGT) interface for
administrative access to Panorama and dedicating separate M-Series Appliance
Interfaces to other Panorama services.
3. Configure each array. This task is required to make the RAID disks available for logging. Optionally,
you can add disks to Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.
For each virtual appliance (if any):
1. Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
For the Panorama management server (virtual appliance or M-Series appliance), you must also Set Up
HA on Panorama.
STEP 2 | Switch from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode on each Panorama management server
that will be a Dedicated Log Collector.
Switching the mode of an M-Series appliance deletes any existing log data and deletes
all configurations except the management access settings. After the switch, the M-Series
appliance retains CLI access but loses web interface access.


terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the M-Series appliance to see the
Panorama login prompt.

system-mode: logger
STEP 3 | Enable connectivity between each Log Collector and the Panorama management server.
This step is required before you can enable logging disks on the Log Collectors.
Enter the following commands at the CLI of each Log Collector. <IPaddress1> is for the MGT interface
of the active Panorama and <IPaddress2> is for the MGT interface of the passive Panorama.
> configure
# commit
# exit
STEP 4 | Record the serial number of each Log Collector.

You need the serial numbers to add the Log Collectors as managed collectors on the Panorama
management server.
1. At the CLI of each Log Collector, enter the following command to display its serial number.

STEP 5 | Add each Log Collector as a managed collector.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama management server peer to Configure a Managed
Collector:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add the managed collector.
2. In the General tab, enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for the Log Collector.
3. Enter the IP address or FQDN of the active and passive Panorama HA peers in the Panorama Server
IP field and Panorama Server IP 2 field respectively. These fields are required.
4. Select Interfaces, click Management, and configure one or both of the following field sets for the
MGT interface based on the IP protocols of your network.
5. (Optional) Select SNMP if you will use an SNMP manager to monitor Log Collector statistics.
Using SNMP requires additional steps besides configuring the Log Collector (see Monitor Panorama
and Log Collector Statistics Using SNMP).
This step is required before you can enable logging disks on the Log Collectors.
8. Verify that the Panorama > Managed Collectors page lists the Log Collector you added. The
Connected column displays a check mark to indicate that the Log Collector is connected to

Panorama. You might have to wait a few minutes before the page displays the updated connection
status.
connected after you configure a Collector Group (Step 9).
STEP 6 | Enable the logging disks on each Log Collector.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama management server peer to perform these steps:
2. Select Disks, Add each disk pair, and click OK.
interfaces if the Log Collector will use them for Device Log Collection (receiving logs from
firewalls) and Collector Group Communication.
By default, the Log Collector uses the MGT interface for log collection and Collector Group
communication. Assigning other interfaces to these functions enables you to reserve the MGT
interface for management traffic. In an environment with heavy log traffic, consider using the 10Gbps
interfaces (Ethernet4 and Ethernet5) on the M-500 appliance for log collection and Collector Group
communication. To load balance the logging traffic across interfaces, you can enable Device Log
Collection on multiple interfaces.
Use the web interface of the primary Panorama management server peer to perform these steps for
each Log Collector:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors, edit the Log Collector, and select Interfaces.
2. Perform the following steps for each interface:
1. Click the name of the interface to edit it.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama management server peer to perform this task for each
firewall that will forward logs to Log Collectors.
STEP 9 | Configure the Collector Group.

If each Collector Group will have one Log Collector, repeat this step for each Collector Group before
continuing.
If you will assign all the Log Collectors to one Collector Group, perform this step only once.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama management server peer to Configure a Collector
Group:
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and Add the Collector Group.
2. Enter a Name to identify the Collector Group.
3. Add one or more Log Collectors to the Collector Group Members list.
4. (Best Practice) Enable log redundancy across collectors if you add multiple Log Collectors to a single
Collector group. This option requires each Log Collector to have the same number of logging disks.
5. (Optional) Select Monitoring and configure the settings if you will use SNMP to monitor Log
Collector statistics and traps.
6. Select Device Log Forwarding and configure the Log Forwarding Preferences list. This list defines
which firewalls forward logs to which Log Collectors. Assign firewalls according to the number of Log
Collectors in this Collector Group:
• Single—Assign the firewalls that will forward logs to that Log Collector, as illustrated in Single
Dedicated Log Collector Per Collector Group.
• Multiple—Assign each firewall to both Log Collectors for redundancy. When you configure the
preferences, make Log Collector 1 the first priority for half the firewalls and make Log Collector 2
the first priority for the other half, as illustrated in Multiple Dedicated Log Collectors Per Collector
Group.
7. Click OK to save your changes to the Collector Group.
8. Select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to Panorama and to the
Collector Groups you added.
with Panorama.
display connected.
STEP 10 | Configure log forwarding from firewalls to Panorama.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama management server peer to:
Deploy Panorama M-Series Appliances with Local Log Collectors

The following figures illustrate Panorama in a centralized log collection deployment. In these examples, the
Panorama management server comprises two M-Series appliances in Panorama mode that are deployed
in an active/passive high availability (HA) configuration. The firewalls send logs to the predefined (default)
local Log Collector on each Panorama M-Series appliance. This is the recommended deployment if the
firewalls generate up to 10,000 logs/second.
After implementing this deployment, if the logging rate increases beyond 10,000 logs
per second, Palo Alto Networks recommends that you add Dedicated Log Collectors (M-

Series appliances in Log Collector mode) as described in Deploy Panorama with Dedicated
Log Collectors. Such an expansion might require reassigning firewalls from the local Log
Collectors to Dedicated Log Collectors.
Figure 19: Single Local Log Collector Per Collector Group
Figure 20: Multiple Local Log Collectors Per Collector Group
Perform the following steps to deploy Panorama with local Log Collectors. Skip any steps you have already
performed (for example, the initial setup).
STEP 1 | Perform the initial setup of each M-Series appliance.

1. Rack mount the M-Series appliance. Refer to the M-Series Hardware Reference Guides for
instructions.
Palo Alto Networks recommends reserving the management (MGT) interface for
administrative access to Panorama and dedicating separate M-Series Appliance
Interfaces to other Panorama services.
3. Configure each array. This task is required to make the RAID disks available for logging. Optionally,
you can add disks to Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance.
6. Set Up HA on Panorama.
STEP 2 | Perform the following steps to prepare Panorama for log collection.
1. Connect to the primary Panorama in one of the following ways:
• Attach a serial cable from your computer to the Console port on the primary Panorama. Then use
specified for the MGT interface of the primary Panorama during initial configuration.
3. Enable the primary Panorama to connect to the secondary Panorama by entering the following
command, where <IPaddress2> represents the MGT interface of the secondary Panorama:
> configure
# set deviceconfig system panorama-server <IPaddress2>
# commit
4. Log in to the CLI of the secondary Panorama.
5. Enable the secondary Panorama to connect to the primary Panorama by entering the following
command, where <IPaddress1> represents the MGT interface of the primary Panorama:
> configure
# set deviceconfig system panorama-server <IPaddress1>
# commit
# exit
6. In the CLI of the secondary Panorama, enter the following command to display the serial number, and
then record it:
You need the serial number to add the Log Collector of the secondary Panorama as a managed
collector to the primary Panorama.
STEP 3 | Edit the Log Collector that is local to the primary Panorama.
Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to perform these steps:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the default (local) Log Collector.
2. Select Disks and Add each logging disk pair.

STEP 4 | Configure the Log Collector that is local to the secondary Panorama.
Panorama treats this Log Collector as remote because it’s not local to the primary
Panorama. Therefore you must manually add it on the primary Panorama.
Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to Configure a Managed Collector:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add the Log Collector.
2. Enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for the Log Collector of the secondary
Panorama.
3. Enter the IP address or FQDN of the primary and secondary Panorama HA peers in the Panorama
Server IP field and Panorama Server IP 2 field respectively. These fields are required.
4. Select Interfaces and configure each interface that the Log Collector will use. The Management
interface is required. Perform the following steps for each interface:
1. Click the interface name.
2. Configure one or both of the following field sets based on the IP protocols of your network.
3. (Management interface only) Select SNMP if you will use an SNMP manager to monitor Log
Collector statistics.
Using SNMP requires additional steps besides configuring the Log Collector (see Monitor
Panorama and Log Collector Statistics Using SNMP).
This step is required before you can enable logging disks.
7. Edit the Log Collector by clicking its name.
8. Select Disks, Add each RAID disk pair, and click OK.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to perform this task for each firewall that will forward
logs to the Log Collectors.
STEP 6 | Edit the default Collector Group that is predefined on the primary Panorama.
Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to Configure a Collector Group:
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and edit the default Collector Group.
2. Add the local Log Collector of the secondary Panorama to the Collector Group Members list if you
are adding multiple Log Collectors to a single Collector group. By default, the list displays the local
Log Collector of the primary Panorama because it is pre-assigned to the default Collector Group.
Collector group. This option requires each Log Collector to have the same number of logging disks.
4. (Optional) Select Monitoring and configure the settings if you will use SNMP to monitor Log
Collector statistics and traps.

• Single—Assign the firewalls that will forward logs to the local Log Collector of the primary
Panorama, as illustrated in Single Local Log Collector Per Collector Group.
preferences, make Log Collector 1 the first priority for half the firewalls and make Log Collector
2 the first priority for the other half, as illustrated in Multiple Local Log Collectors Per Collector
Group.
STEP 7 | Configure a Collector Group that contains the Log Collector of the secondary Panorama.
Required if each Collector Group has only one Log Collector.
Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to Configure a Collector Group:
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and Add the Collector Group.
2. Enter a Name to identify the Collector Group.
3. Add the local Log Collector of the secondary Panorama to the Collector Group Members list.
4. (Optional) Select Monitoring and configure the settings if you will use an SNMP manager to monitor
Log Collector statistics and traps.
5. Select Device Log Forwarding and Add an entry to the Log Forwarding Preferences list:
1. Modify the Devices list, select the firewalls that will forward logs to the local Log Collector of the
secondary Panorama (see Single Local Log Collector Per Collector Group), and click OK.
2. Add the local Log Collector of the secondary Panorama to the Collectors list and click OK.
STEP 8 | Commit and push your changes to the Panorama configuration and the Collector Groups.
In the web interface of the primary Panorama, select Commit > Commit and Push and then Commit and
Push your changes to Panorama and the Collector Groups you added.
STEP 9 | Manually fail over so that the secondary Panorama becomes active.
Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to perform the following steps:
1. Select Panorama > High Availability.
2. Click Suspend local Panorama in the Operational Commands section.
STEP 10 | On the secondary Panorama, configure the network settings of the Log Collector that is local
to the primary Panorama.
Use the web interface of the secondary Panorama to perform the following steps:
1. In the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the Log Collector
that is local to the primary Panorama.
2. Enter the IP address or FQDN of the secondary Panorama in the Panorama Server IP field and the
IP address or FQDN of the primary Panorama in the Panorama Server IP 2 field. These fields are
required.
3. Select Interfaces, click Management, and complete one or both of the following field sets (based on
the IP protocols of your network) with the MGT interface values of the primary Panorama:

STEP 11 | Manually fail back so that the primary Panorama becomes active.
Use the web interface of the secondary Panorama to perform the following steps:
STEP 12 | Configure log forwarding from firewalls to Panorama.

Use the web interface of the primary Panorama to:
You can assign separate external server profiles to each Panorama HA peer. For
example, you might want each peer to forward logs to a different syslog server. To
make each Panorama peer forward logs to different external services, log in to the
web interface of each peer, select Panorama > Collector Groups, select the Collector
Group, select Collector Log Forwarding, assign the server profiles, and click OK.
Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors

You can configure firewalls to send logs to a Log Collector that runs locally on a Panorama virtual appliance
in Panorama mode. In a high availability (HA) configuration, each Panorama HA peer can have a local Log
Collector. You can assign the local Log Collectors on the HA peers to the same Collector Group or to
separate Collector Groups, as illustrated in the following figures. Refer to the Setup Prerequisites for the
Panorama Virtual Appliance to review the supported logs per second when deploying the Panorama virtual
appliance with local Log Collectors in a VMware virtual infrastructure.

Figure 21: Single Log Collector Per Collector Group
Figure 22: Multiple Log Collectors Per Collector Group

Perform the following steps to deploy Panorama with local Log Collectors. Skip any steps you have already
performed (such as the initial setup).
STEP 1 | Perform the initial setup of each Panorama virtual appliance.

1. Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance. You must configure the following resources to ensure the
virtual appliance starts in Panorama mode:
• System disk with exactly 81GB of storage.
• CPUs and memory that are sufficient for the quantity of logs that Panorama will receive and store.
• Virtual logging disk with 2–24TB of storage.
Panorama automatically divides the new disk into 2TB partitions, each of which will
function as a separate virtual disk.
STEP 2 | Set up the Panorama virtual appliances in an HA configuration.

2. Test Panorama HA Failover.
STEP 3 | Add a Log Collector that is local to the primary Panorama.

On the primary Panorama:
1. Record the Panorama serial number.
2. Add the Log Collector as a managed collector.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add a new Log Collector.
2. In the General settings, enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for Panorama.
This step is required before you can add the virtual logging disks.
3. Add the virtual logging disks.
The Log Collector name has the same value as the hostname of the primary Panorama.
2. Select Disks and Add the virtual logging disks.
STEP 4 | Add a Log Collector that is local to the secondary Panorama.
Panorama treats this Log Collector as remote because it does not run locally on the
primary Panorama.
1. Record the serial number of the secondary Panorama.

1. Access the web interface of the secondary Panorama.
2. Access the web interface of the primary Panorama.

3. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and Add the Log Collector.
4. In the General settings, enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for the secondary
Panorama.
5. Enter the IP address or FQDN of the primary and secondary Panorama HA peers in the Panorama
Server IP field and Panorama Server IP 2 field respectively.
This step is required before you can add the virtual logging disks.
8. Edit the Log Collector by clicking its name.
The Log Collector name has the same value as the hostname of the secondary Panorama.
9. Select Disks, Add the virtual logging disks, and click OK.
10.Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.

Use the primary Panorama to perform this task for each firewall that will forward logs to the Log
Collectors.
STEP 6 | Configure the Collector Group.

Perform this step once if you will assign both Log Collectors to the same Collector Group. Otherwise,
configure a Collector Group for each Log Collector.
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and Add a Collector Group.
2. Add one or both Log Collectors as Collector Group Members.
model: all M-500 appliances, all M-100 appliances, or all Panorama virtual appliances.
Collector group. This option requires each Log Collector to have the same number of virtual logging
disks.
Enabling redundancy doubles the amount of logs and log processing traffic in a
Collector Group. If necessary, Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual
Appliance.
• Single—Assign the firewalls that will forward logs to the Log Collector that is local to the primary
Panorama, as illustrated in Single Log Collector Per Collector Group.
preference list, make Log Collector 1 the first priority for half the firewalls and make Log Collector
2 the first priority for the other half, as illustrated in Multiple Log Collectors Per Collector Group.
STEP 7 | Trigger failover on the primary Panorama so that the secondary Panorama becomes active.

STEP 8 | Configure the connection from the secondary Panorama to the Log Collector that is local to
the primary Panorama.
On the secondary Panorama:
1. In the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the Log Collector
that is local to the primary Panorama.
2. Enter the IP address or FQDN of the secondary Panorama in the Panorama Server IP field and the IP
address or FQDN of the primary Panorama in the Panorama Server IP 2 field.
Collector Groups.
STEP 9 | Trigger fail-back on the secondary Panorama so that the primary Panorama becomes active.
On the secondary Panorama:
STEP 10 | Configure log forwarding from the firewalls to Panorama.

On the primary Panorama to:
1. Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama from firewalls.
Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances in Legacy Mode with Local

Log Collection
The following figure illustrates Panorama in a centralized log collection deployment. In this example,
the Panorama management server comprises two Panorama virtual appliances in Legacy mode that
are deployed in an active/passive high availability (HA) configuration. This configuration suits firewall
management within a VMware virtual infrastructure in which Panorama processes up to 10,000 logs/
second. The firewalls send logs to the NFS datastore (ESXi server only) or virtual disk on the Panorama
management server. By default, the active and passive peers both receive logs, though you can Modify
Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults so that only the active peer does. For the 5200 and 7000 series
firewalls, only the active peer receive logs. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode
uses approximately 11GB on its internal disk partition for log storage, though you can Expand Log Storage
Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance if necessary.
If the logging rate increases beyond 10,000 logs per second, it is recommended that you
Deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors.

Figure 23: Panorama Virtual Appliances in Legacy Mode with Local Log Collection
Perform the following steps to deploy Panorama virtual appliances with local log collection. Skip any steps
you have already performed (for example, the initial setup).
STEP 1 | Perform the initial setup of each Panorama virtual appliance.

1. Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance. To ensure the virtual appliance starts in Panorama mode, do
not add a virtual logging disk during installation.
By default, Panorama uses an 11GB partition on its system disk for log storage. If you
want more storage, you can add a dedicated virtual logging disk of up to 8TB after the
installation.
STEP 2 | Set up the Panorama virtual appliances in an HA configuration.

2. Test Panorama HA Failover.
STEP 3 | Perform the following steps to prepare Panorama for log collection.
1. Add a Firewall as a Managed Device for each one that will forward logs to Panorama.


Manage WildFire Appliances
You can manage up to 200 standalone WildFire appliances and WildFire appliance cluster
nodes centrally using a Panorama M-Series or virtual appliance. Compared to managing
WildFire appliances and appliance clusters individually using the local CLI, using Panorama
provides centralized management and monitoring of multiple appliances and appliance clusters.
Centralized management enables you to push common configurations, configuration updates,
and software upgrades to all or a subset of the managed WildFire appliances, which makes it
easy to ensure that WildFire appliances and appliance clusters have consistent configurations.
When you use Panorama to manage WildFire appliance clusters, Panorama must run an equal
or later version than the WildFire appliances being managed.
> Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama

> Configure Basic WildFire Appliance Settings on Panorama
> Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates on WildFire Appliances and Clusters
> Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama Management
> Manage WildFire Clusters
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Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to
Manage with Panorama
You can manage up to 200 WildFire appliances with a Panorama M-Series or virtual appliance. The 200
WildFire appliance limit is the combined total of standalone appliances and WildFire appliance cluster nodes
(if you also Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama).
Ensure that Panorama runs at least version 8.0.1, and that any WildFire appliance you add to Panorama also
runs at least version 8.0.1.
STEP 1 | Using the local CLI, verify that each WildFire appliance that you want to manage with
Panorama runs PAN-OS 8.0.1 or later.
admin@qa16> show system info | match version

sw-version: 8.0.1-c45
wf-content-version: 702-283
logdb-version: 8.0.15
STEP 2 | On each Panorama appliance you want to use to manage WildFire appliances, verify that
Panorama runs version 8.0.1 or later:
Dashboard > General Information > Software Version displays the running software version.
STEP 3 | If you aren’t sure if a WildFire appliance belongs to a WildFire appliance cluster or is a
standalone appliance on the local WildFire appliance CLI, check the Node mode to ensure that
the status is stand_alone and check the Application status to ensure that the global-
db-service and global-queue-service indicate ReadyStandalone.
admin@WF-500> show cluster membership

Service Summary: wfpc signature
Cluster name:
Address: 10.10.10.100
Host name: WF-500
Node name: wfpc-012345678901-internal
Serial number: 012345678901
Node mode: stand_alone
Server role: True
HA priority:
Last changed: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:34:25 -0800
Services: wfcore signature wfpc infra
Monitor status:
Serf Health Status: passing
Agent alive and reachable
Application status:
global-db-service: ReadyStandalone
wildfire-apps-service: Ready
global-queue-service: ReadyStandalone
wildfire-management-service: Done
siggen-db: ReadyMaster
Diag report:
10.10.10.100: reported leader '10.10.10.100', age 0.
10.10.10.100: local node passed sanity check.
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STEP 4 | If the WildFire appliances you want to manage with Panorama are new, check Get Started with
WildFire to ensure that you complete basic steps such as confirming your WildFire license
is active, enabling logging, connecting firewalls to WildFire appliances, and configuring basic
WildFire features.
STEP 5 | On the local CLI of each WildFire appliance the Panorama server will manage, configure the IP
address of the Panorama server.
Before you register standalone WildFire appliances to a Panorama appliance, you must first configure
the Panorama IP address or FQDN on each WildFire appliance. This is how each WildFire appliance
knows which Panorama appliance manages it.
1. Configure the IP address or FQDN of the primary Panorama appliance’s management interface:
admin@WF-500# set deviceconfig system panorama-server <ip-address | FQDN>

2. If you use a backup Panorama appliance for high availability (recommended), configure the IP address
or FQDN of the backup Panorama appliance’s management interface:
admin@WF-500# set deviceconfig system panorama-server-2 <ip-address |

FQDN>
STEP 6 | Register WildFire appliances on the primary Panorama appliance.

1. From the Panorama web interface, Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and Add Appliance.
2. Enter the serial number of each WildFire appliance on a separate line. If you do not have a list of
serial numbers, on each WildFire appliance, run:
admin@WF-500> show system info | match serial

serial: 012345678901
Several local CLI commands display the WildFire appliance serial number, including show cluster
membership.
3. Click OK.
If it is available, information about configuration that is already committed on the WildFire appliances
displays, such as IP address and software version.
STEP 7 | (Optional) Import WildFire appliance configurations into the Panorama appliance.
1. Select the appliances that have configurations you want to import from the list of managed WildFire
appliances.
2. Import Config.
3. Select Yes.
Importing configurations updates the displayed information and makes the imported configurations
part of the Panorama appliance candidate configuration.
4. Commit to Panorama to make the imported WildFire appliance configurations part of the Panorama
running configuration.
STEP 8 | Configure or confirm the configuration of the WildFire appliance interfaces.

Each WildFire appliance has four interfaces: Management (Ethernet0), Analysis Network Environment
(Ethernet1), Ethernet2, and Ethernet3.
1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and select a WildFire appliance.
2. Select Interfaces.

3. Select an interface to configure or edit it. You can enable the interface, set the speed and duplex,
the IP address and netmask, the default gateway, the MTU, the DNS server, the link state, and
the Management Services for each interface. You can also Add permitted IP addresses so that an
interface accepts traffic only from specified addresses.
The Analysis Network Environment, Ethernet2, and Ethernet3 interfaces support only Ping as a
Management Services option.
The Management interface supports Ping, SSH, and SNMP as Management Services options. In
addition, the Management interface supports proxy server configuration in case a direct connection
to the internet is not possible.
4. Click OK after you configure or confirm the settings.
STEP 9 | Commit the configuration on the Panorama appliance and push it to the appliance or to
multiple appliances.
1. Commit and Push.
2. If there are configurations on the Panorama appliance that you do not want to push, Edit Selections
to choose the appliances to which you push configurations. The pushed configuration overwrites the
running configuration on the WildFire appliance.
STEP 10 | Verify the configuration.

1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances.
2. Check the following fields:
• Connected—State is Connected.
• Role—Each WildFire appliance’s role is Standalone.
• Config Status—Status is In Sync.
• Last Commit State—Commit succeeded.

Configure Basic WildFire Appliance Settings on
Panorama
Configuring basic settings such as content update and WildFire cloud servers, WildFire cloud services,
logging, authentication, and so on, is similar to how you Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama.
Instead of selecting a cluster and configuring settings on the cluster, select a WildFire appliance and
configure the individual settings for that appliance. Select and configure each WildFire appliance that you
add to Panorama.
Configure the WildFire Appliance describes how to integrate a WildFire appliance into a network and
perform basic setup with the CLI, but the concepts are the same as performing basic setup using Panorama.
Many settings are pre-populated with either defaults, information from previously existing
settings on the WildFire appliance, or the settings you configured when adding the WildFire
appliance to Panorama.

Set Up Authentication Using Custom
Certificates on WildFire Appliances and
Clusters
By default, a WildFire® appliance uses predefined certificates for mutual authentication with other Palo
Alto Networks® firewalls and appliances to establish the SSL connections used for management access
and inter-device communication. However, you can configure authentication using custom certificates
instead. Custom certificates allow you to establish a unique chain of trust to ensure mutual authentication
betweenyour WildFire appliance or WildFire cluster managed by Panorama™ and firewalls. You can
generate these certificates locally on Panorama or the firewall, obtain them from a trusted third-party
certificate authority (CA), or obtain certificates from enterprise private key infrastructure (PKI).
For more information about using custom certificates, see How Are SSL/TLS Connections Mutually
Authenticated?
• Configure a Custom Certificate for a Panorama Managed WildFire Appliance
• Configure Authentication with a Single Custom Certificate for a WildFire Cluster
• Apply Custom Certificates on a WildFire Appliance Configured through Panorama
Configure a Custom Certificate for a Panorama Managed WildFire

Appliance
If you use Panorama™ to manage your WildFire® appliance or WildFire cluster, you can configure custom
certificate authentication through the Panorama web interface instead of using WildFire appliance CLI. The
firewall or Panorama uses this connection to forward samples to WildFire for analysis.
This procedure describes how to install a unique certificate on a single WildFire appliance. If the WildFire
appliance is part of a cluster, that device and each cluster member has a unique client certificate. To deploy
a single certificate to all WildFire appliances in the cluster, see Configure Authentication with a Single
Custom Certificate for a WildFire Cluster.
STEP 1 | Obtain key pairs and certificate authority (CA) certificates for the WildFire appliance and the
firewall.
STEP 2 | Import the CA certificate to validate the identity of the firewall and the key pair for the
WildFire appliance.
2. Import the CA certificate and the key pair on Panorama.
STEP 3 | Configure a certificate profile that includes the root CA and intermediate CA. This certificate
profile defines how the WildFire appliance and the firewalls authenticate mutually.
CA.
STEP 4 | Configure an SSL/TLS profile for the WildFire appliance.

PAN-OS 8.0 and later releases support only TLS 1.2 and higher so ou must set the max
version to TLS 1.2 or max.

2. Configure an SSL/TLS service profile to define the certificate and protocol that the WildFire
appliance and its the firewalls use for SSL/TLS services.
STEP 5 | Configure Secure Server Communication on WildFire.

1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters or Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and
select a cluster or appliance.
2. Select Communication.
4. Select the SSL/TLS Service Profile. This SSL/TLS service profile applies to all SSL connection
between the WildFire appliance and the firewall or Panorama.
5. Select the Certificate Profile you configured for communication between the WildFire appliance and
the firewall or Panorama.
6. Verify that Custom Certificates Only is disabled (cleared). This allows the WildFire appliance to
continue communicating with the firewalls with the predefined certificate while migrating to custom
certificates.
3. Enter the Common Name if the identifier is Subject or enter an IP address, hostname, or email if
the identifier is Subject Alt Name.
4. Click OK.
5. Enable Check Authorization List to enforce the list.
8. Click OK.
STEP 6 | Import the CA certificate to validate the certificate for the WildFire appliance.
1. Log in to the firewall web interface.
2. Import the CA certificate.
STEP 7 | Configure a local or SCEP certificate for the firewall.

• If you are using a local certificate, import the key pair for the firewall.
• If you are using SCEP for the firewall certificate, configure a SCEP profile.
STEP 8 | Configure the certificate profile for the firewall or Panorama. You can configure this profile on
each client firewall or Panorama appliance individually or you can use a template to push the
configuration from Panorama to managed firewalls.
1. Select Device > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile for firewalls or Panorama > Certificate
Management > Certificate Profile for Panorama.
STEP 9 | Deploy custom certificates on each firewall or Panorama appliance.

2. Select Device > Setup > Management for a firewall or Panorama > Setup > Management for
Panorama and Edit the Secure Communication Settings.
3. Select the Certificate Type, Certificate, and Certificate Profile.

4. In the Customize Communication settings, select WildFire Communication.
5. Click OK.
STEP 10 | After deploying custom certificates on all managed devices, enforce custom-certificate
authentication.
1. Log in to Panorama.
2. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters or Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and
select a cluster or appliance.
3. Select Communication.
4. Select Custom Certificate Only.
5. Click OK.
After committing this change, WildFire immediately begins the enforcement of custom certificates.
Configure Authentication with a Single Custom Certificate for a

WildFire Cluster
Instead of assigning unique certificates to each WildFire® appliance in a cluster, you can assign a single,
shared client certificate to the entire WildFire cluster, which, in turn, allows you to push a single certificate
to all WildFire appliances in the cluster instead of configuring separate certificates for each cluster member.
Because the individual WildFire appliances share a client certificate, you must configure a unique hostname
(DNS name) for each WildFire appliance. Then you can add all the hostnames as certificate attributes to the
shared certificate or use a one-wildcard string that matches all the custom hostnames on all the WildFire
appliances in the cluster.
To configure a single custom certificate for your WildFire cluster to use when communicating with the
Panorama™, complete the following procedure.
STEP 1 | Obtain a server key pair and CA certificate for Panorama.
STEP 2 | Configure a certificate profile that includes the root certificate authority (CA) and the
intermediate CA. This certificate profile defines the authentication between the WildFire
cluster (client) and the Panorama appliance (server).
CA.

2. Configure an SSL/TLS service profile to define the certificate and protocol that the WildFire cluster
and Panorama appliance use for SSL/TLS services.
STEP 4 | Connect each node in the cluster to Panorama.
STEP 5 | Configure a unique hostname (DNS name) on each node in the cluster or use a string with
a single wildcard that matches all custom DNS names set on the WildFire appliances in the
cluster.

If using a single-wildcard string, see RFC-6125,Section 6.4.3 for requirements and limitations of wildcard
string values. Make sure you understand these requirements and limitations when configuring your
custom DNS names.
1. Log in to the WildFire CLI on a node.
2. Use the following command to assign a unique custom DNS name to the node.
admin@WF-500> configure
admin@WF-500# set deviceconfig setting wildfire custom-dns-name <dns-name>

3. Commit your change.
4. Repeat this process for each node in the cluster.
STEP 6 | On Panorama, generate a client certificate for all nodes in the cluster. Under Certificate
Attributes, add a hostname entry for each custom DNS name you assigned to the cluster nodes
or add one hostname entry with a one-wildcard string that matches all of the node hostnames,
such as *.example.com; you can do this only if each custom DNS name shares a common string.
STEP 7 | On Panorama, configure the certificate profile for the cluster client certificate.
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificate Profile for Panorama.
STEP 8 | Deploy custom certificates on each node. This certificate profile must contain the CA
certificate that signed the Panorama server certificate.
1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters and click on the cluster name.
2. Select Communications.
3. Under Secure Client Communications, select the Certificate Type, Certificate, and Certificate Profile.
4. Click OK.
STEP 9 | Configure secure server communication on Panorama.

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit to select Customize Secure Server
Communication.
2. Enable Customize Secure Server Communication.
3. Select the SSL/TLS Service Profile. This SSL/TLS service profile applies to all SSL connection
between WildFire and Panorama.
4. Select the Certificate Profile for Panorama.
5. Enable Custom Certificates Only.
6. Click OK.
Apply Custom Certificates on a WildFire Appliance Configured

through Panorama
By default, Panorama™ uses a predefined certificate when communicating with a WildFire® appliance to
push configurations. You can alternatively configure custom certificates to establish mutual authentication
for the connection Panorama uses to push configurations to a managed WildFire appliance or cluster.
Complete the following procedure to configure the server certificate on Panorama and the client certificate
on the WildFire appliance.

STEP 1 | Obtain key pairs and certificate authority (CA) certificates for Panorama and the WildFire
appliance.
STEP 2 | Import the CA certificate to validate the identify of the WildFire appliance and the key pair for
Panorama.
2. Import the CA certificate and the key pair on Panorama.
STEP 3 | Configure a certificate profile that includes the root CA and intermediate CA. This certificate
profile defines the authentication between the WildFire appliance (client) and the Panorama
virtual or M-Series appliance (server).
CA.

2. Configure an SSL/TLS service profile to define the certificate and protocol that the WildFire and
Panorama appliances use for SSL/TLS services.
STEP 5 | Configure secure server communication on the Panorama appliance.

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit to select Customize Secure Server
Communication.
3. Select the SSL/TLS Service Profile.
5. Verify that Custom Certificates Only is disabled (cleared). This allows Panorama to continue
communicating with WildFire with the predefined certificate while migrating to custom certificates.
3. Enter the Common Name if the identifier is Subject or an IP address, hostname, or email if the
4. Click OK.
5. Enable the Check Authorization List option to configure Panorama to enforce the authorization
list.
7. Click OK.
STEP 6 | Import the CA certificate to validate the certificate on Panorama.

1. Log in to the Panorama user interface.
2. Import the CA certificate.
STEP 7 | Configure a local or a SCEP certificate for the WildFire appliance.

1. If you are using a local certificate, import the key pair for the WF-500 appliance.
2. If you are using SCEP for the WildFire appliance certificate, configure a SCEP profile.
STEP 8 | Configure the certificate profile for the WildFire appliance.


STEP 9 | Deploy custom certificates on each managed WildFire appliance.

1. Log in to Panorama.
2. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and click on a cluster or appliance name.
3. Select Communications.
4. Under Secure Client Communications, select the Certificate Type, Certificate, and Certificate Profile
from the respective drop-downs.
5. Click OK.
STEP 10 | After deploying custom certificates on all managed WildFire appliances, enforce custom-
certificate authentication.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and Edit the Secure Communications Settings.
2. Allow Custom Certificate Only.
3. Click OK.
After committing this change, the disconnect wait time begins counting down. When the wait time ends,
Panorama and its managed WildFire appliances cannot connect without the configured certificates.

Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama
Management
You can remove WildFire standalone appliances from Panorama management. When you remove a
standalone WildFire appliance from Panorama management, you no longer enjoy the benefits of centralized
management and must manage the appliance using its local CLI and scripts.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances.
STEP 2 | Select the WildFire appliance or appliances you want to remove from Panorama management
by selecting the checkbox next to each appliance or by clicking in an appliance’s row.
STEP 3 | Remove the selected WildFire appliances from Panorama management.

Manage WildFire Clusters
A WildFire appliance cluster is an interconnected group of WildFire appliances that pool resources to
increase sample analysis and storage capacity, support larger groups of firewalls and simplify configuration
and management of multiple WildFire appliances. For enhanced security and to maintain confidentiality of
transmitted content, you can also encrypt communications between WildFire appliances in a cluster. For
more information about WildFire clusters and deployment processes, refer to WildFire Appliance Clusters.
The following tasks can be performed using Panorama to manage your WildFire cluster.
• Configure a Cluster Centrally on Panorama
• View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama
• Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama with an Internet Connection
• Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama without an Internet Connection
• Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Predefined Certificates Centrally on Panorama
• Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Custom Certificates Centrally on Panorama
Configure a Cluster Centrally on Panorama

Before you configure a WildFire appliance cluster on a Panorama M-Series or virtual appliance, have two
WildFire appliances available to configure as a high availability controller node pair and any additional
WildFire appliances needed to serve as worker nodes to increase the analysis, storage capacity, and
resiliency of the cluster.
If the WildFire appliances are new, check Get Started with WildFire to ensure that you complete basic
steps such as confirming your WildFire license is active, enabling logging, connecting firewalls to WildFire
appliances, and configuring basic WildFire features.
To create WildFire appliance clusters, you must upgrade all of the WildFire appliances that
you want to place in a cluster to PAN-OS 8.0.1 or later. If you use Panorama to manage
WildFire appliance clusters, Panorama also must run PAN-OS 8.0.1 or later. On each
WildFire appliance that you want to add to a cluster, run show system info | match
version on the WildFire appliance CLI to ensure that the appliance is running PAN-OS
8.0.1 or later. On each Panorama appliance you use to manage clusters (or standalone
appliances), Dashboard > General Information > Software Version displays the running
software version.
When your WildFire appliances are available, perform the appropriate tasks:
• Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama
• Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama
• Remove a Cluster from Panorama Management
Removing a node from a cluster using Panorama is not supported. Instead, Remove a Node
from a Cluster Locally using the local WildFire CLI.
Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama

Before configuring a WildFire appliance cluster from Panorama, you must upgrade Panorama to 8.0.1
or later and upgrade all WildFire appliances you plan to add to the cluster to 8.0.1 or later. All WildFire
appliances must run the same version of PAN-OS.
You can manage up to 200 WildFire appliances with a Panorama M-Series or virtual appliance. The 200
WildFire appliance limit is the combined total of standalone appliances and WildFire appliance cluster

nodes (if you also Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama). Except where noted,
configuration takes place on Panorama.
Each WildFire appliance cluster node must have a static IP address in the same subnet and
have low-latency connections.
STEP 1 | Using the local CLI, configure the IP address of the Panorama server that will manage the
WildFire appliance cluster.
Before you register cluster or standalone WildFire appliances to a Panorama appliance, you must first
configure the Panorama IP address or FQDN on each WildFire appliance using the local WildFire CLI.
This is how each WildFire appliance knows which Panorama appliance manages it.
1. On each WildFire appliance, configure the IP address or FQDN of the primary Panorama appliance’s
management interface:
admin@WF-500# set deviceconfig system panorama-server <ip-address | FQDN>

2. On each WildFire appliance, if you use a backup Panorama appliance for high availability
(recommended), configure the IP address or FQDN of the backup Panorama appliance’s management
interface:
admin@WF-500# set deviceconfig system panorama-server-2 <ip-address |

FQDN>
3. Commit the configuration on each WildFire appliance:
admin@WF-500# commit
STEP 2 | On the primary Panorama appliance, Register the WildFire appliances.

The newly registered appliances are in standalone mode unless they already belong to a cluster due to
local cluster configuration.
1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances and Add Appliance.
2. Enter the serial number of each WildFire appliance on a separate line. If you do not have a list of
WildFire appliance serial numbers, using the local CLI, run show system info on each WildFire
appliance to obtain the serial number.
3. Click OK.
If it is available, information about configuration that is already committed on the WildFire appliances
displays, such as IP address and software version. WildFire appliances that already belong to a cluster
(for example, because of local cluster configuration) display their cluster information and connection
status.
STEP 3 | (Optional) Import WildFire appliance configurations into the Panorama appliance.
Importing configurations saves time because you can reuse or edit the configurations on Panorama and
then push them to one or more WildFire appliance clusters or standalone WildFire appliances. If there
are no configurations you want to import, skip this step. When you push a configuration from Panorama,
the pushed configuration overwrites the local configuration.
1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Appliances, and select the appliances that have configurations
you want to import from the list of managed WildFire appliances.
2. Import Config.
3. Select Yes.

Importing configurations updates the displayed information and makes the imported configurations
part of the Panorama appliance candidate configuration.
4. Commit to Panorama to make the imported WildFire appliance configurations part of the Panorama
STEP 4 | Create a new WildFire appliance cluster.

1. Select Managed WildFire Clusters.
Appliance > No Cluster Assigned displays standalone WildFire appliances (nodes) and indicates how
many available nodes are not assigned to a cluster.
2. Create Cluster.
3. Enter an alphanumeric cluster Name of up to 63 characters in length. The Name can contain lower-
case characters and numbers, and hyphens and periods if they are not the first or last character. No
spaces or other characters are allowed.
4. Click OK.
The new cluster name displays but has no assigned WildFire nodes.
STEP 5 | Add WildFire appliances to the new cluster.

The first WildFire appliance added to the cluster automatically becomes the controller node, and the
second WildFire appliance added to the cluster automatically becomes the controller backup node. All
subsequent WildFire appliances added to the cluster become worker nodes. Worker nodes use the
controller node settings so that the cluster has a consistent configuration.
1. Select the new cluster.
2. Select Clustering.
3. Browse the list of WildFire appliances that do not belong to clusters.
4. Add ( ) each WildFire appliance you want to include in the cluster. You can add up to twenty
nodes to a cluster. Each WildFire appliance that you add to the cluster is displayed along with its
automatically assigned role.
5. Click OK.
STEP 6 | Configure the Management, Analysis Environment Network, HA, and cluster management
interfaces.
Configure the Management, Analysis Environment Network, and cluster management interfaces on
each cluster member (controller and worker nodes) if they are not already configured. The cluster
management interface is a dedicated interface for management and communication within the cluster
and is not the same as the Management interface.
Configure the HA interfaces individually on both the controller node and the controller backup node.
The HA interfaces connect the primary and backup controller nodes and enable them to remain in sync
and ready to respond to a failover.
Cluster nodes need IP addresses for each of the four WildFire appliance interfaces. You
cannot configure HA services on worker nodes.
1. Select the new cluster.

2. Select Clustering.
3. If the management interface is not configured on a cluster node, select Interface Name >
Management and enter the IP address, netmask, services, and other information for the interface.
4. If the interface for the Analysis Environment Network is not configured on a cluster node, select
Interface Name > Analysis Environment Network and enter the IP address, netmask, services, and
other information for the interface.

5. On both the controller node and controller backup node, select the interface to use for the HA
control link. You must configure the same interface on both controller nodes for the HA service. For
example, on the controller node and then on the controller backup node, select Ethernet3.
6. For each controller node, select Clustering Services > HA. (The HA option is not available for worker
nodes.) If you also want the ability to ping the interface, select Management Services > Ping.
7. Click OK.
8. (Recommended) Select the interface to use as the backup HA control link between the controller
node and the controller backup node. You must use the same interface on both nodes for the HA
backup service. For example, on both nodes, select Management.
Select Clustering Services > HA Backup for both nodes. You can also select Ping, SSH, and SNMP if
you want those Management Services on the interface.
The Analysis Environment Network interface cannot be an HA or HA Backup interface

or a cluster management interface.
9. Select the dedicated interface to use for management and communication within the cluster. You
must use the same interface on both nodes, for example, Ethernet2.
10.Select Clustering Services > Cluster Management for both nodes. If you also want the ability to ping
on the interface, select Management Services > Ping.
Worker nodes in the cluster automatically inherit the controller node’s settings for the
dedicated management and communication interface.
STEP 7 | Commit the configuration on the Panorama appliance and push it to the cluster.
1. Commit and Push.
running configuration on the cluster nodes so that all cluster nodes run the same configuration.
STEP 8 | Verify the configuration.

1. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters.
2. Check the following fields:
• Appliance—Instead of displaying as standalone appliances, the WildFire nodes added to the
cluster display under the cluster name.
• Cluster Name—The cluster name displays for each node.
• Role—The appropriate role (Controller, Controller Backup, or Worker) displays for each node.
• Config Status—Status is In Sync.
• Last Commit State—Commit succeeded.
STEP 9 | Using the local CLI on the primary controller node (not the Panorama web interface), check to
ensure that the configurations are synchronized.
If they are not synchronized, manually synchronize the high availability configurations on the controller
nodes and commit the configuration.
Even though you can perform most other configuration on Panorama, synchronizing the controller node
high availability configurations must be done on the primary controller node’s CLI.
1. On the primary controller node, check to ensure that the configurations are synchronized:
admin@WF-500(active-controller)> show high-availability all
At the end of the output, look for the Configuration Synchronization output:

Configuration Synchronization:
Enabled: yes
Running Configuration: synchronized
If the running configuration is synchronized, you do not need to manually synchronize the
configuration. However, if the configuration is not synchronized, you need to synchronize the
configuration manually.
2. If the configuration is not synchronized, on the primary controller node, synchronize the high
availability configuration to the remote peer controller node:
admin@WF-500(active-controller)> request high-availability sync-to-remote

running-config
If there is a mismatch between the primary controller node’s configuration and the configuration
on the controller backup node, the configuration on the primary controller node overrides the
configuration on the controller backup node.
3. Commit the configuration:
admin@WF-500# commit
Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama

Some general settings are optional and some general settings are pre-populated with default values. It’s
best to at least check these settings to ensure that the cluster configuration matches your needs. General
settings include:
• Connecting to the WildFire public cloud and submitting samples to the public cloud.
• Configuring data retention policies.
• Configuring logging.
• Setting the analysis environment (the VM image that best matches your environment) and customizing
the analysis environment to best service the types of samples the firewalls submit to WildFire.
• Set IP addresses for the DNS server, NTP server, and more.
STEP 1 | Configure settings for the WildFire appliance cluster nodes.

Many settings are pre-populated with either defaults, information from previously existing settings on
the controller node, or the settings you just configured.
1. Select the cluster.
2. Select Appliance.
3. Enter new information, keep the pre-populated information from the cluster controller node, or edit
the pre-populated information, including:
• Domain name.
• IP address of the Primary DNS Server and the Secondary DNS Server.
• NTP Server Address and Authentication Type of the Primary NTP Server and the Secondary NTP
Server. The Authentication Type options are None, Symmetric Key, and AutoKey.
STEP 2 | Configure general cluster settings.

Many settings are pre-populated with either defaults, information from previously existing settings on
the controller node, or the settings you just configured.
1. Select the new cluster > General.

2. (Optional) Enable DNS for the controller node to advertise the service status using DNS protocol.
The cluster controller provides DNS services on the management (MGT) interface port.
3. Register Firewall To the use the service advertised by the cluster controller(s). Palo Alto Networks
recommends adding both controllers as authority servers as this provides the benefit of high-
availability. Use the form:
wfpc.service.<cluster-name>.<domain>
For example, a cluster named mycluster in the paloaltonetworks.com domain would have the domain
name:
wfpc.service.mycluster.paloaltonetworks.com
4. Enter the Content Update Server for the cluster. Use the default
updates.paloaltonetworks.com FQDN to connect to the closest server. Check Server Identity
to confirm the update server identity by matching the common name (CN) in the certificate with the
IP address or FQDN of the server (this is checked by default).
5. (Optional) Enter the public WildFire Cloud Server location or use the default
wildfire.paloaltonetworks.com so that the cluster (or standalone appliance managed by
Panorama) can send information to the closest WildFire cloud server. If you leave this field blank and
do not connect to a WildFire cloud server, the cluster can’t receive signature updates directly from
the WildFire public cloud, and can’t send samples for analysis or contribute data to the public cloud.
6. If you connect the cluster to the public WildFire cloud, select the cloud services you want to enable:
• Send Analysis Data—Send an XML report about local malware analysis. If you send the actual
samples, the cluster doesn’t send reports.
• Send Malicious Samples—Send malware samples.
• Send Diagnostics—Send diagnostic data.
• Verdict Lookup—Automatically query the WildFire public cloud for verdicts before performing
local analysis to reduce the load on the local WildFire appliance cluster.
7. Select the Sample Analysis Image to use, based on the types of samples the cluster will analyze.
8. Configure the amount of time for the cluster to retain Benign/Grayware sample data (1-90 day
range, 14 day default) and Malicious sample data (minimum 1 day, no maximum (indefinite), default is
indefinite). Malicious sample data includes phishing verdicts.
9. (Optional) Select Preferred Analysis Environment to allocate more resources to Executables
or Documents, depending on your environment. The Default allocation is balanced between
Executables and Documents. The available resource amount depends on the number of WildFire
nodes in the cluster.
STEP 3 | Check to ensure that the primary and backup Panorama servers are configured.
If you did not configure a backup Panorama server and want to do so, you can add the backup Panorama
server.
2. Select Appliance.
3. Check (or enter) the IP address or FQDN of the primary Panorama Server and of the backup
Panorama Server 2 if you are using a high availability configuration for centralized cluster
management.
STEP 4 | (Optional) Configure system and configuration log settings for the cluster, including log
forwarding.
2. Select Logging.

3. Select System or Configuration to configure a system or configuration log, respectively. The process
for configuring them is similar.
4. Add ( ) and Name the log forwarding instance, select the Filter, and configure the Forward Method
(SNMP, Email, Syslog, or HTTP).
STEP 5 | Configure administrator authentication.

2. Select Authentication.
3. Select the Authentication Profile, either None or radius. RADIUS is the only supported external
authentication method.
4. Set the Local Authentication mode for admin users as either Password or Password Hash, and enter
the Password.
STEP 6 | Commit the configuration on the Panorama appliance and push it to the cluster.
1. Commit and Push.
running configuration on the cluster nodes so that all cluster nodes run the same configuration.
Remove a Cluster from Panorama Management

To remove a cluster from Panorama management, Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters and select the
row of the cluster you want to remove (do not click the cluster name) and Remove From Panorama.
If you remove a WildFire appliance cluster from Panorama management, the Panorama web interface
places the WildFire appliances in that cluster into read-only mode. Although the WildFire appliances
in the removed cluster display in the Panorama web interface, when in read-only mode, you can’t push
configurations to the WildFire appliances or manage them with Panorama. After being removed from
Panorama management, the WildFire appliance cluster members use the local cluster configuration and you
can manage the cluster using the local CLI.
To manage the WildFire appliances in the cluster with Panorama after you remove the cluster from
Panorama management, import the cluster back into Panorama (Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters >
Import Cluster Config).
STEP 1 | Select the cluster’s controller node. The cluster name populates Cluster automatically.
STEP 2 | Click OK. The cluster backup controller node and worker nodes populate automatically.
STEP 3 | Click OK to import the cluster.
STEP 4 | Commit the changes.
Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Predefined Certificates

Centrally on Panorama
STEP 1 | Upgrade each managed WildFire appliance to PAN-OS 8.1.x. All managed appliances must be
running PAN-OS 8.1 or later to enable appliance-to-appliance encryption.
STEP 2 | Verify that your WildFire appliance cluster has been properly configured and is operating in a
healthy state.

STEP 3 | On Panorama, select Panorama> Managed WildFire Clusters> WF_cluster_name>
Communication.
STEP 4 | Enable Secure Cluster Communication.
STEP 5 | (Recommended) Enable HA Traffic Encryption. This optional setting encrypts the HA traffic
between the HA pair and is a Palo Alto Networks recommended best practice.
HA Traffic Encryption cannot be disabled when operating in FIPS/CC mode.
STEP 6 | Click OK to save the WildFire Cluster settings.
Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Custom Certificates

Centrally on Panorama
STEP 1 | Upgrade each managed WildFire appliance to PAN-OS 8.1.x. All managed appliances must be
running PAN-OS 8.1 or later to enable appliance-to-appliance encryption.

STEP 2 | Verify that your WildFire appliance cluster has been properly configured and is operating in a
healthy state.
STEP 3 | Review your existing WildFire secure communications configuration. Keep in mind, if you
previously configured the WildFire appliance and the firewall for secure communications
using a custom certificate, you can also use that custom certificate for secure communications
between WildFire appliances.
1. Select Panorama >Managed WildFire Clusters> WF_cluster_name> Communication.
2. If Customize Secure Server Communication has been enabled and you would like to use that
certificate, identify the details of the custom certificate being used. Otherwise proceed to Step 5 to
begin the process of installing a new custom certificate.
3. Determine the custom certificate FQDN (DNS name) that will be used to define the firewall
registration address in step 4.
Make sure to note the custom certificate name and the associated FQDN. These are
referenced several times during the configuration process.
STEP 4 | Configure the firewall registration address on Panorama.

1. On Panorama, select Panorama >Managed WildFire Clusters> WF_cluster_name> General.
2. In the Register Firewall To field, specify the DNS name used for authentication found in the custom
certificate (typically the SubjectName or the SubjectAltName). For example, the default domain name
is wfpc.service.mycluster.paloaltonetworks.com
STEP 5 | Configure WildFire Secure Server Communication settings on Panorama. If you already
configured secure communications between the firewall and the WildFire cluster and are using
the existing custom certificate, proceed to step d.
1. On Panorama, select Panorama> Managed WildFire Clusters> WF_cluster_name> Communication.
2. Click Customize Secure Server Communication.
3. Configure and deploy custom certificates used by the WildFire appliances and the associated
firewall. The SSL/TLS service profile defines the custom certificate used by WildFire appliances to
communicate with WildFire appliance peers and to the firewall. You must also configure the custom
certificate settings on the firewall associated with the WildFire appliance cluster. This is configured
later in step 9.

1. Open the SSL/TLS Service Profile drop-down and click SSL/TLS Service Profile. Configure an SSL/
TLS service profile with the custom certificate that you want to use. After you configure the SSL/
TLS service profile, click OK and select the newly created SSL/TLS Service profile.
2. Open the Certificate Profile drop-down and click Certificate Profile. Configure a Certificate Profile
that identifies the custom certificate used to establish secure connections between the firewall
and WildFire appliances, as well as between peer WildFire appliances. After you configure the
Certificate Profile, click OK and select the newly created profile.
4. Select the Custom Certificate Only check box. This allows you to use the custom certificates that you
configured instead of the default preconfigured certificates.
5. (Optional) Configure an authorization list. The authorization list checks the custom certificate Subject
or Subject Alt Name; if the Subject or Subject Alt Name presented with the custom certificate does
not match an identifier on the authorization list, authentication is denied.
2. Select the Subject or Subject Alt Name configured in the custom certificate profile as the
Identifier type.
3. Enter the Common Name if the identifier is Subject or and IP address, hostname or email if the
4. Click OK.
6. Click OK.
STEP 6 | Enable Secure Cluster Communication.
STEP 7 | (Recommended) Enable HA Traffic Encryption. This optional setting encrypts the HA traffic
between the HA pair and is a Palo Alto Networks recommended best practice.
HA Traffic Encryption cannot be disabled when operating in FIPS/CC mode.
STEP 8 | Click OK to save the WildFire Cluster settings.
STEP 9 | Configure the firewall Secure Communication Settings on Panorama to associate the WildFire
appliance cluster with the firewall custom certificate. This provides a secure communications
channel between the firewall and WildFire appliance cluster. If you already configured secure

communications between the firewall and the WildFire appliance cluster and are using the
existing custom certificate, proceed to step 10.
1. Select Device > Setup > Management > Secure Communication Settings and click the Edit icon in
Secure Communication Settings to configure the firewall custom certificate settings.
2. Select the Certificate Type, Certificate, and Certificate Profile from the respective drop-downs and
configure them to use the custom certificate.
3. Under Customize Communication, select WildFire Communication.
4. Click OK.
View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama

To confirm that a configured WildFire appliance cluster is operating correctly, you can view the current
status using the Panorama appliance.
Palo Alto Networks recommends using the WildFire appliance CLI to verify the status of your
WildFire cluster. Additional status details that are not visible from Panorama are displayed in
the command output.
STEP 1 | On the primary Panorama appliance, select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters.
STEP 2 | In the Cluster Status column, verify that:

1. The wfpc and signature services are running.
2. No other operations are present. Abnormal operations and their status conditions include:
• Decommission [requested / ongoing / denied / success / fail]
• Suspend [requested / ongoing / denied / success / fail]
• Reboot [requested / ongoing / denied / success / fail]
• Cluster [offline / splitbrain / unready]
• Service [suspended / none]
• HA [peer-offline / cfg-not-sync / cfg-sync-off]
STEP 3 | In the Config Status column, verify that:

1. The appliance configuration is In Sync with the configuration stored on the Panorama appliance.
2. No other status is present. Abnormal status conditions include:
• Out of Sync [The appliance configuration is not in sync with its saved configuration on Panorama.
You can mouse over the magnifying glass to display the cause of the sync failure].
STEP 4 | In the Connected column, verify that the configured WildFire appliances show a status of
Connected.
Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama with an Internet

Connection
WildFire appliances in a cluster can be upgraded in parallel when they are managed by Panorama. If
Panorama has a direct connection to the internet, you can check and download new releases directly from
Panorama.

Panorama can only manage WildFire appliances and appliance clusters operating the same
software version or a later software version.
STEP 1 | Upgrade Panorama to an equal or later release than the target software release you want to
install on the WildFire cluster.
For information on upgrading Panorama, refer to Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
STEP 2 | Temporarily suspend sample analysis.

1. Stop firewalls from forwarding any new samples to the WildFire appliance.
2. Select Device > Setup > WildFire and edit General Settings.
3. Clear the WildFire Private Cloud field.
2. Confirm that analysis for samples the firewalls already submitted to the appliance is complete:
2. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters and View the cluster analysis environment
Utilization.
3. Verify that the Virtual Machine Usage does not show any sample analysis in progress.
If you do not want to wait for the WildFire appliance to finish analyzing recently-
submitted samples, you can continue to the next step. However, consider that the
WildFire appliance then drops pending samples from the analysis queue.
STEP 3 | Install the latest WildFire appliance content update.

These updates equip the appliance with the latest threat information to accurately detect malware.
You must install content updates before installing software upgrades. Refer to the Release
Notes for the minimum content release version you must install for a Panorama release.
1. Download the WildFire content update:

2. Select a WildFire content update release package and click Download.
2. Click Install.
3. Select the WildFire cluster(s) or individual appliances that you want to upgrade.
4. Click OK to start the installation.
STEP 4 | Download the PAN-OS software version to the WildFire appliance.

You cannot skip any major release version when upgrading the WildFire appliance. For example, if you
want to upgrade from PAN-OS 6.1 to PAN-OS 7.1, you must first download and install PAN-OS 7.0.
1. Download the WildFire software upgrade:
2. Click Check Now to retrieve an updated list of releases.
3. Select the WildFire release that you wish to install and click Download.
4. Click Close to exit the Download Software window
2. Click Install.
3. Select the WildFire cluster(s) that you want to upgrade.
4. Select an install mode:
• (8.0.2 and later) Select Reboot device after install.

• (8.0.1 and later) Select Upload only.
6. (Optional) Monitor installation progress on Panorama.
7. (8.0.1 only) After the upgrade package finishes uploading, install the upgrade on each node:
1. admin@WF-500 (passive-controller)> request system software install
version 8.0.2
2. Confirm that the upgrade is complete. Run the following command and look for the job type
Install and status FIN:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> show jobs all
Enqueued Dequeued ID Type Status Result Completed

----------------------------------------------------
14:53:15 14:53:15 5 Install FIN OK 14:53:19
3. Gracefully restart the appliance:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> request cluster reboot-local-node
The upgrade process could take 10 minutes or over an hour, depending on the
number of samples stored on the WildFire appliance.
4. Repeat for each WildFire worker node in the cluster.
STEP 5 | (Optional) View the status of the reboot tasks on the WildFire controller node.
On the WildFire cluster controller, run the following command and look for the job type Install and
Status FIN:
admin@WF-500(active-controller)> show cluster task pending
STEP 6 | Check that the WildFire appliance is ready to resume sample analysis.
1. Verify that the sw-version field shows 8.0.1:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> show system info | match sw-version

2. Confirm that all processes are running:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> show system software status

3. Confirm that the auto-commit (AutoCom) job is complete:
Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama without an Internet

Connection
WildFire appliances in a cluster can be upgraded in parallel when they are managed by Panorama. If
Panorama does not have a direct connection to the internet, you must download the software content and
updates from the Palo Alto Networks Support site and host them on an internal server before they can be
distributed by Panorama.

Panorama can only manage WildFire appliances and appliance clusters operating the same
software version or a later software version.
STEP 1 | Upgrade Panorama to an equal or later release than the target software release you want to
install on the WildFire cluster.
For information on upgrading Panorama, refer to Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
STEP 2 | Temporarily suspend sample analysis.

1. Stop firewalls from forwarding any new samples to the WildFire appliance.
2. Select Device > Setup > WildFire and edit General Settings.
3. Clear the WildFire Private Cloud field.
2. Confirm that analysis for samples the firewalls already submitted to the appliance is complete:
2. Select Panorama > Managed WildFire Clusters and View the cluster analysis environment
Utilization.
3. Verify that the Virtual Machine Usage does not show any sample analysis in progress.
If you do not want to wait for the WildFire appliance to finish analyzing recently-
submitted samples, you can continue to the next step. However, consider that the
WildFire appliance then drops pending samples from the analysis queue.
STEP 3 | Download the WildFire content and software updates to a host that has internet access.
Panorama must have access to the host.
1. Use a host with internet access to log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site
2. Download content updates:
1. Click Dynamic Updates in the Tools section.
2. Download the desired content update and save the file to the host. Perform this step for each
content type you will update.
1. Return to the main page of the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site and click Software
Updates in the Tools section.
2. Review the Download column to determine the version to install. The filename of the update
package indicates the model and release of the upgrade: WildFire_<release>.
3. Click the filename and save the file to the host.
STEP 4 | Install the latest WildFire appliance content update.

These updates equip the appliance with the latest threat information to accurately detect malware.
You must install content updates before installing software upgrades. Refer to the Release
1. Download the WildFire content update:

2. Click Upload, select the content Type, Browse to the WildFire content update file, and click OK.
3. Click Install From File, select the package Type, the File Name, and the WildFire appliances in the
cluster that you want to upgrade, then click OK.

STEP 5 | Download the PAN-OS software version to the WildFire appliance.

You cannot skip any major release version when upgrading the WildFire appliance. For example, if you
want to upgrade from PAN-OS 6.1 to PAN-OS 7.1, you must first download and install PAN-OS 7.0.
1. Download the WildFire software upgrade:
2. Click Check Now to retrieve an updated list of releases.
3. Select the WildFire release that you wish to install and click Download.
4. Click Close to exit the Download Software window
2. Click Install.
3. Select the WildFire cluster(s) that you want to upgrade.
4. Select an install mode:
• (8.0.2 and later) Select Reboot device after install.
• (8.0.1 and later) Select Upload only.
6. (Optional) Monitor installation progress on Panorama.
7. (8.0.1 only) After the upgrade package finishes uploading, install the upgrade on each node:
1. admin@WF-500 (passive-controller)> request system software install
version 8.0.2
2. Confirm that the upgrade is complete. Run the following command and look for the job type
Install and status FIN:
Enqueued Dequeued ID Type Status Result Completed

----------------------------------------------------
14:53:15 14:53:15 5 Install FIN OK 14:53:19
3. Gracefully restart the appliance:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> request cluster reboot-local-node
The upgrade process could take 10 minutes or over an hour, depending on the
number of samples stored on the WildFire appliance.
4. Repeat step 7 for each WildFire worker node in the cluster.
STEP 6 | (Optional) View the status of the reboot tasks on the WildFire controller node.
On the WildFire cluster controller, run the following command and look for the job type Install and
Status FIN:
admin@WF-500(active-controller)> show cluster task pending
STEP 7 | Check that the WildFire appliance is ready to resume sample analysis.
1. Verify that the sw-version field shows 8.0.1:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> show system info | match sw-version

2. Confirm that all processes are running:
admin@WF-500(passive-controller)> show system software status
3. Confirm that the auto-commit (AutoCom) job is complete:

Manage Licenses and Updates
You can use the Panorama™ management server to centrally manage licenses, software
updates, and content updates on firewalls and Dedicated Log Collectors. When you deploy
licenses or updates, Panorama checks in with the Palo Alto Networks® licensing server or
update server, verifies the request validity, and then allows retrieval and installation of the
license or update. This capability facilitates deployment by eliminating the need to repeat the
same tasks on each firewall or Dedicated Log Collector. It is particularly useful for managing
firewalls that don’t have direct internet access or for managing Dedicated Log Collectors,
which don’t have a web interface.
Before deploying updates, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility for important details about update version compatibility.
You must activate a support subscription directly on each firewall; you cannot use Panorama to
deploy support subscriptions.
To activate licenses or install updates on the Panorama management server, see Register
Panorama and Install Licenses and Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
> Manage Licenses on Firewalls Using Panorama

> Deploy Upgrades to Firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire Appliances Using Panorama
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Manage Licenses on Firewalls Using Panorama
The following steps describe how to retrieve new licenses using an authentication (auth) code and push the
license keys to managed firewalls. It also describes how to manually update (refresh) the license status of
firewalls that do not have direct internet access. For firewalls that have direct internet access, Panorama™
automatically performs a daily check-in with the licensing server, retrieves license updates and renewals,
and pushes them to the firewalls. The check-in is hard-coded to occur between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.; you
cannot change this schedule.
You cannot use Panorama to activate the support license for firewalls. You must access the
firewalls individually to activate their support licenses.
To activate licenses for Panorama, see Register Panorama and Install Licenses.
• Activate newly purchased licenses.

1. Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Licenses and Activate.
2. Enter the Auth Code that Palo Alto Networks® provided for each firewall that has a new license.
3. Activate the license.
4. (WildFire® subscriptions only) Perform a commit on each firewall that has a new WildFire
subscription to complete the activation:
• Commit any pending changes. You must access each firewall web interface to do this.
• If no configuration changes are pending, make a minor change and Commit. For example, update
a rule description and commit the change. If the firewalls belong to the same device group, you
can push the rule change from Panorama to initiate a commit on all those firewalls instead of
accessing each firewall separately.
Check that the WildFire Analysis profile rules include the advanced file types that the
WildFire subscription supports.
• Update the license status of firewalls.

1. Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Licenses.
Each entry on the page indicates whether the license is active or inactive and displays the expiration
date for active licenses.
2. If you previously activated auth codes for the support subscription directly on the firewalls, click
Refresh and select the firewalls from the list. Panorama retrieves the license, deploys it to the
firewalls, and updates the licensing status on the Panorama web interface.
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Deploy Upgrades to Firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WildFire Appliances Using Panorama
You can use Panorama™ to qualify software and content updates by deploying them to a subset of
firewalls, Dedicated Log Collectors, or WildFire® appliances and appliance clusters before installing
the updates on the rest of your managed appliances. If you want to schedule periodic content updates,
Panorama requires a direct internet connection. To deploy software or content updates on demand
(unscheduled), the procedure differs based on whether Panorama is connected to the internet. Panorama
displays a warning if you manually deploy a content update when a scheduled update process has started or
will start within five minutes.
When deploying updates, Panorama notifies the managed appliances (firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire
appliances) that updates are available and the appliances then retrieve the update packages from Panorama.
By default, managed appliances retrieve updates over the management (MGT) interface on Panorama.
However, if you want to reduce the traffic load on the MGT interface by using another interface for
appliances to retrieve updates, you can Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces.
You can quickly revert a content version for one or more firewalls to the previously installed content
version using Panorama. After a new content version is installed on the firewall, you can revert back to the
previously installed version if the newly installed content version destabilizes or otherwise disrupts your
network operations.
By default, you can download up to two software or content updates of each type to
Panorama. When you start any download beyond that maximum, Panorama deletes the
oldest update of the selected type. To change the maximum, see Manage Panorama Storage
for Software and Content Updates.
• Supported Updates
• Schedule a Content Update Using Panorama
• Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Internet-Connected
• Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected
• Revert Content Updates from Panorama
Supported Updates
The software and content updates you can install vary based on which subscriptions are active on each
firewall, Log Collector, and WildFire® appliance and appliance cluster:
Appliance Type Software Updates Content Updates
Log Collector Panorama™ Applications (Log Collectors don’t

need Threats signatures)
Antivirus
BrightCloud URL filtering
WildFire®
Firewall PAN-OS® Applications

Appliance Type Software Updates Content Updates
GlobalProtect™ agent/app Applications and Threats
Antivirus
BrightCloud URL filtering
WildFire
WildFire PAN-OS WildFire

VM images
Schedule a Content Update Using Panorama

Panorama™ requires a direct internet connection for scheduling Supported Updates on firewalls, Log
Collectors, and WildFire® appliances and appliance clusters. Otherwise, you can perform only on-demand
updates. (To schedule Antivirus, WildFire, or BrightCloud URL updates for Log Collectors, the Log
Collectors must be running Panorama 7.0.3 or a later release.) Each firewall, Log Collector, or WildFire
appliance or appliance cluster receiving an update generates a log to indicate that the installation succeeded
(a Config log) or failed (a System log). To schedule updates on the Panorama management server, see Install
Updates for Panorama with an Internet Connection.
Before deploying updates, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility for important details about content release version compatibility. Refer to the
Release Notes for the minimum content release version you must install for a Panorama
release.
Panorama can download only one update at a time for updates of the same type so if you
schedule multiple updates of the same type to download during the same time interval, only
the first download will succeed. To ensure that multiple updates of the same type succeed,
stagger the updates.
If your firewalls connect directly to the Palo Alto Networks® Update Server, you can also use
Panorama templates (Device > Dynamic Updates) to push content update schedules to the
firewalls. If you want to delay the installation of updates for a period after they are released,
you must deploy schedules using templates. In rare instances, a content update includes
errors; specifying a delay increases the likelihood that Palo Alto Networks will identify and
remove such an update from the Update Server before your firewalls install it.
Perform the following steps for each update type you want to schedule.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates, click Schedules, and Add a
schedule.
STEP 2 | Specify a Name (to identify the schedule), the update Type, and the update frequency
(Recurrence). The frequency options depend on the update Type.
PAN-OS® uses the Panorama timezone for update scheduling.
If you set the Type to App and Threat, Log Collectors install and need only the Applications content, not
the Threats content. Firewalls use both Applications and Threats content. For details, see Panorama, Log
Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.

STEP 3 | Select one of the following schedule actions and then select the firewalls or Log Collectors:
• Download And Install (Best Practice)—Select Devices (firewalls), Log Collectors, or WildFire
Appliances and Clusters.
• Download Only—Panorama downloads the update but does not install it.
STEP 4 | Click OK.
STEP 5 | Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and then Commit your changes.
Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-Connected

For a list of software or content updates you can install on Log Collectors, see Supported Updates.
Palo Alto Networks recommends that you upgrade Log Collectors during a maintenance window. Due to
log format migration, the entire upgrade procedure takes an additional number of hours depending on the
amount of log data on the local and Dedicated Log Collectors.
STEP 1 | Before you upgrade Log Collectors, ensure that you are running the appropriate Panorama™
software release on the Panorama management server.
Palo Alto Networks® highly recommends that Panorama and Log Collectors run the
same Panorama software release and that Panorama, Log Collectors, and all managed
firewalls run the same content release version. For important software and content
compatibility details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility.
Panorama must be running the same (or later) software release as Log Collectors but must have the
same or an earlier content release version:
• Software release version—If your Panorama management server is not already running the same or a
later software release than the release to which you intend to update Log Collectors, then you must
install the same or a later Panorama release on Panorama (see Install Content and Software Updates
for Panorama) before you update any Log Collectors.
• Content release version—For content release versions, you should ensure that all Log Collectors are
running the latest content release version or, at minimum, running a later version than is running

on Panorama; if not, then first update managed firewalls (using Panorama) and then update Log
Collectors before you update the content release version on the Panorama management server.
To check software and content versions:
• Panorama management server—To determine which software and content versions are running
on the Panorama management server, log in to the Panorama web interface and go to General
Information settings (Dashboard).
• Log Collectors—To determine which software and content versions are running on Log Collectors, log
in to the CLI of each Log Collector and run the show system info command.
STEP 2 | Install the latest content updates.
Refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release versions required for a
Panorama software release.
1. Check Now (Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates) for the latest updates. If an
update is available, the Action column displays a Download link.
2. If not already installed, Download the appropriate content updates. After a successful download, the
link in the Action column changes from Download to Install.
3. Install the content update (Applications or Applications and Threats update) before any others:
Click Install, select the Log Collectors, and click OK.
4. Repeat substeps 2 and 3 above for any other updates (Antivirus, WildFire, or URL Filtering) as
needed, one at a time, and in any sequence.

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STEP 4 | For all Log Collectors you intend to update to PAN-OS 9.0, continue using the upgrade path
identified in Step 3 to upgrade Log Collectors to your target Panorama release.
1. On Panorama, Check Now (Panorama > Device Deployment > Software) for the latest updates. If an
update is available, the Action column displays a Download link.
2. For each release in your upgrade path, Download the model-specific file for the release version
to which you are upgrading. For example, to upgrade an M-Series appliance to Panorama 9.0.0,
download the Panorama_m-9.0.0 image.
After a successful download, the Action column changes from Download to Install for that image.
3. Click Install for the first (or next) version in your upgrade path and select the appropriate Log
Collectors.

4. Select one of the following depending on the version you are installing within your upgrade path
(Step 3):
• Upload only to device (do not install).
• Reboot device after install.
5. Click OK to start the upload or installation.
6. Repeat substeps 3 through 5 above until Log Collectors are running the desired release.
STEP 5 | Check the status of the log format migration after a successful upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0.

Response from logger 23456212: 100% of indices complete, please run the
‘show log-collector-es-culster health’ command to check the ElasticSearch
STEP 6 | Verify the software and content update versions that are installed on the Log Collector.
Enter the show system info operational command. The output will resemble the following:
sw-version: 9.0.0
app-version: 8085-5112

app-release-date: 2018/10/29 18:21:51
Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Not Internet-

Connected
For a list of software or content updates you can install on Log Collectors, see Supported Updates.
Palo Alto Networks recommends that you upgrade Log Collectors during a maintenance window. Due to
log format migration, the entire upgrade procedure takes an additional number of hours depending on the
amount of log data on the local and Dedicated Log Collectors.
STEP 1 | Before you upgrade Log Collectors, ensure that you are running the appropriate Panorama™
software release on the Panorama management server.
firewalls run the same content release version. For important software and content
compatibility details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility.
Panorama must be running the same (or later) software release as Log Collectors but must have the
same or an earlier content release version:
• Software release version—If your Panorama management server is not already running the same or a
later software release than the release to which you intend to update Log Collectors, then you must
install the same or a later Panorama release on Panorama (see Install Content and Software Updates
for Panorama) before you update any Log Collectors.
• Content release version—For content release versions, you should ensure that all Log Collectors are
running the latest content release version or, at minimum, running a later version than you will install
or that is running on Panorama; if not, then first update managed firewalls (using Panorama) and then
update Log Collectors before you update the content release version on the Panorama management
server (see Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama).
To check the software and content versions:

• Panorama management server—To determine which software and content versions are running
on the Panorama management server, log in to the Panorama web interface and go to General
Information settings (Dashboard).
• Log Collectors—To determine which software and content versions are running on Log Collectors, log
in to the CLI of each Log Collector and run the show system info command.
STEP 2 | Determine which content updates you need to install on Log Collectors. Refer to the Release
You must install content updates before software updates.
1. Run the show system info CLI command to view the current update versions.
2. For each content update, determine whether you need updates and take note of which content
updates you need to download in Step 4.
3. (As needed) Before you update content versions on Log Collectors, first upgrade managed firewalls to
the same or later content release versions.

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STEP 4 | Download the content and software updates to a host that can connect and upload the files to
1. Click Dynamic Updates in the Resources section.
2. Download the desired content updates and save the files to the host. Perform this step for each
content type you will update.
1. Return to the main page of the Palo Alto Networks® Customer Support website and click
Software Updates in the Resources section.
2. Review the Download column to determine which version to install. The update package
filenames for M-Series appliances begin with “Panorama_m” followed by the release
number. For example, to upgrade an M-Series appliance to Panorama 9.0.0, download the
Panorama_m-9.0.0 image.

You can quickly locate Panorama images by selecting Panorama M Images (for M-
Series appliances) from the Filter By drop-down.
4. Click the appropriate filename and save the file to the host.
STEP 5 | Install content updates on Log Collectors.
If you need to install content updates, you must do so before you install software updates.
Additionally, install content updates on firewalls first and then on Log Collectors before
you update the content release version on Panorama.
Install the Applications or Applications and Threats update first and then install any other updates
(Antivirus, WildFire®, or URL Filtering) as needed, one at a time, and in any sequence.
1. In Panorama, select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates.

2. Click Upload, select the update Type, Browse to the appropriate content update file on the host, and
click OK.
3. Click Install From File, select the update Type, and select the File Name of the update you just
uploaded.
4. Select the Log Collectors.
6. Repeat these steps for each content update.
STEP 6 | Install software updates.

2. Click Upload, Browse to the appropriate software update file on the host, and click OK.
3. Click Install in the Action column for the release you just uploaded.
4. Select the Log Collectors on which to install the update.
5. Select one of the following based on the software version you are installing within the upgrade path
(Step 3):
• Upload only to device (do not install).
• Reboot device after install.
STEP 7 | Check the status of the log format migration after a success upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0.


Response from logger 23456212: 100% of indices complete, please run the
‘show log-collector-es-culster health’ command to check the ElasticSearch
STEP 8 | Verify the software and content versions that are installed on each Log Collector.
Log in to the Log Collector CLI and enter the show system info operational command. The output
will resemble the following:
sw-version: 9.0.0
app-version: 8085-5112
app-release-date: 2018/10/29 18:21:51
Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Internet-Connected

Review the PAN-OS 9.0 Release Notes and then use the following procedure to upgrade firewalls that you
manage with Panorama. This procedure applies to standalone firewalls and firewalls deployed in a high
availability (HA) configuration.
If Panorama is unable to connect directly to the updates server, follow the Upgrade Firewalls
When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected procedure so that you can manually download
images to Panorama and then distribute the images to firewalls.
Before you can upgrade firewalls from Panorama, you must:

Make sure Panorama is running the same or a later PAN-OS version than you are upgrading to. Before
upgrading managed firewalls to PAN-OS 9.0, you must Install Content and Software Updates for
Panorama and Deploy Upgrades to Firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire Appliances Using Panorama
to upgrade Panorama and Log Collectors to PAN-OS 9.0.

Ensure that firewalls are connected to a reliable power source. A loss of power during an upgrade can
make a firewall unusable.
STEP 1 | Save a backup of the current configuration file on each managed firewall you plan to upgrade.
Although the firewall automatically creates a configuration backup, it is a best practice to

create and externally store a backup before you upgrade.
1. From the Panorama web interface, select Panorama > Setup > Operations and click Export
Panorama and devices config bundle to generate and export the latest configuration backup of
Panorama and of each managed appliance.
2. Save the exported file to a location external to the firewall. You can use this backup to restore the
STEP 2 | Update the content release version on the firewalls you plan to upgrade.
Refer to the Release Notes for the minimum content release version required for PAN-OS 8.1. Make
sure to follow the Best Practices for Application and Threat Updates when deploying content updates to
Panorama and managed firewalls.
1. Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates and Check Now for the latest updates. If
an update is available, the Action column displays a Download link.
2. If not already installed, Download the latest content release version.

3. Click Install, select the firewalls on which you want to install the update, and click OK. If you are
upgrading HA firewalls, you must update content on both peers.

By default, you can upload a maximum of two software or content updates of each
type to a Panorama appliance and if you download a third update of the same type,
Panorama will delete the update for the earliest version of that type. If you need to
upload more than two software updates or content updates of a single type, use the
setmax-num-images count <number> CLI command to increase the maximum.
STEP 3 | (HA firewall upgrades only) If you will be upgrading firewalls that are part of an HA pair, disable
preemption. You need only disable this setting on one firewall in each HA pair.
1. Select Device > High Availability and edit the Election Settings.
2. If enabled, disable (clear) the Preemptive setting and click OK.
3. Commit your change. Make sure the commit is successful before you proceed with the upgrade.

You cannot skip installation of any feature release versions in the path from the currently running PAN-
OS version to PAN-OS 8.1.0. Review the known issues and changes to default behavior in the Release
Notes and upgrade/downgrade considerations in the New Features Guide for each release through
which you pass as part of your upgrade path.
If upgrading more than one firewall, streamline the process by determining upgrade paths
for all firewalls before you start downloading images.
STEP 5 | Download the target PAN-OS 9.0. release image.

1. Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Software and Check Now for the latest release versions.
2. Download the firewall-specific file (or files) for the release version to which you are upgrading. You
must download a separate installation file for each firewall model (or firewall series) that you intend
to upgrade.

For example, to upgrade your PA-220 and PA-5250 firewalls to PAN-OS 9.0.0, download the
PanOS_220-9.0.0, PanOS_3000-9.0.0, and PanOS_5200-9.0.0 images. After you successfully
download an image, the Action column changes to Install for that image.
STEP 6 | Install the PAN-OS 9.0 software update on the firewalls.

1. Click Install in the Action column that corresponds to the firewall models you want to upgrade. For
example, if you want to upgrade your PA-220 firewalls, click Install in the row that corresponds to
PanOS_220-9.0.0.
2. In the Deploy Software file dialog, select all firewalls that you want to upgrade. To reduce downtime,
select only one peer in each HA pair. For active/passive pairs, select the passive peer; for active/
active pairs, select the active-secondary peer.
3. (HA firewall upgrades only) Make sure Group HA Peers is not selected.
4. Select Reboot device after install.
5. To begin the upgrade, click OK.

• If you are prompted to reboot, click Yes.
• If you are not prompted to reboot, select Device > Setup > Operations and Reboot Device.
7. After the firewalls finish rebooting, select Panorama > Managed Devices and verify the Software
Version is 9.0.0 for the firewalls you upgraded. Also verify that the HA status of any passive firewalls
you upgraded is still passive.
STEP 7 | (HA firewall upgrades only) Upgrade the second HA peer in each HA pair.
1. (Active/passive upgrades only) Suspend the active device in each active/passive pair you are
upgrading.
1. Switch context to the active firewall.
2. In the High Availability widget on the Dashboard, verify that Local firewall state is Active and the
Peer is Passive).
3. Select Device > High Availability > Operational Commands > Suspend local device.
4. Go back to the High Availability widget on the Dashboard and verify that Local changed to
Passive and Peer changed to Active.
2. Go back to the Panorama context and select Panorama > Device Deployment > Software.
3. Click Install in the Action column that corresponds to the firewall models of the HA pairs you are
upgrading.
4. In the Deploy Software file dialog, select all firewalls that you want to upgrade. This time, select only
the peers of the HA firewalls you just upgraded.
5. Make sure Group HA Peers is not selected.

6. Select Reboot device after install.
7. To begin the upgrade, click OK.
• If you are prompted to reboot, click Yes.
• If you are not prompted to reboot, select Device > Setup > Operations and Reboot Device.
9. (Active/passive upgrades only)From the CLI of the peer you just upgraded, run the following
command to make the firewall functional again:
request high-availability state functional
STEP 8 | Verify the software and content release version running on each managed firewall.
1. On Panorama, select Panorama > Managed Devices.
2. Locate the firewalls and review the content and software versions in the table.
For HA firewalls, you can also verify that the HA Status of each peer is as expected.
STEP 9 | (HA firewall upgrades only)If you disabled preemption on one of your HA firewalls before you
upgraded, then edit the Election Settings (Device > High Availability) and re-enable the
Preemptive setting for that firewall and then Commit the change.
Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected

For a list of software and content updates you can install on firewalls, see Supported Updates.
STEP 1 | Before you upgrade managed firewalls, ensure that you are running the appropriate
Panorama™ software release on the Panorama management server and Log Collectors.
For important software and content compatibility details, see Panorama, Log Collector,
Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
Panorama must be running the same (or later) software release as the firewalls but must have the same
or an earlier content release version:
• Software release version—If your Panorama management server or Log Collectors are not already
running the same or a later software release than the release to which you intend to update firewalls,
then you must install the same or a later Panorama release on Panorama and then on Log Collectors
(see Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama) before you update any firewalls.
• Content release version—For content release versions, you should ensure that all firewalls are
running the latest content release version or, at minimum, are running a later version than is running
on Panorama and Log Collectors; if not, then update managed firewalls and then Upgrade Log
Collectors When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected before you update the content release version
on the Panorama management server (see Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama).

To check the software and content versions:
• Panorama management server—Log in to the Panorama web interface and go to General Information
settings (Dashboard).
• Log Collectors—Log in to the CLI of each Log Collector and run the show system info command.
STEP 2 | Save a backup of the current configuration file on each managed firewall you plan to upgrade.
Although the firewall automatically creates a configuration backup, it is a best practice to

create and externally store a backup before you upgrade.
1. Export Panorama and devices config bundle (Panorama > Setup > Operations) to generate and
export the latest configuration backup of Panorama and of each managed appliance.
2. Save the exported file to a location external to the firewall. You can use this backup to restore the
STEP 3 | Determine which content updates you need to install. Refer to Release Notes for the minimum
content release version you must install for a PAN-OS® release.
Palo Alto Networks highly recommends that Panorama, Log Collectors, and all managed
For each content update, determine whether you need updates and take note of which content updates
you need to download in Step 5.
Ensure that Panorama is running the same but not a later content release version than is
running on managed firewalls and Log Collectors.
STEP 4 | Determine the software upgrade path for the firewalls that you intend to update to Panorama
8.1. Refer to the New Features Guide for the upgrade path to PAN-OS 8.1.
Log in to Panorama, select Panorama > Managed Devices, and note the current Software Version for the
firewalls you intend to upgrade.
We highly recommend that you review the known issues and changes to default behavior
in the ReleaseNotes and upgrade/downgrade considerations in the New Features Guide
for each release through which you pass as part of your upgrade path.
STEP 5 | Download the content and software updates to a host that can connect and upload the files to
By default, you can upload a maximum of two software or content updates of each type to a Panorama
appliance and if you download a third update of the same type, Panorama will delete the update for the
earliest version of that type. If you need to upload more than two software updates or content updates
of a single type, use the set max-num-images count <number> CLI command to increase the
maximum number of images that Panorama can store.
1. Click Dynamic Updates in the Resources section.
2. Download the latest content release version (or, at a minimum, the same or a later version than
you will install or is running on the Panorama management server) and save the file to the host;
repeat for each content type you need to update.

1. Return to the main page of the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site and click Software
Updates in the Resources section.
2. Review the Download column to determine which versions you need to install. The filename
of the update packages indicates the model. For example, to upgrade a PA-220 and PA-5260
firewall to PAN-OS 8.0.8, download the PanOS_220-8.0.8, PanOS_3000-8.0.8, and
PanOS_5200-8.0.8 images.
You can quickly locate specific PAN-OS images by selecting PAN-OS for the
PA-<series/model> from the Filter By drop-down.
4. Click the appropriate filename and save the file to the host.
STEP 6 | Install content updates on managed firewalls.
You must install content updates before software updates.
Install the Applications or Applications and Threats update first and then install any other updates
(Antivirus, WildFire®, or URL Filtering) as needed, one at a time, and in any sequence.
2. Click Upload, select the update Type, Browse to the appropriate content update file, and click OK.
3. Click Install From File, select the update Type, and select the File Name of the content update you
just uploaded.
4. Select the firewalls on which to install the update.
6. Repeat these steps for each content update.
STEP 7 | (Firewalls serving as GlobalProtect™ portals only) Upload and activate a GlobalProtect agent/app
software update on firewalls.
You activate the update on firewalls so that users can download it to their endpoints
(client systems).
1. Use a host with internet access to log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support website.
2. Download the appropriate GlobalProtect agent/app software update.
3. On Panorama, select Panorama > Device Deployment > GlobalProtect Client.
4. Click Upload, Browse to the appropriate GlobalProtect agent/app software update on the host to
which you downloaded the file, and click OK.
5. Click Activate From File and select the File Name of the GlobalProtect agent/app update you just
uploaded.
You can activate only one version of agent/app software at a time. If you activate a
new version but some agents require a previous version, you will have to reactivate
the earlier version again for those agents to download the previous update.
6. Select the firewalls on which to activate the update.
7. Click OK to activate.
STEP 8 | Upload PAN-OS software updates.

2. Click Upload, Browse to the appropriate software update file on the host, and click OK.
STEP 9 | Install PAN-OS software updates.

To avoid downtime when updating the software on high availability (HA) firewalls, update
one HA peer at a time.
For active/active firewalls, it doesn’t matter which peer you update first.
For active/passive firewalls, you must update the passive peer first, suspend the active
peer (fail over), update the active peer, and then return the active peer to a functional
state (fail back).
1. Perform the steps that apply to your firewall configuration to install the PAN-OS software update
you just uploaded.
• Non-HA firewalls—Click Install in the Action column, select all the firewalls you are upgrading,
select Reboot device after install, and click OK.
• Active/active HA firewalls:
1. Confirm that the preemption setting is disabled on the first peer that you intend to upgrade
(Device > High Availability > Election Settings). If enabled, then edit Election Settings and
disable (clear) the Preemptive setting and Commit your change. You need only disable this
setting on one firewall in each HA pair but ensure that the commit is successful before you
proceed.
2. Click Install, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select either HA peer, select Reboot device after
install, and click OK. Wait for the firewall to finish rebooting before you proceed.
3. Click Install, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select the HA peer that you didn’t update in the
previous step, Reboot device after install, and click OK.
• Active/passive HA firewalls—In this example, the active firewall is named fw1 and the passive
firewall is named fw2:
1. Confirm that the preemption setting is disabled on the first peer that you intend to upgrade
(Device > High Availability > Election Settings). If enabled, then edit Election Settings and
disable (clear) the Preemptive setting and Commit your change. You need only disable this
setting on one firewall in each HA pair but ensure that the commit is successful before you
proceed.
2. Click Install in the Action column for the appropriate update, disable (clear) Group HA Peers,
select fw2, Reboot device after install, and click OK. Wait for fw2 to finish rebooting before
you proceed.
3. After fw2 finishes rebooting, verify on fw1 (Dashboard > High Availability) that fw2 is still the
passive peer (the Local firewall state is active and the Peer—fw2—is passive).
4. Access fw1 and Suspend local device (Device > High Availability > Operational Commands).
5. Access fw2 (Dashboard > High Availability) and verify that the Local firewall state is active
and the Peer is suspended.
6. Access Panorama, select Panorama > Device Deployment > Software, click Install in the
Action column for the appropriate release, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select fw1, Reboot
device after install, and click OK. Wait for fw1 to finish rebooting before you proceed.
7. Access fw1 (Device > High Availability > Operational Commands), click Make local device
functional, and then wait two minutes before you proceed.
8. On fw1 (Dashboard> High Availability), verify that the Local firewall state is passive and the
Peer (fw2) is active.
2. After you complete the above steps for a PAN-OS release update, repeat Step 8 and Step 9 to upload
the next PAN-OS release in your upgrade path as needed until all firewalls are running the target
PAN-OS 8.1 release.
STEP 10 | Verify the software and content versions that are installed on each managed firewall.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Devices.

2. Locate the firewall and review the values in the Software Version, Apps and Threat, Antivirus, URL
Filtering, and GlobalProtect Client columns.
STEP 11 | If you disabled preemption on one of your HA firewalls before you upgraded, then edit the
Election Settings (Device > High Availability) and re-enable the Preemptive setting for that
firewall.
Revert Content Updates from Panorama

Panorama™ allows you to quickly revert the Applications, Applications and Threats, Antivirus, WildFire®,
and WildFire content versions on one or more firewalls, Log Collectors, or WildFire appliances directly from
Panorama. Use Panorama to revert content versions installed on managed devices to leverage a centralized
workflow that helps mitigate any risk associated with the introduction or modification of applications or
new threat signatures in a content update. Panorama generates a system log for each device when you
revert content. Make sure that you use Best Practices for Application and Threat Updates when you deploy
content updates to your managed devices.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates and Revert Content.
STEP 3 | Select the content type you need to revert.
STEP 4 | Select one or more firewalls on which to revert content and click OK. The content version you
revert to must be an older version than the version currently installed on the device.

Monitor Network Activity
The Panorama™ management server provides a comprehensive, graphical view of network
traffic. Using the visibility tools on Panorama—the Application Command Center (ACC), logs,
and report generation capabilities—you can centrally analyze, investigate and report on all
network activity, identify areas with potential security impact, and translate them into secure
application enablement policies.
This section covers the following topics:
> Use Panorama for Visibility

> Ingest Traps ESM Logs on Panorama
> Use Case: Monitor Applications Using Panorama
> Use Case: Respond to an Incident Using Panorama
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Use Panorama for Visibility
In addition to its central deployment and firewall configuration features, Panorama also allows you to
monitor and report on all traffic that traverses your network. While the reporting capabilities on Panorama
and the firewall are very similar, the advantage that Panorama provides is that it is a single pane view
of aggregated information across all your managed firewalls. This aggregated view provides actionable
information on trends in user activity, traffic patterns, and potential threats across your entire network.
Using the Application Command Center (ACC), the App-Scope, the log viewer, and the standard,
customizable reporting options on Panorama, you can quickly learn more about the traffic traversing
the network. The ability to view this information allows you to evaluate where your current policies are
adequate and where they are insufficient. You can then use this data to augment your network security
strategy. For example, you can enhance the security rules to increase compliance and accountability for all
users across the network, or manage network capacity and minimize risks to assets while meeting the rich
application needs for the users in your network.
The following topics provide a high-level view of the reporting capabilities on Panorama, including a couple
of use cases to illustrate how you can use these capabilities within your own network infrastructure. For a
complete list of the available reports and charts and the description of each, refer to the online help.
• Monitor the Network with the ACC and AppScope
• Analyze Log Data
• Generate, Schedule, and Email Reports
Monitor the Network with the ACC and AppScope

Both the ACC and the AppScope allow you to monitor and report on the data recorded from traffic that
traverses your network.
The ACC on Panorama displays a summary of network traffic. Panorama can dynamically query data from
all the managed firewalls on the network and display it in the ACC. This display allows you to monitor the
traffic by applications, users, and content activity—URL categories, threats, security policies that effectively
block data or files—across the entire network of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls.
The AppScope helps identify unexpected or unusual behavior on the network at a glance. It includes an
array of charts and reports—Summary Report, Change Monitor, Threat Monitor, Threat Map, Network
Monitor, Traffic Map—that allow you to analyze traffic flows by threat or application, or by the source or
destination for the flows. You can also sort by session or byte count.
Use the ACC and the AppScope to answer questions such as:
ACC Monitor > AppScope
• What are the top applications used on • What are the application usage trends—what are
the network and how many are high-risk the top five applications that have gained use
applications? Who are the top users of high- and the top five that have decreased in use?
risk applications on the network? • How has user activity changed over the current
• What are the top URL categories being viewed week as compared to last week or last month?
in the last hour?
• What are the top bandwidth-using • Which users and applications take up most
applications? Who are the users/hosts that of the network bandwidth? And how has this
consume the highest bandwidth? consumption changed over the last 30 days?
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ACC Monitor > AppScope
• What content or files are being blocked and • What are the threats on the network, and how
are there specific users who trigger this File are these incoming and outgoing traffic threats
Blocking/Data Filtering rule? distributed geographically?
• What is the amount of traffic exchanged
between two specific IP addresses or
generated by a specific user? Where is
the destination server or client located
geographically?
You can then use the information to maintain or enforce changes to the traffic patterns on your network.
See Use Case: Monitor Applications Using Panorama for a glimpse into how the visibility tools on Panorama
can influence how you shape the acceptable use policies for your network.
Here are a few tips to help you navigate the ACC:
Figure 24: ACC Navigation Tips
• Switch from a Panorama view to a Device view—Use the Context drop-down to access the web
interface of any managed firewall. For details, see Context Switch—Firewall or Panorama.
• Change Device Group and Data Source—The default Data Source used to display the statistics on
the charts in the ACC is Panorama local data, and the default Device Group setting is All. Using the
local data on Panorama provides a quick load time for the charts. You can, however, change the data
source to Remote Device Data if all the managed firewalls are on PAN-OS 7.0 or a later release. If the
managed firewalls have a mix of PAN-OS 7.0 and earlier releases, you can only view Panorama data.
When configured to use Remote Device Data, Panorama will poll all the managed firewalls and present
an aggregated view of the data. The onscreen display indicates the total number of firewalls being polled
and the number of firewalls that have responded to the query for information.
• Select the Tabs and Widgets to View—The ACC includes three tabs and an array of widgets that allow
you to find the information that you care about. With the exception of the application usage widget and
host information widget, all the other widgets display data only if the corresponding feature has been
licensed on the firewall, and you have enabled logging.

• Tweak Time Frame and Refine Data—The reporting time period in the ACC ranges from the last 15
minutes to the last hour, day, week, month, or any custom-defined time. By default, each widget displays
the top 10 items and aggregates all the remaining items as others. You can sort the data in each widget
using various attributes—for example, sessions, bytes, threats, content, and URLs. You can also set local
filters to filter the display within the table and graph in a widget, and then promote the widget filter as a
global filter to pivot the view across all the widgets in the ACC.
Analyze Log Data

The Monitor tab on Panorama provides access to log data; these logs are an archived list of sessions that
have been processed by the managed firewalls and forwarded to Panorama.
Log data can be broadly grouped into two types: those that detail information on traffic flows on your
network such as applications, threats, host information profiles, URL categories, content/file types and
those that record system events, configuration changes, and User-ID™ mapping information.
Based on the log forwarding configuration on the managed firewalls, the Monitor > Logs tab can include
logs for traffic flows, threats, URL filtering, data filtering, host information profile (HIP) matches, and
WildFire™ submissions. You can review the logs to verify a wealth of information on a given session or
transaction. Some examples of this information are the user who initiated the session, the action (allow
or deny) that the firewall performed on the session, and the source and destination ports, zones, and
addresses. The System and Config logs can indicate a configuration change or an alarm that the firewall
triggered when a configured threshold was exceeded.
If Panorama will manage firewalls running software versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.0,
specify a WildFire server from which Panorama can gather analysis information for WildFire
Generate, Schedule, and Email Reports

You can configure reports to run immediately or schedule them to run at specific intervals. You can save
and export the reports or email them to specific recipients. Emailing is particularly useful if you want to
share reports with administrators who do not have access to Panorama. Panorama supports the same report
types as the Palo Alto Networks firewall.
It is recommended that you install matching software releases on Panorama and the firewalls
for which you will generate reports. For example, if the Panorama management server
runs Panorama 9.0, install PAN-OS 9.0 on its managed firewalls before generating the
reports. This practice avoids issues that might occur if you create reports that include fields
supported in the Panorama release but not supported in an earlier PAN-OS release on the
firewalls.
STEP 1 | Configure Panorama to receive and store user and user group information that it receives from
firewalls.
Required to generate reports based on usernames and groups instead of just IP addresses.
1. If you want Panorama to include user group information in reports, upgrade the managed firewalls
to PAN-OS 8.1.0 or a later release. Panorama cannot synchronize group information from firewalls
running earlier releases.

2. Select Panorama > Setup > Management, edit the Panorama Settings, and Enable reporting and
filtering on groups.
3. Add a Device Group if you haven’t already. For each device group:
• Select a Master Device, which is the firewall that provides user and user group information to
Panorama.
• Enable Panorama to Store users and groups from Master Device.
STEP 2 | Generate reports.

The steps to generate a report depend on the type.
• Custom report:
1. Select Monitor > Manage Custom Reports and Add the report.
2. Enter a Name to identify the report.
3. Select a Database for the report.
You can base the report on Summary Databases or Detailed Logs databases.
To base the report on logs stored on the Panorama management server and Log Collectors, select
Panorama Data (recommended for faster performance).
To base the reports on logs stored on the managed firewalls, select Remote Device Data. This
option is for cases where the firewalls might have logs that were not yet forwarded to Panorama.
However, because Panorama must query the firewalls directly, this option is slower.
4. Select Scheduled.
5. Define your log filtering criteria by selecting the Time Frame, Sort By order, Group By preference,
and the columns (log attributes) that the report will display.
Selecting the Sort By order is required in order to generate an accurate report. If

you do not select a Sort By order, the generated custom report is populated with
the most recent log matches for the selected database.
6. (Optional) Use the Query Builder to further refine the log filtering criteria based on log attributes.
7. To test the report settings, select Run Now. If necessary, modify the settings to change the
information that the report displays.
8. Click OK to save the custom report.
• PDF Summary Report:
1. Select Monitor > PDF Reports > Manage PDF Summary and add the report.
2. Enter a Name to identify the report.
3. Use the drop-down for each report group and select one or more of the elements to design the
PDF Summary Report. You can include up to 18 elements.
STEP 3 | Configure a Report Group.

It can include predefined reports, PDF Summary reports, and custom reports. Panorama compiles all the
included reports into a single PDF.
1. Select Monitor > PDF Reports > Report Groups and Add a report group.
2. Enter a Name to identify the report group.
3. (Optional) Select Title Page and add a Title for the PDF output.
4. Select reports in the Predefined Report, Custom Report, and PDF Summary Report lists.
5. Add the selected reports to the report group.

STEP 4 | Configure an Email server profile.
The profile defines how the firewall connects to the server and sends email.
1. Select Panorama > Server Profiles > Email and Add a server profile.
3. Add up to four SMTP servers and Add the following information for each one:
• Name—A name to identify the SMTP server (1 to 31 characters). This field is just a label and
doesn’t have to be the hostname of an existing server.
• Email Display Name—The name to display in the From field of the email.
• From—The email address where notification emails will be sent from.
• To—The email address to which notification emails will be sent.
• Additional Recipient—To send notifications to a second account, enter the additional address
here.
• Email Gateway—The IP address or hostname of the SMTP gateway to use to send the emails.
STEP 5 | Schedule the report for email delivery.

1. Select Monitor > PDF Reports > Email Scheduler and Add an email scheduler profile.
3. Select the Report Group, the Email server profile you just created (Email Profile), and the Recurrence
for the report (default is Disable).
4. Send test email to verify that the email settings are accurate.

Ingest Traps ESM Logs on Panorama
Visibility is a critical first step in preventing and reducing the impact of an attack. To help you meet this
challenge, Panorama provides an integrated view of firewall logs (events on the network) and Traps™ ESM
Server logs (security events on the endpoints) so that you can trace any suspicious or malicious activity.
For awareness and context on the events observed on the network and on your endpoints, forward security
events that the Traps agents report to the ESM Server on to Panorama. Panorama can serve as a Syslog
receiver that ingests these logs from the Traps ESM components using Syslog over TCP, UDP, or SSL. Then,
Panorama can correlate discrete security events that occur on the endpoints with what’s happening on the
network and generate match evidence. This evidence gives you more context on the chronology and flow
of events to investigate issues and fix security gaps in your network.
STEP 1 | Define the log ingestion profile on Panorama and attach it to a Collector Group.
Panorama virtual appliance in legacy mode cannot ingest Traps logs.
1. Select Panorama > Log Ingestion Profile, and click Add.

2. Enter a Name for the profile.
3. Click Add and enter the details for the ESM Server. You can add up to four ESM Servers to a profile.
1. Enter a Source Name.
2. Specify the Port on which Panorama will be listening for syslog messages. The range is 23000 to
23999.
3. Select the Transport layer protocol—TCP, UDP, or SSL.
4. Select Traps_ESM for External Log type and your Traps ESM Version. For example, for Traps ESM
4.0 or 4.1, select 3.4.1+.
As Traps log formats are updated, the updated log definitions will be available through content
updates on Panorama.
4. Select Panorama > Collector Groups > Log Ingestion and Add the log ingestion profile so that the
Collector Group can receive logs from the ESM Server(s) listed in the profile.
If you are enabling SSL for secure syslog communication between Panorama and the ESM Server(s),
you must attach a certificate to the Managed Collectors that belong to the Collector Group
(Panorama > Managed Collectors > General, and select the certificate to use for Inbound Certificate
for Secure Syslog).
5. Commit changes to Panorama and the Collector Group.
STEP 2 | Configure Panorama as a Syslog receiver on the ESM Server.

Traps ESM 4.0 and later supports log forwarding to both an external syslog receiver and Panorama.
Because earlier Traps ESM releases do not support log forwarding to multiple syslog receivers, you
must configure Panorama as a syslog receiver in the Syslog settings (for Traps ESM 3.4, see Enable Log
Forwarding to an External Logging Platform).
For Traps ESM 4.0 and later releases:
1. From the ESM Console, select Settings > ESM > Panorama, and Enable log forwarding to Panorama.
2. Enter the Panorama hostname or IP address as the Panorama Server and the Panorama Server Port
on which Panorama is listening. Repeat this step for an optional Panorama Failover Server.
3. Select the Transport layer Communication Protocol: TCP, TCP with SSL, or UDP. If you select TCP
with SSL, the ESM Server requires a server certificate to enable client authentication.

From Panorama, you must export the root CA certificate for the Inbound Certificate for Secure
Syslog, and import the certificate in to the trusted root certificate store of the host on which you
have installed the ESM Server.
STEP 3 | View ESM logs and correlated events.

1. Select Monitor > External Logs > Traps ESM to view the logs ingested in to Panorama.
Figure 25: ESM Logs and Correlated Events

2. Select Monitor > Automated Correlation Engine > Correlated Events, and filter on the Wildfire and
Traps ESM Correlated C2 correlation object name to find correlated events. Panorama generates
correlated events when a host on your network exhibits command and control activity that matches
the behavior observed for a malicious file in the WildFire virtual environment. This correlated event
alerts you to suspicious activity that a Traps agent and the firewall have observed from one or more
infected hosts on your network.

Use Case: Monitor Applications Using
Panorama
This example takes you through the process of assessing the efficiency of your current policies and
determining where you need to adjust them to fortify the acceptable use policies for your network.
When you log in to Panorama, the Top Applications widget on the Dashboard gives a preview of the most
used applications over the last hour. To display the widget, select Widgets > Application > Top Applications
in the toolbar. You can either glance over the list of top applications and mouse over each application block
for which you want to review the details, or you can select the ACC tab to view the same information as an
ordered list. The following image is a view of the Top Applications widget on the Dashboard.
Figure 26: Top Applications Widget
The data source for this display is the application statistics database; it does not use the Traffic logs and
is generated whether or not you have enabled logging for security rules. This view into the traffic on your
network depicts everything that is allowed on your network and is flowing through unblocked by any policy
rules that you have defined.
In the ACC tab, you can select and toggle the Data Source to be local on Panorama or you can query the
managed firewalls (Remote Device Data) for the data; Panorama automatically aggregates and displays
the information. For a speedier flow, consider using Panorama as the data source (with log forwarding to
Panorama enabled) because the time to load data from the managed firewalls varies by the time period
for which you choose to view data and the volume of traffic that is generated on your network. If your
managed firewalls have a combination of PAN-OS 7.0 and earlier versions, Remote Device Data is not
available.
The Dashboard example in Figure 26: Top Applications Widget shows BitTorrent as a popular application. If
you click the BitTorrent application block, Panorama opens the ACC > Network Activity tab with BitTorrent
applied as a global filter and shows information on the application, users who accessed the application, and
the details on the risk level and characteristics of the application.

Figure 27: Network Activity Tab
In the User Activity widget, you can see how many users are using BitTorrent and the volume of traffic
being generated. If you have enabled User-ID, you can view the names of the users who are generating this
traffic, and drill in to review all the sessions, content or threats associated with each user.
In the Threat Activity tab, view the Compromised Hosts widget to see what correlation objects were
matched on, and view the match evidence associated with the user and application. You can also view the
threat name, category and ID in the Threat Activity widget.
With BitTorrent set as a global filter, use the Destination IP Activity and the Destination Regions widgets
to verify where the traffic was destined. You can also view the ingress and egress zones and the security
rule that is letting this connection through.
For more detailed information, jump into the Traffic logs for a filtered view and review each log entry
for ports used, packets sent, bytes sent and received. Adjust the columns to view more information or less
information based on your needs.
The Monitor > App-Scope > Traffic Map tab displays a geographical map of the traffic flow and provides
a view of incoming versus outgoing traffic. You can also use the Monitor > App-Scope > Change Monitor
tab to view changes in traffic patterns. For example, compare the top applications used over this hour to the
last week or month to determine if there is a pattern or trend.
With all the information you have now uncovered, you can evaluate what changes to make to your policy
configurations. Here are some suggestions to consider:
• Be restrictive and create a pre-rule on Panorama to block all BitTorrent traffic. Then use Panorama
device groups to create and push this policy rule to one or more firewalls.

• Enforce bandwidth use limits and create a QoS profile and policy rule that de-prioritizes non-business
traffic. Use Panorama device groups and templates to configure QoS and then push rules to one or more
firewalls.
• Reduce risk to your network assets and create an application filter that blocks all file sharing applications
that are peer-to-peer technology with a risk factor of 4 or 5. Make sure to verify that the BitTorrent
application is included in that application filter, and will therefore be blocked.
• Schedule a custom report group that pulls together the activity for the specific user and that of top
applications used on your network to observe that pattern for another week or two before taking action.
Besides checking for a specific application, you can also check for any unknown applications in the list of
top applications. These are applications that did not match a defined App-ID™ signature and display as
unknown-udp and unknown-tcp. To delve into these unknown applications, click on the name to drill down
to the details for the unclassified traffic.
Use the same process to investigate the top source IP addresses of the hosts that initiated the unknown
traffic along with the IP address of the destination host to which the session was established. For unknown
traffic, the traffic logs, by default, perform a packet capture (pcap) when an unknown application is
detected. The green arrow in the left column represents the packet capture snippet of the application data.
Clicking on the green arrow displays the pcap in the browser.
Having the IP addresses of the servers (destination IP), the destination port, and the packet captures, you
will be better positioned to identify the application and make a decision on how you would like to take
action on your network. For example, you can create a custom application that identifies this traffic instead
of labeling it as unknown TCP or UDP traffic. Refer to the article Identifying Unknown Applications for
more information on identifying unknown application and Custom Application Signatures for information on
developing custom signatures to discern the application.

Use Case: Respond to an Incident Using
Panorama
Network threats can originate from different vectors, including malware and spyware infections due to
drive-by downloads, phishing attacks, unpatched servers, and random or targeted denial of service (DoS)
attacks, to name a few methods of attack. The ability to react to a network attack or infection requires
processes and systems that alert the administrator to an attack and provide the necessary forensics
evidence to track the source and methods used to launch the attack.
The advantage that Panorama provides is a centralized and consolidated view of the patterns and logs
collected from the managed firewalls across your network. You can use the information from the automated
correlation engine alone or in conjunction with the reports and logs generated from a Security Information
Event Manager (SIEM), to investigate how an attack was triggered and how to prevent future attacks and
loss of damage to your network.
The questions that this use case probes are:
• How are you notified of an incident?
• How do you corroborate that the incident is not a false positive?
• What is your immediate course of action?
• How do you use the available information to reconstruct the sequence of events that preceded or
followed the triggering event?
• What are the changes you need to consider for securing your network?
This use case traces a specific incident and shows how the visibility tools on Panorama can help you
respond to the report.
• Incident Notification
• Review the Widgets in the ACC
• Review Threat Logs
• Review WildFire Logs
• Review Data Filtering Logs
• Update Security Rules
Incident Notification
There are several ways that you could be alerted to an incident depending on how you’ve configured the
Palo Alto Networks firewalls and which third-party tools are available for further analysis. You might receive
an email notification that was triggered by a log entry recorded to Panorama or to your syslog server, or
you might be informed through a specialized report generated on your SIEM solution, or a third-party paid
service or agency might notify you. For this example, let’s say that you receive an email notification from
Panorama. The email informs you of an event that was triggered by an alert for a Zero Access gent.Gen
Command And Control Traffic that matched against a spyware signature. Also listed in the email are the IP
address of the source and destination for the session, a threat ID and the timestamp of when the event was
logged.
Review the Widgets in the ACC

In the ACC > Threat Activity tab, check the Compromised Hosts widget and Threat Activity widget for any
critical or high severity threats. In the Compromised Hosts widget, look into the Matching Objects and click
a Match Count value to view the match evidence for the associated incident.

Review Threat Logs
To begin investigating the alert, use the threat ID to search the Threat logs on Panorama (Monitor > Logs >
Threat). From the Threat logs, you can find the IP address of the victim, export the packet capture (PCAP)
by clicking the download icon in the log entry, and use a network analyzer tool such as WireShark to
review the packet details. In the HTTP case, look for a malformed or bogus HTTP REFERER in the protocol,
suspicious host, URL strings, the user agent, the IP address and port in order to validate the incident. Data
from these pcaps is also useful in searching for similar data patterns and creating custom signatures or
modifying security policy to better address the threat in the future.
As a result of this manual review, if you feel confident about the signature, consider transitioning the
signature from an alert action to a block action for a more aggressive approach. In some cases, you may
choose to add the attacker IP to an IP block list to prevent further traffic from that IP address from reaching
the internal network.
If you see a DNS-based spyware signature, the IP address of your local DNS server might
display as the Victim IP address. Often this is because the firewall is located north of the
local DNS server, and so DNS queries show the local DNS server as the source IP rather
than showing the IP address of the client that originated the request.
If you see this issue, enable the DNS sinkholing action in the Anti-Spyware profile in security
rules to identify the infected hosts on your network. DNS sinkholing allows you to control
outbound connections to malicious domains and redirect DNS queries to an internal IP
address that is unused; the sinkhole that does not put out a response. When a compromised
host initiates a connection to a malicious domain, instead of going out to the internet,
the firewall redirects the request to the IP address you defined and it is sinkholed. Now,
reviewing the traffic logs for all hosts that connected to the sinkhole allows you locate all
compromised hosts and take remedial action to prevent the spread.
To continue with the investigation on the incident, use the information on the attacker and the victim IP
address to find out more information, such as:
• Where is the attacker located geographically? Is the IP address an individual IP address or a NATed IP
address?
• Was the event caused by a user being tricked into going to a website, a download, or was it sent through
an email attachment?
• Is the malware being propagated? Are there other compromised hosts/endpoints on the network?
• Is it a zero-day vulnerability?
The log details for each log entry display the related logs for the event. This information points you to
the Traffic, Threat, URL Filtering or other logs that you can review and correlate the events that led to
the incident. For example, filter the Traffic log (Monitor > Logs > Traffic) using the IP address as both the
source and the destination IP to get a complete picture of all the external and internal hosts/clients with
which this victim IP address has established a connection.
Review WildFire Logs

In addition to the Threat logs, use the victim IP address to filter though the WildFire Submissions
logs. The WildFire Submissions logs contain information on files uploaded to the WildFire service for
analysis. Because spyware typically embeds itself covertly, reviewing the WildFire Submissions logs tells
you whether the victim recently downloaded a suspicious file. The WildFire forensics report displays
information on the URL from which the file or .exe was obtained, and the behavior of the content. It informs
you if the file is malicious, if it modified registry keys, read/wrote into files, created new files, opened
network communication channels, caused application crashes, spawned processes, downloaded files, or
exhibited other malicious behavior. Use this information to determine whether to block the application that

caused the infection (web-browsing, SMTP, FTP), make more stringent URL Filtering rules, or restrict some
applications/actions (for example, file downloads to specific user groups).
Access to the WildFire logs from Panorama requires the following: a WildFire subscription,
a File Blocking profile that is attached to a Security rule, and Threat log forwarding to
Panorama.
If Panorama will manage firewalls running software versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.0,
specify a WildFire server from which Panorama can gather analysis information for WildFire
If WildFire determines that a file is malicious, a new antivirus signature is created within 24-48 hours and
made available to you. If you have a WildFire subscription, the signature is made available within 30-60
minutes as part of the next WildFire signature update. As soon as the Palo Alto Networks next-generation
firewall has received a signature for it, if your configuration is configured to block malware, the file will be
blocked and the information on the blocked file will be visible in your threat logs. This process is tightly
integrated to protect you from this threat and stems the spread of malware on your network.
Review Data Filtering Logs

The Data Filtering log (Monitor > Logs > Data Filtering) is another valuable source for investigating
malicious network activity. While you can periodically review the logs for all the files that you are being
alerted on, you can also use the logs to trace file and data transfers to or from the victim IP address or user,
and verify the direction and flow of traffic: server to client or client to server. To recreate the events that
preceded and followed an event, filter the logs for the victim IP address as a destination, and review the
logs for network activity.
Because Panorama aggregates information from all managed firewalls, it presents a good overview of all
activity in your network. Some of the other visual tools that you can use to survey traffic on your network
are the Threat Map, Traffic Map, and the Threat Monitor. The threat map and traffic map (Monitor >
AppScope > Threat Map or Traffic Map) allow you to visualize the geographic regions for incoming and
outgoing traffic. It is particularly useful for viewing unusual activity that could indicate a possible attack
from outside, such as a DDoS attack. If, for example, you do not have many business transactions with
Eastern Europe, and the map reveals an abnormal level of traffic to that region, click into the corresponding
area of the map to launch and view the ACC information on the top applications, traffic details on the
session count, bytes sent and received, top sources and destinations, users or IP addresses, and the severity
of the threats detected, if any. The threat monitor (Monitor > AppScope > Threat Monitor) displays the top
ten threats on your network, or the list of top attackers or top victims on the network.
Update Security Rules

With all the information you have now uncovered, you can sketch together how the threat impacts your
network—the scale of the attack, the source, the compromised hosts, the risk factor—and evaluate what
changes, if any, to follow through. Here are some suggestions to consider:
• Forestall DDoS attacks by enhancing your DoS Protection profile to configure random early drop or to
drop SYN cookies for TCP floods. Consider placing limits on ICMP and UDP traffic. Evaluate the options
available to you based on the trends and patterns you noticed in your logs, and implement the changes
using Panorama templates.

Create a dynamic block list (Objects > Dynamic Block Lists), to block specific IP addresses that you
have uncovered from several intelligence sources: analysis of your own threat logs, DDoS attacks from
specific IP addresses, or a third-party IP block list.
The list must be a text file that is located on a web server. Using device groups on Panorama, push the
object to the managed firewalls so that the firewalls can access the web server and import the list at a
defined frequency. After creating a dynamic block list object, define a Security rule that uses the address
object in the source and destination fields to block traffic from or to the IP address, range, or subnet
defined. This approach allows you to block intruders until you resolve the issue and make larger policy
changes to secure your network.
• Determine whether to create shared policy rules or device group rules to block specific applications that
caused the infection (web-browsing, SMTP, FTP), make more stringent URL Filtering rules, or restrict
some applications/actions (for example, file downloads to specific user groups).
• On Panorama, you can also switch to the firewall context and configure the firewall for Botnet reports
that identify potential botnet-infected hosts on the network.

Panorama High Availability
To provide redundancy in case of a system or network failure, you can deploy two Panorama™
management servers in a high availability (HA) configuration. Panorama supports an HA
configuration in which one peer is the active-primary and the other is the passive-secondary.
If a failure occurs on the primary peer, it automatically fails over and the secondary peer
becomes active.
> Panorama HA Prerequisites

> Priority and Failover on Panorama in HA
> Failover Triggers
> Logging Considerations in Panorama HA
> Synchronization Between Panorama HA Peers
> Manage a Panorama HA Pair
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Panorama HA Prerequisites
To configure Panorama in HA, you require a pair of identical Panorama servers with the following
requirements on each:
• The same form factor—The peers must be the same model and mode: both M-600 appliances, M-500
appliances, M-200 appliances, M-100 appliances, Panorama virtual appliances on AWS, and Panorama
virtual appliances on Azure in Panorama mode, Management Only mode or Legacy mode (ESXi and
vCloud Air only). Panorama appliances in Log Collector mode do not support HA.
The shipping configuration of the M-100 appliance has increased memory and system
disk capacity. Because of this change, if you purchase a new M-100 appliance or
issue an RMA, you will receive an appliance with 32 GB memory and a 120 GB or 150
GB SSD. In this case, you can configure HA between an M-100 appliance with the
higher capacity and an M-100 that has 16 GB memory and 120 GB or 150 GB SSD.
It is recommended that you upgrade the memory to match, but to set up HA on the
M-100 appliance the memory does not need to match. No changes to the system disk is
necessary, if the capacities differ.
M-100 appliances are supported in PAN-OS 9.0 and later releases only if they have been
upgraded to 32GB memory from the default 16GB. See M-100 Memory Upgrade Guide
for more information.
• The same Panorama OS version—Must run the same Panorama version to synchronize configuration
information and maintain parity for a seamless failover.
• The same set of licenses—Must have the same firewall management capacity license.
• (Panorama virtual appliance only) Unique serial number—Must have unique serial numbers; if the serial
number is the same for both Panorama instances, they will be in suspended mode until you resolve the
issue.
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Figure 28: Panorama HA Organization
The Panorama servers in the HA configuration are peers and you can use either (active or passive) to
centrally manage the firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters, with a few
exceptions (see Synchronization Between Panorama HA Peers). The HA peers use the management (MGT)
interface to synchronize the configuration elements pushed to the managed firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters to maintain state information. Typically, Panorama HA
peers are geographically located in different sites, so you need to make sure that the MGT interface IP
address assigned to each peer is routable through your network. HA connectivity uses TCP port 28 with
encryption enabled. If encryption is not enabled, ports 28769 and 28260 are used for HA connectivity and
to synchronize configuration between the HA peers. We recommend less than 500ms latency between the
peers. To determine the latency, use Ping during a period of normal traffic.

Priority and Failover on Panorama in HA
Each Panorama peer in the HA pair is assigned a priority value. The priority value of the primary or
secondary peer determines which will be eligible for being the main point of administration and log
management. The peer set as primary assumes the active state, and the secondary becomes passive. The
active peer handles all the configuration changes and pushes them to the managed firewalls; the passive
peer cannot make any configuration changes or push configuration to the managed firewalls. However,
either peer can be used to run reports or to perform log queries.
The passive peer is synchronized and ready to transition to the active state if a path, link, system, or
network failure occur on the active Panorama.
When a failover occurs, only the state (active or passive) of the Panorama peer changes; the priority
(primary and secondary) does not. For example, when the primary peer fails, its status changes from active-
primary to passive-primary.
A peer in the active-secondary state can perform all functions with two exceptions:
• It cannot manage firewall or Log Collector deployment functions such as license updates or software
upgrades.
• It cannot log to an NFS until you manually change its priority to primary. Only the Panorama virtual
appliance in Legacy mode supports NFS.
The following table lists the capabilities of Panorama based on its state and priority settings:
Figure 29: Panorama HA Capabilities
For more information, see Panorama HA Prerequisites or Set Up HA on Panorama.

Failover Triggers
When a failure occurs on the active Panorama and the passive Panorama takes over the task of managing
the firewalls, the event is called a failover. A failover is triggered when a monitored metric on the active
Panorama fails. This failure transitions the state on the primary Panorama from active-primary to passive-
primary, and the secondary Panorama becomes active-secondary.
The conditions that trigger a failover are:
• The Panorama peers cannot communicate with each other and the active peer does not respond to
health and status polls; the metric used is HA Heartbeat Polling and Hello Messages.
When the Panorama peers cannot communicate with each other, the active one monitors whether the
peers are still connected before a failover is triggered. This check helps in avoiding a failover and causing
a split-brain scenario, where both Panorama peers are in an active state.
• One or more of the destinations (IP addresses) specified on the active peer cannot be reached; the
metric used is HA Path Monitoring.
In addition to the failover triggers listed above, a failover also occurs when the administrator places the
Panorama peer in a suspended state or when preemption occurs. Preemption is a preference for the
primary Panorama to resume the active role after recovering from a failure (or user-initiated suspension).
By default, preemption is enabled and when the primary Panorama recovers from a failure and becomes
available, the secondary Panorama relinquishes control and returns to the passive state. When preemption
occurs, the event is logged in the System log.
If you are logging to an NFS datastore, do not disable preemption because it allows the primary peer (that is
mounted to the NFS) to resume the active role and write to the NFS datastore. For all other deployments,
preemption is only required if you want to make sure that a specific Panorama is the preferred active peer.
HA Heartbeat Polling and Hello Messages

The HA peers use hello messages and heartbeats to verify that the peer is responsive and operational. Hello
messages are sent from one peer to the other at the configured Hello Interval to verify the state of the
other. The heartbeat is an ICMP ping to the HA peer, and the peer responds to the ping to establish that
the peers are connected and responsive. By default, the interval is 1,000 milliseconds for the heartbeat and
8,000ms for hello messages.
HA Path Monitoring
Path monitoring checks the network connectivity and link state for an IP address or group of IP addresses
(path group). The active peer uses ICMP pings to verify that one or more destination IP addresses can be
reached. For example, you can monitor the availability of interconnected networking devices like a router
or a switch, connectivity to a server, or some other vital device that is in the flow of traffic. Make sure that
the node/device configured for monitoring is not likely to be unresponsive, especially when it comes under
load, as this could cause a path monitoring failure and trigger a failover.
The default ping interval is 5,000ms. An IP address is considered unreachable when three consecutive pings
(the default value) fail, and a peer failure is triggered when any or all of the IP addresses monitored become
unreachable. By default, if any one of the IP addresses becomes unreachable, the HA state transitions to
non-functional.

Logging Considerations in Panorama HA
Setting up Panorama in an HA configuration provides redundancy for log collection. Because the managed
firewalls are connected to both Panorama peers over SSL, when a state change occurs, each Panorama
sends a message to the managed firewalls. The firewalls are notified of the Panorama HA state and can
forward logs accordingly.
By default, when the managed firewalls cannot connect to Panorama, they buffer the logs;
when the connection is restored, they resume sending logs from where it was last left off.
The logging options on the hardware-based Panorama and on the Panorama virtual appliance differ:
• Logging Failover on a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode
• Logging Failover on an M-Series Appliance or Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
Logging Failover on a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode

The Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode provides the following log failover options:
Log Storage Type Description
Virtual disk By default, the managed firewalls send logs as independent streams to each
Panorama HA peer. By default, if a peer becomes unavailable, the managed
firewalls buffer the logs and when the peer reconnects it resumes sending logs
from where it had left off (subject to disk storage capacity and duration of the
disconnection).
The maximum log storage capacity depends on the virtual platform (VMware
ESXi or vCloud Air); see Panorama Models for details.
You can choose whether to forward logs only to the active peer
(see Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults). However,
Panorama does not support log aggregation across the HA
pair. Therefore, if you log to a virtual disk, for monitoring and
reporting you must query the Panorama peer that collects the
logs from the managed firewalls.
Network File System You can mount NFS storage only to a Panorama virtual appliance that runs
(NFS) on a VMware ESXi server. Only the active-primary Panorama mounts to the
NFS-based log partition and can receive logs. On failover, the primary device
goes into a passive-primary state. In this scenario, until preemption occurs, the
active-secondary Panorama manages the firewalls, but it does not receive the
logs and it cannot write to the NFS. To allow the active-secondary peer to log
to the NFS, you must manually switch it to primary so that it can mount to the
NFS partition. For instructions, see Switch Priority after Panorama Failover to
Resume NFS Logging.

Logging Failover on an M-Series Appliance or Panorama Virtual
Appliance in Panorama Mode
If you forward firewall logs to the local Log Collectors on an HA pair of M-600 appliances, M-500
appliances, M-200 appliances, M-100 appliances, or Panorama virtual appliances in Panorama mode, you
specify which firewalls send logs to which Log Collectors when you Configure a Collector Group. You
can configure a separate Collector Group for the Log Collector of each Panorama peer or configure a
single Collector Group to contain the Log Collectors of both peers. In a Collector Group that contains both
local Log Collectors, the log forwarding preference list determines which Log Collector receives logs from
firewalls. For the PA-7000 Series and PA-5200 Series firewalls, you have the option to send logs to all the
Log Collectors in the Collector Group, in which case Panorama uses round-robin load balancing to select
which Log Collector receives the logs at any given moment.
In a Collector Group that contains both Log Collectors, you can also enable redundancy so that each log will
have two copies and each copy will reside on a different Log Collector. This redundancy ensures that, if any
one Log Collector becomes unavailable, no logs are lost: you can see all the logs forwarded to the Collector
Group and run reports for all the log information. Log redundancy is available only if each Log Collector in
the Collector Group has the same number of disks.
All the Log Collectors for any particular Collector Group must be the same model: all M-100
appliances, all M-200 appliances all M-500 appliances, all M-600 appliances or all Panorama
virtual appliances in Panorama mode.
Because enabling redundancy creates more logs, this configuration requires more storage
capacity. Enabling redundancy doubles the log processing traffic in a Collector Group, which
reduces its maximum logging rate by half, as each Log Collector must distribute a copy of
each log it receives. (When a Collector Group runs out of space, it deletes older logs.)

Synchronization Between Panorama HA Peers
The Panorama HA peers synchronize the running configuration each time you commit changes on the
active Panorama peer. The candidate configuration is synchronized between the peers each time you save
the configuration on the active peer or just before a failover occurs.
Settings that are common across the pair, such as shared objects and policy rules, device group objects
and rules, template configuration, certificates and SSL/TLS service profiles, and administrative access
configuration, are synchronized between the Panorama HA peers.
The settings that are not synchronized are those that are unique to each peer, such as the following:
• Panorama HA configuration—Priority setting, peer IP address, path monitoring groups and IP addresses
• Panorama configuration—Management interface IP address, FQDN settings, login banner, NTP server,
time zone, geographic location, DNS server, permitted IP addresses for accessing Panorama, SNMP
system settings, and dynamic content update schedules
• Scheduled configuration exports
• NFS partition configuration and all disk quota allocation for logging. This applies only to a Panorama
virtual appliance in Legacy mode that runs on a VMware ESXi server.
• Disk quota allocation for the different types of logs and databases on the Panorama local storage (SSD)
If you use a master key to encrypt the private keys and certificates on Panorama, you
must use the same master key on both HA peers. If the master keys differ, Panorama
cannot synchronize the HA peers.
For more information, see Panorama HA Prerequisites or Set Up HA on Panorama.

Manage a Panorama HA Pair
• Set Up HA on Panorama
• Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates Between HA Peers
• Test Panorama HA Failover
• Switch Priority after Panorama Failover to Resume NFS Logging
• Restore the Primary Panorama to the Active State
To install software or content updates, see Install Updates for Panorama in an HA

Configuration.
Set Up HA on Panorama
Review the Panorama HA Prerequisites before performing the following steps:
STEP 1 | Set up connectivity between the MGT ports on the HA peers.

The Panorama peers communicate with each other using the MGT port. Make sure that the IP addresses
you assign to the MGT port on the Panorama servers in the HA pair are routable and that the peers
can communicate with each other across your network. To set up the MGT port, see Perform Initial
Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance or Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series
Appliance.
Pick a Panorama peer in the pair and complete the remaining tasks.
STEP 2 | Enable HA and (optionally) enable encryption for the HA connection.

1. Select Panorama > High Availability and edit the Setup section.
2. Select Enable HA.
3. In the Peer HA IP Address field, enter the IP address assigned to the peer Panorama.
4. In the Monitor Hold Time field, enter the length of time (milliseconds) that the system will wait
before acting on a control link failure (range is 1000-60000, default is 3000).
5. If you do not want encryption, clear the Encryption Enabled check box and click OK: no more steps
are required. If you do want encryption, select the Encryption Enabled check box, click OK, and
perform the following tasks:
1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates.
2. Select Export HA key. Save the HA key to a network location that the peer Panorama can access.
3. On the peer Panorama, navigate to Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates, select
Import HA key, browse to the location where you saved the key, and import it.
STEP 3 | Set the HA priority.

1. In Panorama > High Availability, edit the Election Settings section.
2. Define the Device Priority as Primary or Secondary. Make sure to set one peer as primary and the
other as secondary.
If both peers have the same priority setting, the peer with the higher serial number will
be placed in a suspended state.
3. Define the Preemptive behavior. By default preemption is enabled. The preemption selection—
enabled or disabled—must be the same on both peers.

If you are using an NFS for logging and you have disabled preemption, to resume
logging to the NFS see Switch Priority after Panorama Failover to Resume NFS
Logging.
STEP 4 | To configure path monitoring, define one or more path groups.

The path group lists the destination IP addresses (nodes) that Panorama must ping to verify network
connectivity.
Perform the following steps for each path group that includes the nodes that you want to monitor.
1. Select Panorama > High Availability and, in the Path Group section, click Add.
2. Enter a Name for the path group.
3. Select a Failure Condition for this group:
• any triggers a path monitoring failure if any one of the IP addresses becomes unreachable.
• all triggers a path monitoring failure only when none of the IP addresses are reachable.
4. Add each destination IP address you want to monitor.
5. Click OK. The Path Group section displays the new group.
STEP 5 | (Optional) Select the failure condition for path monitoring on Panorama.
1. Select Panorama > High Availability and edit the Path Monitoring section.
2. Select a Failure Condition:
• all triggers a failover only when all monitored path groups fail.
• any triggers a failover when any monitored path group fails.
3. Click OK.

STEP 7 | Configure the other Panorama peer.

Repeat Step 2 through Step 6 on the other peer in the HA pair.
STEP 8 | Synchronize the Panorama peers.

1. Access the Dashboard on the active Panorama and select Widgets > System > High Availability to
2. Sync to peer, click Yes, and wait for the Running Config to display Synchronized.
3. Access the Dashboard on the passive Panorama and select Widgets > System > High Availability to
4. Verify that the Running Config displays Synchronized.
Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates Between HA

Peers
You can Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates for securing the HA connection between
Panorama HA peers.
STEP 1 | Generate a certificate authority (CA) certificate on Panorama.

1. Select Panorama > Certificate Management > Certificates.
2. Create a self-signed root CA certificate or import a certificate from your enterprise CA.

STEP 2 | Configure a certificate profile that includes the root CA and intermediate CA.

2. Configure an SSL/TLS profile to define the certificate and protocol that Panorama and its manage
devices use for SSL/TLS services.
STEP 4 | Configure Secure Server Communication on Panorama.

When the Custom Certificate Only check box is selected, Panorama does not
authenticate and cannot manage devices using predefined certificates.
profile applies to all SSL connections between Panorama, firewalls, Log Collectors, and Panorama’s
HA peers.
3. Enter the Common Name
6. In Disconnect Wait Time (min), enter the number of minutes Panorama should before breaking and
reestablishing the connection with its managed devices. This field is blank by default and the range is
0 to 44,640 minutes.
configuration.
1. Click OK.
STEP 5 | Upgrade the client-side Panorama to 8.1.

Upgrade Panorama.
STEP 6 | Configure Secure Client Communication.

1. Select Panorama > High Availability and Edit the HA settings.
2. Select Certificate and Certificate Profile.
3. Click OK.
Test Panorama HA Failover

To test that your HA configuration works properly, trigger a manual failover and verify that the peer
transitions states successfully.
STEP 1 | Log in to the active Panorama peer.

You can verify the state of the Panorama server in the bottom right corner of the web interface.

STEP 2 | Suspend the active Panorama peer.
Select Panorama > High Availability, and then click the Suspend local Panorama link in the Operational
Commands section.
STEP 3 | Verify that the passive Panorama peer has taken over as active.
On the Panorama Dashboard, High Availability widget, verify that the state of the Local passive server is
active and the state of the Peer is suspended.
STEP 4 | Restore the suspended peer to a functional state. Wait for a couple minutes, and then verify
that preemption has occurred, if preemptive is enabled.
On the Panorama you previously suspended:
1. Select Panorama > High Availability and, in the Operational Commands section, click Make local
Panorama functional.
2. In the High Availability widget on the Dashboard, confirm that this (Local) Panorama has taken over
as the active peer and that the other peer is now in a passive state.
Switch Priority after Panorama Failover to Resume NFS Logging

The Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode running on an ESXi server can use an NFS datastore for
logging. In an HA configuration, only the primary Panorama peer is mounted to the NFS-based log partition
and can write to the NFS. When a failover occurs and the passive Panorama becomes active, its state
becomes active-secondary. Although a secondary Panorama peer can actively manage the firewalls, it
cannot receive logs or write to the NFS because it does not own the NFS partition. When the firewalls
cannot forward logs to the primary Panorama peer, each firewall writes the logs to its local disk. The
firewalls maintain a pointer for the last set of log entries that they forwarded to Panorama so that when the
passive-primary Panorama becomes available again, they can resume forwarding logs to it.
Use the instructions in this section to manually switch priority on the active-secondary Panorama peer so
that it can begin logging to the NFS partition. The typical scenarios in which you might need to trigger this
change are as follows:
• Preemption is disabled. By default, preemption is enabled on Panorama and the primary peer resumes
as active when it becomes available again. When preemption is disabled, you need to switch the priority
on the secondary peer to primary so that it can mount the NFS partition, receive logs from the managed
firewalls, and write to the NFS partition.
• The active Panorama fails and cannot recover from the failure in the short term. If you do not switch
the priority, when the maximum log storage capacity on the firewall is reached, the oldest logs will be
overwritten to enable it to continue logging to its local disk. This situation can lead to loss of logs.
STEP 1 | Log in to the currently passive-primary Panorama, select Panorama > Setup > Operations and,
in the Device Operations section, click Shutdown Panorama.
STEP 2 | Log in to the active-secondary Panorama, select Panorama > High Availability, edit the
Election Settings, and set the Priority to Primary.
Do not reboot when prompted.

STEP 5 | Log in to the Panorama CLI and enter the following command to change the ownership of the
NFS partition to this peer: request high-availability convert-to-primary
STEP 6 | Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and, in the Device Operations section, click Reboot
Panorama.
STEP 7 | Power on the Panorama peer that you powered off in step 1. This peer will now be in a
passive-secondary state.
Restore the Primary Panorama to the Active State

By default, the preemptive capability on Panorama allows the primary Panorama to resume functioning as
the active peer as soon as it becomes available. However, if preemption is disabled, the only way to force
the primary Panorama to become active after recovering from a failure, a non-functional, or a suspended
state, is by suspending the secondary Panorama peer.
Before the active-secondary Panorama goes into a suspended state, it transfers the candidate configuration
to the passive Panorama so that all your uncommitted configuration changes are saved and can be accessed
on the other peer.
STEP 1 | Suspend Panorama.

1. Log in to the Panorama peer that you want to place in a suspended state.
2. Select Panorama > High Availability, and click the Suspend local Panorama link in the Operational
Commands section.
STEP 2 | Verify that the status indicates that the Panorama was suspended at user request.
On the Dashboard, High Availability widget, verify that the Local state is suspended.
A failover is triggered when you suspend a peer, and the other Panorama takes over as the active peer.
STEP 3 | Restore the suspended Panorama to a functional state.

1. In the Panorama > High Availability tab, Operational Commands section, click the Make local
Panorama functional link.
2. On the Dashboard, High Availability widget, confirm that the Panorama has transitioned to either the
active or passive state.

Administer Panorama
This section describes how to administer and maintain the Panorama™ management server. It
includes the following topics:
> Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes

> Manage Panorama and Firewall Configuration Backups
> Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations
> Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
> Add Custom Logos to Panorama
> Use the Panorama Task Manager
> Manage Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports
> Monitor Panorama
> Reboot or Shut Down Panorama
> Configure Panorama Password Profiles and Complexity
For instructions on completing initial setup, including defining network access settings,
licensing, upgrading the Panorama software version, and setting up administrative access to
Panorama, see Set Up Panorama.
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Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration
Changes
You can perform Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview Operations on pending changes to the
Panorama configuration and then push those changes to the devices that Panorama manages, including
firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters. You can filter the pending changes
by administrator or location and then commit, push, validate, or preview only those changes. The locations
can be specific device groups, templates, Collector Groups, Log Collectors, shared settings, or the Panorama
management server.
Because Panorama pushes its running configuration, you cannot push changes to devices until you first
commit them to Panorama. If the changes are not ready to activate on devices, you can select Commit >
Commit to Panorama to commit the changes to the Panorama configuration without pushing them to
devices. Later, when the changes are ready to activate on devices, you can select Commit > Push to
Devices. If the changes are ready to activate on both Panorama and the devices, select Commit > Commit
and Push as described in the following procedure.
STEP 1 | Configure the scope of configuration changes that you will commit, validate, or preview.
1. Click Commit at the top of the web interface.
2. Select one of the following options:
• Commit All Changes (default)—Applies the commit to all changes for which you have
administrative privileges. You cannot manually filter the commit scope when you select this
option. Instead, the administrator role assigned to the account you used to log in determines the
commit scope.
• Commit Changes Made By—Enables you to filter the commit scope by administrator or location.
The administrative role assigned to the account you used to log in determines which changes you
can filter.
To commit the changes of other administrators, the account you used to log in must
be assigned the Superuser role or an Admin Role profile with the Commit For Other
Admins privilege enabled.
3. (Optional) To filter the commit scope by administrator, select Commit Changes Made By, click the
adjacent link, select the administrators, and click OK.
4. (Optional) To filter by location, select Commit Changes Made By and clear any changes that you
want to exclude from the Commit Scope.
If dependencies between the configuration changes you included and excluded cause
a validation error, perform the commit with all the changes included. For example,
when you commit changes to a device group, you must include the changes of all
administrators who added, deleted, or repositioned rules for the same rulebase in that
device group.
STEP 2 | Preview the changes that the commit will activate.
When you preview changes after you delete and then re-add the same device to a policy
rule, Panorama displays that same device as both deleted in the running configuration
and as added in the candidate configuration. Additionally, the order of devices in the
device target list in the running configuration may then be different from the candidate
configuration and display as a change when you preview changes even when there aren't
any configuration changes.
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This can be useful if, for example, you don’t remember all your changes and you’re not sure you want to
activate all of them.
Panorama compares the configurations you selected in the Commit Scope to the running configuration.
The preview window displays the configurations side-by-side and uses color coding to indicate which
changes are additions (green), modifications (yellow), or deletions (red).
Preview Changes and select the Lines of Context, which is the number of lines from the compared
configuration files to display before and after the highlighted differences. These lines help you correlate
the preview output to settings in the web interface. Close the preview window when you finish
reviewing the changes.
Because the preview results display in a new window, your browser must allow pop-up
windows. If the preview window does not open, refer to your browser documentation for
the steps to unblock pop-up windows.
STEP 3 | Preview the individual settings for which you are committing changes.
This can be useful if you want to know details about the changes, such as the types of settings and who
changed them.
1. Click Change Summary.
2. (Optional) Group By a column name (such as the Type of setting).
3. Close the Change Summary dialog when you finish reviewing the changes.
STEP 4 | Validate the changes before committing to ensure the commit will succeed.
1. Validate Changes.
The results display all the errors and warnings that an actual commit would display.
2. Resolve any errors that the validation results identify.
STEP 5 | (Optional) Modify the Push Scope.

By default, the Push Scope includes all locations with changes that require a Panorama commit.
If you select Commit > Push to Devices, the push scope includes all locations associated
with devices that are out of sync with the Panorama running configuration.
1. Remove Selections to remove firewalls listed in the Push Scope.

2. Edit Selections and select:
• Device Groups—Select device groups or individual firewalls or virtual systems.
• Templates—Select templates, template stacks, or individual firewalls.
• Collector Groups—Select Collector Groups.
STEP 6 | Validate the changes you will push to device groups or templates.
1. Validate Device Group Push or Validate Template Push.
The results display all the errors and warnings that an actual push operation would display.
2. Resolve any errors that the validation results identify.
STEP 7 | Commit your changes to Panorama and push the changes to devices.
Commit and Push the configuration changes.

Use the Panorama Task Manager to see details about commits that are pending
(optionally, you can cancel these), in progress, completed, or failed.

Manage Panorama and Firewall Configuration
Backups
The running configuration on Panorama comprises all the settings that you have committed and that are
therefore active. The candidate configuration is a copy of the running configuration plus any inactive
changes that you made since the last commit. Saving backup versions of the running or candidate
configuration enables you to later restore those versions. For example, if a commit validation shows that the
current candidate configuration has more errors than you want to fix, you can restore a previous candidate
configuration. You can also revert to the current running configuration without saving a backup first.
See Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview Operations for more information on
committing configuration changes to Panorama and pushing the changes to managed
devices.
After a commit on a local firewall that runs PAN-OS 5.0 or later, a backup is sent of its running
configuration to Panorama. Any commits performed on the local firewall will trigger the backup, including
commits that an administrator performs locally on the firewall or automatic commits that PAN-OS initiates
(such as an FQDN refresh). By default, Panorama stores up to 100 backups for each firewall, though this is
configurable. To store Panorama and firewall configuration backups on an external host, you can schedule
exports from Panorama or export on demand. You can also import configurations from firewalls into
Panorama device groups and templates to Transition a Firewall to Panorama Management.
• Schedule Export of Configuration Files
• Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations
• Revert Panorama Configuration Changes
• Configure the Maximum Number of Configuration Backups on Panorama
• Load a Configuration Backup on a Managed Firewall
Schedule Export of Configuration Files

Panorama saves a backup of its running configuration as well as the running configurations of all managed
firewalls. The backups are in XML format with file names that are based on serial numbers (of Panorama or
the firewalls). Use these instructions to schedule daily exports of the backups to a remote host. Panorama
exports the backups as a single gzip file. You require superuser privileges to schedule the export.
If Panorama has a high availability (HA) configuration, you must perform these instructions
on each peer to ensure the scheduled exports continue after a failover. Panorama does not
synchronize scheduled configuration exports between HA peers.
To export backups on demand, see Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Scheduled Config Export and click Add.
STEP 2 | Enter a Name and Description for the scheduled file export and Enable it.
STEP 3 | Using the 24-hour clock format, enter a daily Scheduled Export Start Time or select one from
the drop-down.
If you are configuring a scheduled export to two or more servers, stagger the start time
of the scheduled exports. Scheduling multiple exports at the same start time results in
discrepancies between the exported configurations.

STEP 4 | Set the export Protocol to Secure Copy (SCP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
STEP 5 | Enter the details for accessing the server, including: Hostname or IP address, Port, Path for
uploading the file, Username, and Password.
The Path supports the following characters: .(period), +, { and }, /, -, _, 0-9, a-z, and A-Z. Spaces are
not supported in the file Path.
If you are exporting to a BSD server, you will need to modify the SSHD password prompt
to <username>@<hostname> <password>: .
STEP 6 | (SCP only) Click Test SCP server connection. To enable the secure transfer of data, you must
verify and accept the host key of the SCP server. Panorama doesn’t establish the connection
until you accept the host key. If Panorama has an HA configuration, perform this step on each
HA peer so that each one accepts the host key of the SCP server. If Panorama can successfully
connect to the SCP server, it creates and uploads the test file named ssh-export-test.txt.
Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations

Saving a backup of the candidate configuration to persistent storage on Panorama enables you to later
restore that backup (see Revert Panorama Configuration Changes). Additionally, Panorama allows you
to save and export the device group, template, and template stack configurations that you specify. This
is useful for preserving changes that would otherwise be lost if a system event or administrator action
causes Panorama to reboot. After rebooting, Panorama automatically reverts to the current version of the
running configuration, which Panorama stores in a file named running-config.xml. Saving backups
is also useful if you want to revert to a Panorama configuration that is earlier than the current running
configuration. Panorama does not automatically save the candidate configuration to persistent storage.
You must manually save the candidate configuration as a default snapshot file (.snapshot.xml) or as a
custom-named snapshot file. Panorama stores the snapshot file locally but you can export it to an external
host.
You don’t have to save a configuration backup to revert the changes made since the last
commit or reboot; just select Config > Revert Changes (see Revert Panorama Configuration
Changes).
Palo Alto Networks recommends that you back up any important configurations to an
external host.
STEP 1 | Save changes to the candidate configuration.

• To overwrite the default snapshot file (.snapshot.xml) with all the changes that all administrators
made, perform one of the following steps:
• Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and Save candidate Panorama configuration.
• Log in to Panorama with an administrative account that is assigned the Superuser role or an
Admin Role profile with the Save For Other Admins privilege enabled. Then select Config > Save
Changes at the top of the web interface, select Save All Changes and Save.
• To overwrite the default snapshot (.snapshot.xml) with changes made by administrators to
specific device group, template, or template stack configurations:

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Save candidate Panorama configuration, and Select
Device Group & Templates.
2. Select the specific device groups, templates, or template stacks to revert.
3. Click OK to confirm the operation.
4. (Optional) Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes to overwrite the
running configuration with the snapshot.
• To create a snapshot that includes all the changes that all administrators made but without
overwriting the default snapshot file:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and Save named Panorama configuration snapshot.
2. Specify the Name of a new or existing configuration file.
3. Click OK and Close.
• To save only specific changes to the candidate configuration without overwriting any part of the
default snapshot file:
1. Log in to Panorama with an administrative account that has the role privileges required to save
the desired changes.
2. Select Config > Save Changes at the top of the web interface.
3. Select Save Changes Made By.
4. To filter the Save Scope by administrator, click <administrator-name>, select the administrators,
and click OK.
5. To filter the Save Scope by location, clear any locations that you want to exclude. The locations
can be specific device groups, templates, Collector Groups, Log Collectors, shared settings, or the
6. Click Save, specify the Name of a new or existing configuration file, and click OK.
• To save a specific device group, template, or template stack configuration:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Save named Panorama configuration snapshot, and
Select Device Group & Templates.
2. Select the specific device groups, templates, or template stacks to save.
STEP 2 | Export a candidate or running configuration to a host external to Panorama or to a firewall.

You can schedule daily exports to an SCP or FTP server (see Schedule Export of Configuration Files) or
export configurations on demand. To export on demand, select Panorama > Setup > Operations and
select one of the following options:
• Export named Panorama configuration snapshot—Export the current running configuration, a named
candidate configuration snapshot, or a previously imported configuration (candidate or running).
Panorama exports the configuration as an XML file with the Name you specify. Select Device Group
& Templates to specify the device group, template, or template stack configurations to export.
• Export Panorama configuration version—Select a Version of the running configuration to export as
an XML file. Select Device Group & Templates to specify the device group, template, or template
stack configurations to export as an XML file.
• Export Panorama and devices config bundle—Generate and export the latest version of the running
configuration backup of Panorama and of each managed firewall. To automate the process of
creating and exporting the configuration bundle daily to a Secure Copy (SCP) or FTP server, see
Schedule Export of Configuration Files.
• Export or push device config bundle—After you import a firewall configuration into Panorama,
Panorama creates a firewall configuration bundle named <firewall_name>_import.tgz, in which all
local policies and objects are removed. You can then Export or push device config bundle to perform
one of the following actions:

• Push & Commit the configuration bundle to the firewall to remove any local configuration from it,
enabling you to manage the firewall from Panorama.
• Export the configuration to the firewall without loading it. When you are ready to load the
configuration, log in to the firewall CLI and run the configuration mode command load device-
state. This command cleans the firewall in the same way as the Push & Commit option.
The full procedure to Transition a Firewall to Panorama Management requires additional

steps.
Revert Panorama Configuration Changes

When you revert changes, you are replacing settings in the current candidate configuration with settings
from another configuration. Reverting changes is useful when you want to undo changes to multiple
settings as a single operation instead of manually reconfiguring each setting.
You can revert pending changes that were made to the Panorama configuration since the last commit. You
can revert all pending changes on Panorama or select specific device groups, templates, or template stacks.
Panorama provides the option to filter the pending changes by administrator or location. The locations can
be specific device groups, templates, Collector Groups, Log Collectors, shared settings, or the Panorama
management server. If you saved a snapshot file for a candidate configuration that is earlier than the current
running configuration (see Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations), you can also revert
to that candidate configuration snapshot. Reverting to a snapshot enables you to restore a candidate
configuration that existed before the last commit. Panorama automatically saves a new version of the
running configuration whenever you commit changes and you can restore any of those versions.
Reverting a Panorama management server configuration requires a full commit and must be performed by a
superuser. Full commits are required when performing certain Panorama operations, such as reverting and
loading a Panorama configuration, and are not supported for custom Admin Role profiles.
• Revert to the current Panorama running configuration (file named running-config.xml).

This operation undoes changes you made to the candidate configuration since the last commit.
• To revert all the changes that all administrators made, perform one of the following steps:
• Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Revert to running Panorama configuration, and click Yes
to confirm the operation.
• Log in to Panorama with an administrative account that is assigned the Superuser role or an
Admin Role profile with the Commit For Other Admins privilege enabled. Then select Config >
Revert Changes, select Revert All Changes, and Revert.
• To revert only specific changes to the candidate configuration:
1. Log in to Panorama with an administrative account that has the role privileges required to revert
the desired changes.
The privileges that control commit operations also control revert operations.
2. Select Config > Revert Changes.

3. Select Revert Changes Made By.
4. To filter the Revert Scope by administrator, click <administrator-name>, select the administrators,
and click OK.
5. To filter the Revert Scope by location, clear any locations that you want to exclude.
6. Revert the changes.
• To revert specific device group, template, or template stack changes to the running configuration:

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Revert to running Panorama configuration, and Select
• Revert to the default snapshot (.snapshots.xml) of the Panorama candidate configuration.

• To revert all the changes that all administrators made:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and Revert to last saved Panorama configuration.
2. Click Yes to confirm the operation.
running configuration with the snapshot.
• To revert specific device group, template, or template stack changes to the running configuration:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Revert to last saved Panorama configuration, and Select
4. (Optional) To overwrite the running configuration, select Commit > Commit to Panorama and
Commit your changes with the snapshot.
• Revert to a previous version of the running configuration that is stored on Panorama.

• To revert all changes that administrators made:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Load Panorama configuration version, and Select Device
Group & Templates.
2. Select a configuration Version and click OK.
3. (Optional) To overwrite the running configuration with the version you just restored, select
Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
• To revert specific device group, template, or template changes to the running configuration:
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Load Panorama configuration version, and select a
configuration version Name.
2. Select Device Group & Templates and select the specific device groups, templates, or template
stacks to revert.
4. (Optional) To overwrite the running configuration with the snapshot, select Commit > Commit to
Panorama and Commit your changes.
• Revert to one of the following:

• Custom-named version of the Panorama running configuration that you previously imported.
• Custom-named Panorama candidate configuration snapshot (instead of the default snapshot).
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Load named Panorama configuration snapshot, and select
the Name of the configuration file you just imported.
2. (Optional) Load Shared Objects or Load Shared Policies to load all shared objects or policies. You can
load all shared objects and policies, as well as load all objects and policies configured in the device
groups and templates you specify in the next step.

3. (Optional) Select Device Group & Templates, and select the specific device group, template, or
template stack configurations to load. Skip this step if you want to revert the entire Panorama
configuration.
5. (Optional) To overwrite the running configuration with the snapshot, select Commit > Commit to
Panorama and Commit your changes.
• Restore a Panorama running or candidate configuration that you previously exported to an

external host.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations, Import named Panorama configuration snapshot, Browse to
the configuration file on the external host, and click OK.
2. Load named Panorama configuration snapshot and select the Name of the configuration file you just
imported.
3. (Optional) Load Shared Objects or Load Shared Policies to load all shared objects or policies. You can
load all shared objects and policies, as well as load all objects and or policies configured in the device
groups and templates you specify in the next step.
4. (Optional) Select Device Group & Templates and select the specific device group, template, or
template stack configurations to load. Skip this step if you want to revert the entire Panorama
configuration.
6. (Optional) To overwrite the running configuration with the snapshot you just imported, select
Commit > Commit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
Configure the Maximum Number of Configuration Backups on

Panorama
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Logging and Reporting Settings.
STEP 2 | Select Log Export and Reporting and enter the Number of Versions for Config Backups
(default is 100; range is 1 to 1,048,576).
Load a Configuration Backup on a Managed Firewall

Use Panorama to load a configuration backup on a managed firewall. You can choose to revert to a
previously saved or committed configuration on the firewall. Panorama pushes the selected version to the
managed firewall, thereby overwriting the current candidate configuration on the firewall.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Summary.
STEP 2 | Select Manage in the Backups column.
STEP 3 | Select from the Saved Configurations or Committed Configurations.

• Click a version number to view the contents of that version.
• Load a configuration version.

Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations
To compare configuration changes on Panorama, you can select any two sets of configuration files: the
candidate configuration, the running configuration, or any other configuration version that has been
previously saved or committed on Panorama. The side-by-side comparison enables you to:
• Preview the configuration changes before committing them to Panorama. You can, for example, preview
the changes between the candidate configuration and the running configuration. As a best practice,
select the older version on the left pane and the newer version on the right pane, to easily compare and
identify modifications.
• Perform a configuration audit to review and compare the changes between two sets of configuration
files.
• Compare changes in Panorama configurations.

1. Select Panorama > Config Audit.
2. In each drop-down, select a configuration for the comparison.
3. Select the number of lines that you want to include for Context and click Go.
Panorama uses color shading to highlight items you added (green), modified (yellow), or deleted (red).
• Configure the number of versions Panorama stores for configuration audits.

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Logging and Reporting Settings.
2. Enter the Number of Versions for Config Audit (range is 1–1,048,576; default is 100).
• View and compare Panorama configuration files before committing.

1. Select Commit > Commit to Panorama and Preview Changes.
2. Select the number of Lines of Context you want to see, and click OK.

Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration
Changes
Locking the candidate or running configuration prevents other administrators from changing the
configuration until you manually remove the lock or Panorama removes it automatically (after a commit).
Locks ensure that administrators don’t make conflicting changes to the same settings or interdependent
settings during concurrent login sessions.
If you are changing settings that are unrelated to the settings other administrators are
changing in concurrent sessions, you don’t need configuration locks to prevent commit
conflicts. Panorama queues commit operations and performs them in the order that
administrators initiate the commits. For details, see Panorama Commit, Validation, and
Preview Operations.
A template or device group configuration push will fail if a firewall assigned to the template or
device group has a commit or config lock that an administrator set locally on that firewall.
• View details about current locks.

For example, you can check whether other administrators have set locks and read comments they
entered to explain the locks.
Click the locked padlock ( ) at the top of the web interface. The adjacent number indicates the number
of current locks.
• Lock a configuration.
Read-only administrators who cannot modify firewall or Panorama configurations cannot set locks.
1. Click the padlock icon at the top of the web interface.
The icon varies based on whether existing locks are ( ) or are not ( ) set.
2. Take a Lock and select the lock Type:
• Config—Blocks other administrators from changing the candidate configuration.
A custom role administrator who cannot commit changes can set a Config lock and
save the changes to the candidate configuration. However, because that administrator
cannot commit the changes, Panorama does not automatically release the lock after
a commit; the administrator must manually remove the Config lock after making the
required changes.
• Commit—Blocks other administrators from changing the running configuration.

3. Select the Location to determine the scope of the lock:
• Shared—Restricts changes to the entire Panorama configuration, including all device groups and
templates.
• Template—Restricts changes to the firewalls included in the selected template. (You can’t take a
lock for a template stack, only for individual templates within the stack.)
• Device group—Restricts changes to the selected device group but not its descendant device
groups.
4. (Optional) As a best practice, enter a Comment to describe your reason for setting the lock.
5. Click OK and Close.

• Unlock a configuration.
Only a superuser or the administrator who locked the configuration can manually unlock it. However,
Panorama automatically removes a lock after completing the commit operation that the administrator
who set the lock initiated.
1. Click the locked padlock ( ) at the top of the web interface.
2. Select the lock entry in the list.
3. Click Remove Lock, OK, and Close.
• Configure Panorama to automatically lock the running configuration when you change the
candidate configuration. This setting applies to all Panorama administrators.
2. Select Automatically Acquire Commit Lock and click OK.

Add Custom Logos to Panorama
You can upload image files to customize the following areas on Panorama:
• Background image on the login screen
• Header on the top left corner of the web interface; you can also hide the Panorama default background
• Title page and footer image in PDF reports
Supported image types include .jpg, .gif, and .png. Image files for use in PDF reports cannot contain an
alpha channel. The size of the image must be less than 128 Kilobytes (131,072 bytes); the recommended
dimensions are displayed on screen. If the dimension is larger than the recommended size, the image will be
automatically cropped.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
STEP 2 | In the Miscellaneous section, click Custom Logos.
STEP 3 | Click the Upload logo icon and select an image for any of the following options: the login
screen, the left corner of the main user interface, the PDF report title page and the PDF report
footer.
STEP 4 | Click Open to add the image. To preview the image, click the preview logo icon.
STEP 5 | (Optional) To clear the green background header on the Panorama web interface, select the
check box for Remove Panorama background header.
STEP 6 | Click Close to save your changes.

Use the Panorama Task Manager
Click Tasks ( ) at the bottom of the web interface to open the Task Manager, which displays details
about all the operations that administrators initiated (for example, manual commits) or that Panorama or a
managed firewall initiated (for example, scheduled report generation) since the last Panorama or firewall
reboot. You can use the Task Manager to troubleshoot failed operations, investigate warnings associated
with completed commits, or cancel pending commits.
STEP 1 | Click Tasks.
STEP 2 | Show the Running (in progress) tasks or All tasks (the default), optionally filter by type
(Reports; Log Requests; or commit, download, and installation Jobs), and select Panorama
(default) or the firewall for which you want to see the tasks.
STEP 3 | Perform any of the following actions:

• Display or hide task details—By default, the Task Manager displays the Type, Status, Start Time, and
Messages for each task. To see the End Time and Job ID for a task, you must manually display those
columns. To display or hide a column, open the drop-down in any column header, select Columns,
and select or clear the columns as desired.
• Investigate warnings or failures—Read the entries in the Messages column for task details. If the
column says Too many messages, click the entry in the Type column to see more information.
• Display a commit description—If an administrator entered a description for a commit, click Commit
Description in the Messages column to display it.
• Check the position of a commit in the queue—The Messages column indicates the queue position of
commits that are in progress.
• Cancel pending commits—Clear Commit Queue to cancel all pending commits (available only to
predefined administrative roles). To cancel an individual commit, click x in the Action column (the
commit remains in the queue until Panorama dequeues it). You cannot cancel commits that are in
progress.

Manage Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods
for Logs and Reports
• Log and Report Storage
• Log and Report Expiration Periods
• Configure Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports
• Configure the Run Time for Panorama Reports
Log and Report Storage

You can edit the default storage quotas for each log type. When a log quota reaches the maximum size,
Panorama starts overwriting the oldest log entries with the new log entries.The storage capacity for reports
is not configurable. The Log storage locations and report storage capacities vary by Panorama model:
• Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode—The storage space for reports is 200MB. The appliance
uses its virtual system disk to store the System and Config logs that Panorama and Log Collectors
generate. The virtual system disk also stores the Application Statistics (App Stats) logs that Panorama
automatically receives at 15-minute intervals from all managed firewalls. Panorama stores all other log
types to its virtual logging disks (1 to 12).
• Panorama virtual appliance in Management Only mode—The storage space for reports is 500MB.
The appliance uses its virtual system disk to store the System and Config logs that Panorama and Log
Collectors generate. The virtual system disk also stores the Application Statistics (App Stats) logs that
Panorama automatically receives at 15-minute intervals from all managed firewalls. You must Configure
a Managed Collector to forward logs from managed firewalls as Panorama in Management Only mode
cannot store any other log type.
• Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode—The storage space for reports is 200MB for Panorama
8.0 or earlier releases and 500MB for Panorama 8.0.1 and later releases. Panorama writes all logs to its
assigned storage space, which can be any of one the following:
• Virtual system disk—By default, approximately 11GB is allocated for log storage on the virtual system
disk that you created when installing Panorama. If you add a virtual logging disk or NFS partition,
Panorama still uses the system disk to store the System and Config logs that Panorama and Log
Collectors generate and to store the App Stats logs collected from firewalls.
• Dedicated virtual logging disk—Stores all log types except those that reside on the system disk.
• NFS partition—This option is available only to Panorama running on a VMware ESXi server. The NFS
partition stores all log types except those that reside on the system disk.
• M-500 or M-100 appliance—The storage space for reports is 500MB for Panorama 6.1 or later releases
and 200MB for earlier releases. The M-Series appliances use their internal SSD to store the Config
logs and System logs that Panorama and Log Collectors generate and to store the App Stats logs
collected from firewalls. Panorama saves all other log types to its RAID-enabled disks. The RAID disks
are either local to the M-Series appliance in Panorama mode or are in a Dedicated Log Collector (M-
Series appliance in Log Collector mode). You edit the log storage quotas on the RAID disks when you
Configure a Collector Group.
For details on the log storage options and capacities, see Panorama Models. You can
Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance by adding virtual logging
disks or NFS storage. You can Increase Storage on the M-Series Appliance by adding
RAID drives or by upgrading from 1TB drives to 2TB drives.

Log and Report Expiration Periods
You can configure automatic deletion based on time for the logs that the Panorama management server and
Log Collectors collect from firewalls, as well as the logs and reports that Panorama and the Log Collectors
generate locally. This is useful in deployments where periodically deleting monitored information is desired
or necessary. For example, deleting user information after a certain period might be mandatory in your
organization for legal reasons. You configure separate expiration periods for:
• Reports—Panorama deletes expired reports at the same it generates new reports (see Configure the Run
Time for Panorama Reports).
• Each log type—Panorama evaluates logs as it receives them, and deletes logs that exceed the configured
expiration period.
• Panorama synchronizes expiration periods across high availability (HA) pairs. Because
only the active HA peer generates logs, the passive peer has no logs or reports to delete
unless failover occurs and it starts generating logs.
Even if you don’t set expiration periods, when a log quota reaches the maximum size,
Panorama starts overwriting the oldest log entries with the new log entries.
Configure Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and

Reports
STEP 1 | Configure the storage quotas and expiration periods for:
• Logs of all types that a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode receives from firewalls.
• App Stats logs that Panorama receives from firewalls.
• System and Config logs that Panorama and Log Collectors generate locally.
The Panorama management server stores these logs locally.
If you reduce a storage quota such that the current logs exceed it, after you commit the
change, Panorama removes the oldest logs to fit the quota.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Logging and Reporting Settings.
2. In the Log Storage settings, enter the storage Quota (%) for each log type.
When you change a percentage value, the page refreshes to display the corresponding absolute value
(Quota GB/MB column) based on the total allotted storage on Panorama.
3. Enter the Max Days (expiration period) for each log type (range is 1 to 2,000).
Restore Defaults if you want to reset the quotas and expiration periods to the factory
defaults.
STEP 2 | Configure the expiration period for reports that Panorama generates.
1. Select Log Export and Reporting and enter the Report Expiration Period in days (range is 1 to 2,000).
By default, the field is blank, which means reports never expire.
STEP 3 | Configure the storage quotas and expiration periods for logs of all types (except App Stats logs)
that M-600, M-500, M-200, M-100 appliances, or Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama
mode receives from firewalls.

The local or Dedicated Log Collectors store these logs.
You configure these storage quotas at the Collector Group level, not for individual Log
Collectors.
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and edit the Collector Group.
2. In the General settings, click the Log Storage value.
A value doesn’t display unless you assigned Log Collectors to the Collector Group. If
the field displays 0MB after you assign Log Collectors, verify that you enable the disk
pairs when you Configure a Managed Collector and that you committed the changes
(Panorama > Managed Collectors > Disks).
3. Enter the storage Quota(%) for each log type.
When you change a percentage value, the page refreshes to display the corresponding absolute value
(Quota GB/MB column) based on the total storage allotted to the Collector Group.
4. Enter the Max Days (expiration period) for each log type (range is 1 to 2,000).
Restore Defaults if you want to reset the quotas and expiration periods to the factory
defaults.
STEP 4 | Commit the changes to Panorama and push the changes to the Collector Group.
2. Select Collector Groups, select the Collector Group you modified, and click OK.
STEP 5 | Verify that Panorama applied the storage quota changes.

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and, in the Logging and Reporting Settings, verify that the
Log Storage values are correct for the logs that the Panorama management server stores.
2. Select Panorama > Collector Groups, select the Collector Group you modified, and verify that the
Log Storage values in the General tab are correct for the logs that the Log Collectors store.
You can also verify the Collector Group storage quotas by logging in to a Log Collector
CLI and entering the operational command show log-diskquota-pct.
Configure the Run Time for Panorama Reports

Panorama generates reports daily at the time you specify. Panorama deletes any expired reports after
generating the new reports.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Logging and Reporting Settings.
STEP 2 | Select Log Export and Reporting and set the Report Runtime to an hour in the 24-hour clock
schedule (default is 02:00; range is 00:00 [midnight] to 23:00).

Monitor Panorama
To monitor Panorama and its managed collectors, you can periodically view their System and Config logs
(filter logs by type), configure an SNMP manager to collect (GET) Panorama statistics on a regular basis, or
configure SNMP traps or email alerts that notify you when a monitored metric changes state or reaches a
threshold on Panorama. Email alerts and SNMP traps are useful for immediate notification about critical
system events that need your attention. To configure email alerts or SNMP traps, see Configure Log
Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations.
• Panorama System and Configuration Logs
• Monitor Panorama and Log Collector Statistics Using SNMP
Panorama System and Configuration Logs

You can configure Panorama to send notifications when a system event or configuration change occurs. By
default, Panorama records every configuration change in the Config logs. In the System logs, each event has
a severity level to indicate its urgency and impact. When you Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to
External Destinations, you can forward all System and Config logs or filter the logs based on attributes such
as the receive time or severity level (System logs only). The following table summarizes the severity levels
for System logs:
Severity Description
Critical Indicates a failure and the need for immediate attention, such as a hardware failure,
including high availability (HA) failover and link failures.
High Serious issues that will impair the operation of the system, including disconnection
of a Log Collector or a commit failure.
Medium Mid-level notifications, such as Antivirus package upgrades, or a Collector Group

configuration push.
Low Minor severity notifications, such as user password changes.
Informational Notification events such as log in or log out, any configuration change,
authentication success and failure notifications, commit success, and all other
events that the other severity levels don’t cover.
Panorama stores the System and Config logs locally; the exact location and storage capacity varies by
Panorama model (see Log and Report Storage). Upon reaching the capacity limit, Panorama deletes the
oldest logs to create space for new logs. If you need to store the logs for longer periods than what the local
storage allows, you can Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations.
For information on using Panorama to monitor firewall logs, see Monitor Network Activity.
Monitor Panorama and Log Collector Statistics Using SNMP

You can configure an SNMP manager to request information from a Panorama management server
and configure Panorama to respond. For example, the SNMP manager can request the high availability
(HA) mode, Panorama state, and Panorama version. If the Panorama management server has a local Log

Collector, then Panorama can also provide logging statistics: average logs per second, storage duration,
retention periods, log disk usage, log forwarding status from individual firewalls to Panorama and external
servers, and the status of firewall-to-Log Collector connections. Panorama doesn’t synchronize SNMP
configurations between HA peers; you must enable SNMP requests and responses on each peer.
You can also configure a Dedicated Log Collector to respond to requests for the same logging statistics as
the Panorama management server. This information is useful when evaluating whether you need to expand
log storage capacity.
You can’t configure an SNMP manager to control Panorama or Log Collectors (using SET
messages); an SNMP manager can only collect statistics (using GET messages).
For details on how Panorama implements SNMP, see SNMP Support.
STEP 1 | Configure the SNMP Manager to get statistics from Panorama and the Log Collectors.
The following steps are an overview of the tasks you perform on the SNMP manager. For the specific
steps, refer to the documentation of your SNMP manager.
1. To enable the SNMP manager to interpret statistics, load the Supported MIBs and, if necessary,
compile them.
2. For each Panorama appliance that the SNMP manager will monitor, define its connection settings (IP
address and port) and authentication settings (SNMPv2c community string or SNMPv3 username and
password). All Panorama appliances use port 161.
The SNMP manager can use the same or different connection and authentication settings for multiple
Panorama management servers and Log Collectors. The settings must match those you define when
you configure SNMP on Panorama (see Configure the Panorama management server to respond to
statistics requests from an SNMP manager. and Configure the Dedicated Log Collectors (if any) to
respond to SNMP requests.). For example, if you use SNMPv2c, the community string you define
when configuring Panorama must match the community string you define in the SNMP manager for
Panorama.
3. Determine the object identifiers (OIDs) of the statistics you will monitor. For example, to monitor the
logging rate, a MIB browser shows that this statistic corresponds to OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.3.30.1.1
in PAN-PRODUCT-MIB.my. For details, see Use an SNMP Manager to Explore MIBs and Objects.
4. Configure the SNMP manager to monitor the desired OIDs.
STEP 2 | Enable SNMP traffic on the management (MGT) interface of the Panorama management
server.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Management Interface Settings.
2. In the Services section, select the SNMP check box and click OK.
STEP 3 | Enable SNMP traffic on the management (MGT) interface of any M-Series appliances in Log
Collector mode:
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and select the Log Collector.
2. Select the Management tab, select the SNMP check box, and click OK.
STEP 4 | Configure the Panorama management server to respond to statistics requests from an SNMP
manager.
1. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and, in the Miscellaneous section, click SNMP Setup.
2. Select the SNMP Version and configure the authentication values as follows. For version details, see
SNMP Support.

• V2c—Enter the SNMP Community String, which identifies a community of SNMP managers
and monitored devices (Panorama, in this case), and serves as a password to authenticate the
community members to each other.
Don’t use the default community string public; it is well known and therefore not
secure.
• V3—Create at least one SNMP view group and one user. User accounts and views provide
authentication, privacy, and access control when SNMP managers get statistics.
Views—Each view is a paired OID and bitwise mask: the OID specifies a MIB, and the mask (in
hexadecimal format) specifies which objects are accessible inside (include matching) or outside
(exclude matching) that MIB. Click Add in the first list and enter a Name for the group of views.
For each view in the group, click Add and configure the view Name, OID, matching Option
(include or exclude), and Mask.
Users—Click Add in the second list, enter a username in the Users column, select the View group
from the drop-down, enter the authentication password (Auth Password) used to authenticate
to the SNMP manager, and enter the privacy password (Priv Password) used to encrypt SNMP
messages to the SNMP manager.
STEP 5 | Configure the Dedicated Log Collectors (if any) to respond to SNMP requests.
For each Collector Group:
1. Select Panorama > Collector Groups and select the Collector Group.
2. Select the Monitoring tab, configure the same settings as in Step Configure the Panorama
management server to respond to statistics requests from an SNMP manager., and click OK.
STEP 6 | Commit the changes to Panorama and push the changes to Collector Groups.
2. Select Collector Groups you, select the Collector Groups you edited, and click OK.
STEP 7 | Monitor the Panorama and Log Collector statistics in an SNMP manager.
Refer to the documentation of your SNMP manager.

Reboot or Shut Down Panorama
The reboot option initiates a graceful restart of Panorama. A shutdown halts the system and powers it off.
To restart Panorama, after a shutdown, manually disconnect and re-cable the power cord on the system.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
STEP 2 | In the Device Operations section, select Reboot Panorama or Shutdown Panorama.

Configure Panorama Password Profiles and
Complexity
To secure the local administrator account, you can define password complexity requirements that are
enforced when administrators change or create new passwords. Unlike password profiles, which can be
applied to individual accounts, the password complexity rules are firewall-wide and apply to all passwords.
To enforce periodic password updates, create a password profile that defines a validity period for
passwords.
STEP 1 | Configure minimum password complexity settings.

1. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the Minimum Password Complexity section.
2. Select Enabled.
3. Define the Password Format Requirements. You can enforce the requirements for uppercase,
lowercase, numeric, and special characters that a password must contain.
4. To prevent the account username (or reversed version of the name) from being used in the password,
select Block Username Inclusion (including reversed).
5. Define the password Functionality Requirements.
If you have configured a password profile for an administrator, the values defined in the password
profile will override the values that you have defined in this section.
STEP 2 | Create password profiles.

You can create multiple password profiles and apply them to administrator accounts as required to
enforce security.
1. Select Panorama > Password Profiles and click Add.
2. Enter a Name for the password profile and define the following:
1. Required Password Change Period—Frequency, in days, at which the passwords must be
changed.
2. Expiration Warning Period—Number of days before expiration that the administrator will receive
a password reminder.
3. Post Expiration Grace Period—Number of days that the administrator can still log in to the system
after the password expires.
4. Post Expiration Admin Login Count—Number of times that the administrator can log in to the
system after the password has expired.

Panorama Plugins
The Panorama extensible plugin architecture enables support for third-party integration
plugins, such as VMware NSX, and other Palo Alto Networks products, such as the
GlobalProtect cloud service. With this modular architecture, you can take advantage of new
capabilities without waiting for a new PAN-OS version.
You can also configure the VM-Series plugin from Panorama. The VM-Series plugin is a single
plugin that enables integration with public cloud environments such as Google Cloud Platform
(GCP), Azure, AWS and private cloud hypervisors such as KVM, ESXi and others. The VM-
Series plugin enables you to publish metrics from VM-Series firewalls deployed in public
clouds. You can use Panorama to configure the VM-Series plugin settings for public clouds and
push your configuration to your managed firewalls.
> About Panorama Plugins

> VM-Series Plugin and Panorama Plugins
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About Panorama Plugins
Panorama supports an extensible plugin architecture that enables the integration and configuration of the
following capabilities:
• AWS—The AWS plugin enables you to monitor your EC2 workloads on AWS. With the plugin, you
can enable communication between Panorama (running PAN-OS 8.1.3 or a later release) and your
AWS VPCs so that Panorama can collect a predefined set of attributes (or metadata elements) as tags
for your EC2 instances and register the information to your Palo Alto Networks firewalls. When you
reference these tags in Dynamic Address Groups and match against them in Security policy rules, you
can consistently enforce policy across all assets deployed within your VPCs.
• Azure—The Azure plugin enables you to monitor your virtual machines on the Azure public cloud.
With the plugin, you can enable communication between Panorama (running PAN-OS 8.1.6 or a later
release) and your Azure subscriptions so that Panorama can collect a predefined set of attributes (or
metadata elements) as tags for your Azure virtual machines and register the information to your Palo
Alto Networks firewalls. When you reference these tags in Dynamic Address Groups and match against
them in Security policy rules, you can consistently enforce policy across all assets deployed within VNets
in your subscriptions.
• Cisco ACI—The Cisco ACI plugin enables you to monitor endpoints in your Cisco ACI fabric. With
the plugin, you enable communication between Panorama (8.1.6 and later) and your Cisco APIC so
that Panorama can collect endpoint information as tags for your Endpoint Groups and register the
information to you Palo Alto Networks firewalls. When you reference these tags in Dynamic Address
Groups and match against them in Security policy rules, you can consistently enforce policy across all
assets deployed within your Cisco ACI fabric.
• Cisco TrustSec—The Cisco TrustSec Plugin enables monitoring of endpoints in your Cisco TrustSec
environment. With the plugin, you enable communication between Panorama and your Cisco pxGrid
server so that Panorama can collect endpoint information as tags for your enpoints and register the
information to you Palo Alto Networks firewalls. When you reference these tags in Dynamic Address
Groups and match against them in security policy rules, you can consistently enforce policy across all
assets deployed within your Cisco TrustSec environment.
• Cloud Services—The Cloud Services plugin enables the use of the Cortex Data Lake and Prisma Access.
The Cortex Data Lake solves operational logging challenges and the Prisma Access cloud service extends
your security infrastructure to your remote network locations and mobile workforce.
• GCP—Enables you to secure Kubernetes services in a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster.
Configure the Panorama plugin for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to connect to your GKE cluster and
learn about the services that are exposed to the internet.
• Nutanix—The Panorama plugin for Nutanix enables VM monitoring in your Nutanix environment.
It allows you to track the virtual machine inventory within your Nutanix Prism Central so that you
can consistently enforce security policy that automatically adapts to changes within your Nutanix
environment. As virtual machines are provisioned, de-provisioned or moved, this solution allows you to
collect the IP addresses and associated sets of attributes (or metadata elements) as tags. You can then
use the tags to define Dynamic Address Groups and use them in Security policy. The Panorama plugin
for Nutanix requires Panorama 9.0.4 or later.
• Interconnect—The Interconnect plugin enables you to Manage Large-Scale Firewall Deployments. Use
the Interconnect plugin to set up a two-tier Panorama deployment (on Panorama running PAN-OS 8.1.3
or a later release) for a horizontal scale-out architecture. With the Interconnect plugin, you can deploy
a Panorama Controller with up to 64 Panorama Nodes or 32 Panorama HA pairs to centrally manage a
large number of firewalls.
• VMware NSX—The VMware NSX plugin enables integration between the VM-Series firewall on VMware
NSX with VMware NSX Manager. This integration allows you to deploy the VM-Series firewall as a
service on a cluster of ESXi servers.
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• VMware vCenter—The Panorama plugin for VMware vCenter allows you to monitor the virtual
machines in your vCenter environment. The plugin retrieves IP addresses of virtual machines in your
vCenter environment and converts them to tags that you can use to build policy using dynamic address
groups.
Refer to the Palo Alto Networks Compatibility Matrix for details on the different plugin versions and
compatibility information.
Install Panorama Plugins

You can install one or more of the available plugins on Panorama to enable the integration the
GlobalProtect cloud service and Cortex Data Lake,VMware NSX, or for monitoring your virtual machines on
AWS or Azure public cloud.
For the cloud services plugin, you must activate a valid auth code on the Customer Support Portal and
select the region—Americas or Europe—to which you want to send logs.
If you have a version of a plugin currently installed and you Install a new version of the
plugin, Panorama replaces the currently installed version.
STEP 1 | Download the plugin.

1. Select Panorama > Plugins.
2. Select Check Now to retrieve a list of available updates.

3. Select Download in the Action column to download the plugin.
You must be running Panorama 8.1.3 or later to install the Azure or AWS plugins.
STEP 2 | Install the plugin.

Select the version of the plugin and click Install in the Action column to install the plugin. Panorama will
alert you when the installation is complete. For more details, refer to install the VMware NSX plugin or
the Cloud Services plugin.
When installing the plugin for the first time on a Panorama HA pair, install the plugin on
the passive peer before the active peer. On installing the plugin on the passive peer, it
transitions to a non-functional state. Then, after you successfully install the plugin on the
active peer, the passive peer returns to a functional state.

VM-Series Plugin and Panorama Plugins
What is the difference between the VM-Series Plugin and various plugins for Panorama?
The VM-Series Plugin is for the VM-Series firewalls, and is a single plugin that enables integration with
public cloud environments such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure and AWS, and private cloud
hypervisors such as KVM, ESXi and others. When you deploy the firewall, the built-in plugin automatically
detects the virtual environment on which the firewall is deployed and loads up the plugin components that
enable you to manage interactions with that cloud environment. For example, when you deploy the VM-
Series firewall on GCP, the VM-Series firewall loads the plugin components that enable the integration with
GCP. You can then use the VM-Series plugin to configure the VM-Series firewall on GCP to publish metrics
to Google Stackdriver Monitoring. Similarly, the VM-Series plugin on the VM-Series firewall on Azure
enables you to configure the firewall to publish metrics Azure Application Insights or set up the details that
the firewalls need to function as an HA pair. The VM-Series Plugin is pre-installed on the VM-Series firewall,
and you can upgrade or downgrade but cannot delete it. On Panorama the VM-Series plugin is available but
it is not pre-installed. If you choose to use Panorama to manage the integrations on your firewalls, install the
VM-Series plugin on Panorama to establish communication with the VM-Series plugin on your firewalls.
The Panorama plugins are for both hardware-based firewalls and the VM-Series firewalls. Since Panorama
plugins are optional, you can add, remove, reinstall, or upgrade them on Panorama. The Panorama plugin is
not built-in, and you must install the plugin to enable communication with the managing the environment
you need. For example, you use the Cloud Services plugin on Panorama to enable the set up between
the Panorama/firewalls and the Cortex Data Lake. The GCP plugin on Panorama enables communication
between Panorama and your GCP deployment so that you can secure traffic entering or exiting a service
deployed in a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster.
Install the VM-Series Plugin on Panorama

To view and configure cloud integrations deployed on your VM-Series firewalls, the VM-Series plugin must
be installed on both Panorama and the VM-Series firewall. The plugin is automatically installed on the
firewall, but you must manually install the plugin on Panorama before you can push configurations to your
device groups.
The VM-Series plugin supports all clouds, so an upgrade might not apply to your VM-Series
firewalls. Before upgrading the plugin, consult the release notes. Update the plugin only
when there are changes relevant to your cloud.
STEP 1 | Download the VM-Series plugin.

1. Select Panorama > Plugins and use Check Now to look for new plugin packages. The VM-Series
plugin name is vm_series.
2. Consult the plugin release notes to determine which version provides upgrades useful to you.
3. Select a version of the plugin and select Download in the Action column.
STEP 2 | Install the VM-Series plugin.

1. Click Install in the Action column. Panorama alerts you when the installation is complete.
2. To view the plugin, select Device > VM-Series.
• If your firewall is installed on a private cloud and the hypervisor or service does not have
an integration, you see a tab named VM-Series and the default message, VM Series
plugin infrastructure support is installed to allow the firewall's
functionality to be enhanced in response to new features launched by
hypervisor, or to meet new security needs.
• If your firewall is deployed on a public cloud, Panorama displays tabs for all supported clouds.
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STEP 3 | (Optional) Save your configuration and push it to your managed firewalls.
STEP 4 | (Optional) On the VM-Series firewall, select Device > VM-Series. If you have configured
the integration for your platform, you see a single tab for the cloud in which the firewall is
deployed. If you have not configured an integration, you see the default message about the
VM-Series plugin infrastructure.

Troubleshooting
The following topics address issues for the Panorama™ management server and Dedicated Log
Collectors:
> Troubleshoot Panorama System Issues

> Troubleshoot Log Storage and Connection Issues
> Replace an RMA Firewall
> Troubleshoot Commit Failures
> Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number Errors
> Troubleshoot Reporting Errors
> Troubleshoot Device Management License Errors
> Complete Content Update When Panorama HA Peer is Down
> View Task Success or Failure Status
> Test Policy Match and Connectivity for Managed Devices
> Downgrade from Panorama 9.0
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Troubleshoot Panorama System Issues
• Generate Diagnostic Files for Panorama
• Diagnose Panorama Suspended State
• Monitor the File System Integrity Check
• Manage Panorama Storage for Software and Content Updates
• Recover from Split Brain in Panorama HA Deployments
Generate Diagnostic Files for Panorama

Diagnostic files aid in monitoring system activity and in discerning potential causes for issues on Panorama.
To assist Palo Alto Networks Technical Support in troubleshooting an issue, the support representative
might request a tech support file. The following procedure describes how to download a tech support file
and upload it to your support case.
STEP 1 | Select Panorama > Support and click Generate Tech Support File.
STEP 2 | Download and save the file to your computer.
STEP 3 | Upload the file to your case on the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site.
Diagnose Panorama Suspended State

If Panorama is in a suspended state, check for the following conditions:
• Serial numbers—Verify that the serial number on each Panorama virtual appliance is unique. If the same
serial number is used to create two or more instances of Panorama, all instances using the same serial
number will be suspended.
• Mode—If you deploy the Panorama virtual appliance in a high availability (HA) configuration, verify that
both HA peers are in the same mode: Panorama mode or Legacy mode.
• HA priority—Verify that you have set the HA priority setting on one peer as Primary and the other as
Secondary. If the priority setting is identical on both peers, the Panorama peer with a higher numerical
value in serial number is placed in a suspended state.
• Panorama software version—Verify that both Panorama HA peers are running the same Panorama
software version (major and minor version number).
Monitor the File System Integrity Check

Panorama periodically performs a file system integrity check (FSCK) to prevent corruption of the Panorama
system files. This check occurs after eight reboots or at a reboot that occurs 90 days after the last FSCK
was executed. If Panorama is running a FSCK, the web interface and Secure Shell (SSH) login screens will
display a warning to indicate that an FSCK is in progress. You cannot log in until this process completes. The
time to complete this process varies by the size of the storage system; depending on the size, it can take
several hours before you can log back in to Panorama.
To view the progress on the FSCK, set up console access to Panorama and view the status.
Manage Panorama Storage for Software and Content Updates

You can Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama and Deploy Updates to Firewalls, Log
Collectors and WildFire Appliances Using Panorama. You cannot configure the amount of space available
on Panorama to store updates. When the alloted storage capacity reaches 90%, Panorama alerts you to
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free up space (delete stored updates) for new downloads or uploads. The maximum number of updates is a
global setting that applies to all the updates that Panorama stores. You must access the CLI to configure this
setting. The default value is two updates of each type.
• Modify the maximum number of updates of each type.

Access the Panorama CLI and enter the following, where <number> can be between 2 and 64:
> set max-num-images count <number>
• View the number of updates that Panorama currently stores.

Enter:
> show max-num-images
• Use the web interface to delete updates to free up space on Panorama.

1. Select the type of update to delete:
• Firewall or Log Collector updates:
PAN-OS/Panorama software images—Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Software.
GlobalProtect™ agent/app software updates—Select Panorama > Device Deployment >
GlobalProtect Client.
Content updates—Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates.
• Panorama software images—Select Panorama > Software.
• Panorama content updates—Select Panorama > Dynamic Updates.
2. Click the X icon in the far right column for the image or update.
• Use the CLI to delete updates to free up space on Panorama.

Delete software images by version:
> delete software version <version_number>
Delete content updates:
> delete content update <filename>
Recover from Split Brain in Panorama HA Deployments

When Panorama is configured in a high availability (HA) setup, the managed firewalls are connected to
both the active and passive Panorama HA peers. When the connection between the active and the passive
Panorama peers fails, before the passive Panorama takes over as the active peer it checks whether any
firewall is connected to both the active and the passive peer. If even one firewall is connected to both
peers, the failover is not triggered.
In the rare event that a failover is triggered when a set of firewalls are connected to the active peer and a
set of firewalls are connected to the passive peer, but none of the firewalls are connected to both peers, it
is called a split brain. When a split brain occurs, the following conditions occur:
• Neither Panorama peer is aware of the state nor the HA role of the other peer.

• Both Panorama peers become active and manage a unique set of firewalls.
To resolve a split brain, debug your network issues and restore connectivity between the Panorama HA
peers.
However, if you need to make configuration changes to your firewalls without restoring the connection
between the peers, here are a couple of options:
• Manually add the same configuration changes on both Panorama peers. This ensures that when the link
is reestablished the configuration is synchronized.
• If you need to add/change the configuration at only one Panorama location, make the changes and
synchronize the configuration (make sure that you initiate the synchronization from the peer on which
you made the changes) when the link between the Panorama peers is re-established. To synchronize the
peers, select the Dashboard tab and click the Sync to peer link in the High Availability widget.
• If you need to add/change the configuration for only the connected firewalls at each location, you can
make configuration changes independently on each Panorama peer. Because the peers are disconnected,
there is no replication and each peer now has a completely different configuration file (they are out
of sync). Therefore, to ensure that the configuration changes on each peer are not lost when the
connection is restored, you cannot allow the configuration to be automatically re-synchronized. To
solve this problem, export the configuration from each Panorama peer and manually merge the changes
using an external diff and merge tool. After the changes are integrated, you can import the unified
configuration file on the primary Panorama and then synchronize the imported configuration file with
the peer.

Troubleshoot Log Storage and Connection
Issues
• Verify Panorama Port Usage
• Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group
• Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance
• Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server
• Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air
• Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode
• Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode
• Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
• Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
• Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama
• Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs
Verify Panorama Port Usage

To ensure that Panorama can communicate with managed firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances
and appliance clusters, and its high availability (HA) peer, use the following table to verify the ports that you
must open on your network. Panorama uses TCP protocol for port communications.
By default, Panorama uses the management (MGT) interface to manage devices (firewalls, Log Collectors,
and WildFire appliances and appliance clusters), collect logs, communicate with Collector Groups, and
deploy software and content updates to devices. However, you can optionally assign the log collection and
Collector Group communication functions to the Eth1 or Eth2 interfaces on an M-500 or M-100 appliance
running Panorama 6.1 through 7.1. If the appliance runs Panorama 8.0 or a later release, you can assign any
function to the Eth1, Eth2, or Eth3 interfaces on the M-100 appliance and to the Eth1, Eth2, Eth3, Eth4, or
Eth5 interfaces on the M-500 appliance. The ports listed in the following table apply regardless of which
function you assign to which interface. For example, if you assign log collection to MGT and assign Collector
Group communication to Eth2, then MGT will use port 3978 and Eth2 will use port 28270. (The Panorama
virtual appliance can only use the MGT interface for all these functions.)
Communicating Systems Ports Used Ports Used Ports Used Description

& Direction of Connection in Panorama in Panorama in Panorama
Establishment 5.x 6.x to 7.x 8.x and later
Panorama and Panorama 28 28 28 For HA connectivity and

(HA) synchronization if encryption
is enabled.
Direction: Each peer initiates
its own connection to the Used for communication
other between Log Collectors in
a Collector Group for log
distribution.
Panorama and Panorama 28769 and 28260 and 28260 and For HA connectivity and
(HA) 28260 28769 28769 synchronization if encryption
(5.1) is not enabled.

Direction: Each peer initiates 28769 and
its own connection to the 49160
other (5.0)
Panorama and managed 3978 3978 3978 A bi-directional connection

firewalls where the logs are
forwarded from the
Direction: Initiated by the
firewall to Panorama; and
firewall
configuration changes are
pushed from Panorama
to the managed firewalls.
Context switching
commands are sent over the
same connection.
Panorama and Log Collector 3978 3978 3978 For management and log
collection/reporting.
Direction: Initiated by the
Log Collector Used for communication
between the local Log
Collector on a Panorama
in Panorama mode, and for
communicating with Log
Collectors in a distributed log
collection deployment.
Panorama and managed 3978 3978 28443 Devices running PAN-OS

devices (firewalls, Log 8.x or later releases use port
Collectors, and WildFire 28443 to retrieve software
appliances and appliance and content update files
clusters) from Panorama.
Direction: Devices running 7.x or earlier
releases do not retrieve
• Initiated by managed
update files from Panorama;
devices running PAN-OS
Panorama pushes the update
8.x or later releases.
files to the devices over port
• Initiated by Panorama for 3978.
devices running PAN-OS
7.x or earlier releases. Support for Panorama
management of WildFire
appliances and appliance
clusters requires PAN-
OS 8.0.1 or later installed
on the managed WildFire
appliances. We recommend
that Panorama runs 8.0.1
or later to manage WildFire
appliances and appliance
clusters.

Log Collector to Log 49190 28270 28270 For distributing blocks and
Collector all binary data between Log
Collectors.
Direction: Each Log Collector
initiates a connection to the
other Log Collectors in the
Collector Group
Panorama to Cortex Data NA NA 444 For setting up a secure

Lake communication channel with
Versionthe Cortex Data Lake.
8.0.5
The managed firewalls use
and
port 3978 to
later.
communicate with the
Cortex Data Lake.
Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group

The log storage capacity for the Collector Group might display as 0MB if the disk pairs are not enabled for
logging in the Log Collectors. To enable the disk pairs, perform the following steps for each Log Collector in
the Collector Group.
STEP 1 | Add the RAID disk pairs.

1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and click the Collector Name.
2. Select Disks, Add each RAID disk pair, and click OK.
STEP 2 | Commit the changes to Panorama and push the changes to the Collector Group.
2. Select Collector Groups, select the Collector Group you modified, and click OK.
STEP 3 | Verify the state of the Log Collectors and disk pairs.
1. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and verify that the configuration of each Log Collector is
synchronized with Panorama.
display connected.
2. Click Statistics in the last column for each Log Collector and verify that the disk pairs are Enabled and
Available.
Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance

If a disk fails on the M-Series appliance, you must replace the disk and reconfigure it in a RAID 1 array. For
details, refer to the M-Series appliance Hardware Reference Guides.

Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server
You cannot resize a virtual disk after adding it to the Panorama virtual appliance running on a VMware
ESXi server. Because the Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode allows only one log storage location,
you must replace the virtual disk as follows to modify the log storage capacity. In Panorama mode, you
can simply add another disk (up to the maximum of 12) to Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama
Virtual Appliance.
On the Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, you will lose the logs on the existing
disk when you replace it. For the options to preserve existing logs, see Preserve Existing
Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode.
STEP 1 | Remove the old virtual disk.

1. Access the VMware vSphere Client and select the Virtual Machines tab.
2. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power Off.
3. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Edit Settings.
4. Select the virtual disk in the Hardware tab and click Remove.
5. Select one of the Removal Options and click OK.
STEP 2 | Add the new virtual disk.

1. Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server.
Panorama running on ESXi 5.5 and later versions supports a virtual disk of up to 8TB. Panorama
running on an earlier ESXi version supports a virtual disk of up to 2TB.
2. In the vSphere Client, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On.
The reboot process might take several minutes and the message cache data unavailable will
display.
STEP 3 | Verify that the modified log storage capacity is correct.

1. Log in to the Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and verify that the Logging and Reporting Settings section,
Log Storage field, displays the modified log storage capacity accurately.
Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air

You cannot resize a virtual disk after adding it to the Panorama virtual appliance running on VMware vCloud
Air. Because the Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode allows only one log storage location, you must
replace the virtual disk as follows to modify the log storage capacity. In Panorama mode, you can simply
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air (up to the maximum of 12).
On the Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, you will lose the logs on the existing
disk when you replace it. For the options to preserve existing logs, see Preserve Existing
Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode.
STEP 1 | Remove the old virtual disk.

2. Select the Panorama virtual appliance in the Virtual Machines tab.
3. Select Actions > Edit Resources.
4. Click x for the virtual disk you are removing.
STEP 2 | Add the new virtual disk.

1. Add another disk.
2. Set the Storage to up to 8TB and set the storage tier to Standard or SSD-Accelerated.
3. Save your changes.
STEP 3 | Reboot Panorama.

1. Log in to the Panorama virtual appliance.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Operations and Reboot Panorama.
STEP 4 | Verify that the modified log storage capacity is correct.

1. Log in to the Panorama virtual appliance after it reboots.
2. Select Panorama > Setup > Management and verify that the Logging and Reporting Settings section,
Log Storage field, displays the modified log storage capacity accurately.
Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode

If you need to replace an M-600, M-500, M-200 or M-100 appliance in Log Collector mode (Dedicated Log
Collector), you can migrate the logs it collected from firewalls by moving its RAID disks to a new M-Series
appliance. This procedure enables you to recover logs after a system failure on the M-Series appliance or to
migrate logs as part of a hardware upgrade (from an M-100 appliance to an M-500 appliance).
Migrating logs by removing the logging disks from any M-Series appliance and loading them
into an M-600 Panorama management server is not supported. To migrate to an M-600
appliance, set up the M-600 appliance, configure log forwarding to the new M-600 appliance
and configure the M-Series appliance as a managed Log Collector until you no longer needed
access to the logs stored on the M-Series appliance.
STEP 1 | Perform initial setup of the new M-Series appliance that will be a Dedicated Log Collector.
1. Rack mount the M-Series appliance. Refer to the M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference Guides for
instructions.
When configuring interfaces, configure only the Management (MGT) interface.

Switching to Log Collector mode (later in this procedure) removes the configurations
for any other interfaces. If the Log Collector will use interfaces other than MGT, add
them when configuring the Log Collector (see Step 2).
4. Purchase and activate the Panorama support license or transfer licenses as follows only if the new
M-Series appliance is the same hardware model as the old M-Series appliance. If the new M-Series
appliance is a different model than the old M-Series appliance, you must purchase new licenses.
2. Select the Assets tab and click the Spares link.
3. Click the Serial Number of the new M-Series appliance.
4. Click Transfer Licenses.
5. Select the old M-Series appliance and click Submit.
5. Activate a firewall management license. If you are migrating from an M-100 appliance to an M-500
appliance, enter the auth-code associated with the migration license.
6. Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama. For important details about software versions,
see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
7. Switch from Panorama mode to Log Collector mode:
1. Access the Log Collector CLI and switch to Log Collector mode:

terminates your terminal emulation software session, reconnect to the M-Series appliance to
display the Panorama login prompt.
If you see a CMS Login prompt, press Enter without typing a username or
password.
8. Use the Log Collector CLI to enable connectivity between the Log Collector and Panorama
management server. <IPaddress1 is for the MGT interface of the primary Panorama and
<IPaddress2> is for the MGT interface of the secondary Panorama.
> configure
# commit
# exit
STEP 2 | On the Panorama management server, add the new Log Collector as a managed collector.
For all steps with commands that require a serial number, you must type the entire serial
number; pressing the Tab key won’t complete a partial serial number.
1. Configure the Log Collector as a managed collector using the Panorama web interface or using the
following CLI commands:
> configure
# set log-collector <LC_serial_number> deviceconfig system
hostname <LC_hostname>
# exit
If the old Log Collector used interfaces other than the MGT interface for log collection
and Collector Group communication, you must define those interfaces on the new
Log Collector when you configure it as a managed collector (Panorama > Managed
Collectors > Interfaces).
2. Verify that the Log Collector is connected to Panorama and that the status of its disk pairs is present/
available.
> show log-collector serial-number <log-collector_SN>
The disk pairs will display as disabled at this stage of the restoration process.
3. Commit your changes to Panorama. Don’t commit the changes to the Collector Group just yet.
> configure
# commit
# exit
STEP 3 | Remove the RAID disks from the old Log Collector.
1. Power off the old Log Collector by pressing the Power button until the system shuts down.
2. Remove the disk pairs. For details, refer to the disk replacement procedure in the M-Series Appliance
Hardware Reference Guides.

STEP 4 | Prepare the disks for migration.
1. Insert the disks into the new Log Collector. For details, refer to the disk replacement procedure in the
M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference Guides.
The disk carriers of the M-100 appliance are incompatible with those of the M-500
appliance. Therefore, when migrating between these hardware models, you must
unscrew each disk from its old carrier and insert the disk in the new carrier before
inserting the disk in the new appliance.
the old appliance into slot B1/B2 on the new appliance, you must keep the disks together in the same
slot; otherwise, Panorama might not restore the data successfully.
> request system raid add <slot> force no-format
For example:

The force and no-format arguments are required. The force argument associates the disk pair
with the new Log Collector. The no-format argument prevents reformatting of the drives and
retains the logs stored on the disks.
For example:
STEP 5 | Add a Log Collector with no disks to a Collector Group.
From this point, only commits that are required to complete the migration process on
Panorama and the Log Collectors. Hold off making any other changes.
1. Access the Panorama CLI.

2. Overwrite Panorama restriction to allow Log Collector with no disk to be added to a Collector Group:
request log-migration-set-start
STEP 6 | Migrate the logs.
You must use the Panorama CLI for this step, not the web interface.

You must assign the new Log Collector to the Collector Group that contains the old Log Collector.
1. Assign the new Log Collector to the Collector Group and commit your changes to Panorama.
> configure
# set log-collector-group <collector_group_name> logfwd-setting
collectors <new_LC_serial_number>
# commit
# exit
2. For each disk pair, migrate the logs from the old Log Collector to the new Log Collector and attach
the disk pair to the new Log Collector.
> request log-migration from <old_LC_serial_number> old-

disk-pair <log_disk_pair> to <new_LC_serial_number> new-disk-
pair <log_disk_pair>
For example:
> request log-migration from 003001000010 old-disk-pair A to 00300100038

new-disk-pair A
STEP 7 | Reconfigure the Collector Group.

1. Use the web interface to assign the new Log Collector to the firewalls that forward logs (Panorama >
Collector Groups > Device Log Forwarding). Give the new Log Collector the same priority in the
firewall preference lists as the old Log Collector.
You cannot use the CLI change the priority assignments of firewall preference lists.
2. Delete the old Log Collector from the Collector Group.
> configure
# delete log-collector-group <group_name> logfwd-setting
collectors <old_LC_serial_number>
For example:
# delete log-collector-group DC-Collector-Group logfwd-setting collectors

003001000010
3. Delete the old Log Collector from the Panorama configuration and commit your changes to
Panorama.
# delete log-collector <old_LC_serial_number>

# commit
# exit
4. Commit the Collector Group changes so that the managed firewalls can send logs to the new Log
Collector.
> commit-all log-collector-config log-collector-

group <collector_group_name>

For example:
> commit-all log-collector-config log-collector-group DC-Collector-Group
STEP 8 | Generate new keys on the new Dedicated Log Collector.
This command is required in order to add the new Log Collector to the Collector Group
and should only be run for the Collector Group of the Log Collector being replaced. This
step deletes the existing RSA keys and allows Panorama to create new RSA keys.

2. Delete all RSA keys on new Log Collector:
request logdb update-collector-group-after-replace collector-group
<collector-group-name>
The process can take up to 10 minutes to completed.
STEP 9 | Confirm that SearchEngine Status is Active for all Log Collectors in the Collector Group.
Do not continue until SearchEngine Status is Active for all Log Collectors in the Collector
Group. This will result in purging of logs from the Log Collector being replaced.

2. Show the Log Collector details by running the following commands either:
• On Panorama for all Log Collectors:
show log-collector all
Alternatively, you can run the following command on each Dedicated Log Collector:
show log-collector detail

3. Confirm that SearchEngine Status is Active.
Redistribution status: none
Last commit-all: commit succeeded, current ring version 1
SearchEngine status: Active
md5sum 4e5055a359f7662fab8f8c4f57e24525 updated at 2017/06/14 09:58:19
STEP 10 | On the new Log Collector, replace previous Log Collector serial number with the new Log
Collector serial number.
You must replace the old Log Collector serial number with the new Log Collector serial number so that
the new Log Collector will not run in to purging issues, resulting in the Log Collector being unable to
purge old data from the migrated logs when necessary.
1. Access the Log Collector CLI.
2. Replace old Log Collector serial number with new Log Collector serial number:

request log-migration-update-logger from <old-log-collector-serial-number>
to <new-log-collector-serial-number>
Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode

If you need to replace an M-600, M-500, M-200 or M-100 appliance in Panorama mode (Panorama
management server), you can migrate the logs it collected from firewalls by moving its RAID disks to the
new M-Series appliance. Moving the disks enables you to recover logs after a system failure on the M-
Series appliance or to migrate logs as part of a hardware upgrade (from an M-100 appliance to an M-500
appliance).
This migration procedure covers the following scenarios where you are replacing a single M-Series
appliance, not in a HA configuration, with a managed collector (Log Collector) in a Collector Group.
STEP 1 | Forward any logs on the SSD of the old M-Series appliance to an external destination if you
want to preserve them.
The SSD stores the System and Config logs that Panorama and Log Collectors generate. You cannot
move the SSD between M-Series appliances.
Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations.
STEP 2 | Export the Panorama configuration from the decommissioned M-Series appliance in Panorama
mode.
1. Log in to the Panorama appliance and select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
click OK.
STEP 3 | Remove the RAID disks from the old M-Series appliance.
1. Power off the old M-Series appliance by pressing the Power button until the system shuts down.
STEP 4 | Perform initial setup of the new M-Series appliance.

instructions.
4. Purchase and activate a Panorama support license or transfer licenses as follows only if the new

STEP 5 | Load the Panorama configuration snapshot that you exported from the decommissioned M-
Series appliance into the new M-Series appliance in Panorama mode.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the new M-Series appliance and select Panorama > Setup >
Operations.
from the decommissioned M-Series appliance, and click OK.
To replace an RMA Panorama, make sure you Retain Rule UUIDs when you load the
named Panorama configuration snapshot. If you do not select this option, Panorama
removes all previous rule UUIDs from the configuration snapshot and assigns
new UUIDs to the rules on Panorama, which means it does not retain information
associated with the previous UUIDs, such as the policy rule hit count.
4. Perform any additional configuration changes as needed.
If the old M-Series appliance used interfaces other than the MGT interface for
Panorama services (such as log collection), you must define those interfaces on the
new M-Series appliance (Panorama > Setup > Interfaces).
6. Commit your changes to the Panorama configuration.
STEP 6 | Insert the disks into the new M-Series appliance. For details, refer to the disk replacement
You must maintain the disk pair association. Although you can place a disk pair from slot A1/A2 on the
old appliance into slot B1/B2 on the new appliance, you must keep the disks together in the same slot;
otherwise, Panorama might not restore the data successfully.
STEP 7 | Contact Palo Alto Networks Customer Support to copy log collector group metadata from the
decommissioned M-Series appliance to the new M-Series appliance and restart the mgmtsrvr
process.
STEP 8 | If the M-Series appliance was part of a Collector Group, verify that the decommissioned M-
Series appliance serial number is still part of the correct Collector Group:
debug log-collector-group show name <Log Collector Group name>

If the decommissioned M-Series appliance serial number is no longer a part of the correct Collector
Group, then the Tech Support folders were incorrectly copied in the previous step. Contact Palo Alto
Networks Customer Support again to copy the Tech Support folders to the correct location.
1. Insert the disks into the new M-Series appliance. For details, refer to the disk replacement procedure
in the M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference Guides.
the old appliance into slot B1/B2 on the new appliance, you must keep the disks together in the same
slot; otherwise, Panorama might not restore the data successfully.
admin> request system raid add <slot> force no-format
For example:
admin> request system raid add A1 force no-format

This step may take up to 6 hours depending on the volume of log data on the disks.
admin> request metadata-regenerate slot <slot_number>
For example:
admin> request metadata-regenerate slot 1
STEP 10 | Configure the local Log Collector on the new M-Series appliance.

Don’t enable the disks on the new M-Series appliance at this point. When you successfully migrate the
logs, Panorama automatically enables the disks.
1. Configure the local Log Collector as a managed collector using the Panorama web interface or using
the following CLI commands:
admin> configure
admin# set log-collector <log-collector_SN> deviceconfig system
hostname <log-collector-hostname>
admin# exit
2. Verify that the local Log Collector is connected to Panorama and that the status of its disk pairs is
present/available.
admin> show log-collector serial-number <log-collector_SN>
admin> configure
admin# commit
1. Access the Panorama CLI of the new M-Series appliance.

3. Commit the overwritten restriction:
admin> configure
admin# commit force

2. Add the new local Log Collector as a member of the Collector Group and commit your changes to
Panorama.
admin# set log-collector-group <collector_group_name> logfwd-setting

collectors <SN_managed_collector>
admin# commit
admin# exit
The old local Log Collector still appears in the list of members, because you haven’t deleted it from
the configuration.
3. For each disk pair, migrate the logs to the new appliance.

admin> request log-migration from <old_LC_serial_number> old-
For example:
admin> request log-migration from 003001000010 old-disk-pair A to

00300100038 new-disk-pair A
4. Commit the changes to Panorama.
admin> configure
admin# commit

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the new M-Series appliance to assign the new Log Collector
to the firewalls that forward logs (Panorama > Collector Groups > Device Log Forwarding). Give the
new Log Collector the same priority in the firewall preference lists as the old Log Collector.

admin# delete log-collector-group <group_name> logfwd-setting

For example:
admin# delete log-collector-group DC-Collector-Group logfwd-setting

collectors 003001000010
Panorama.
admin# delete log-collector <old_LC_serial_number>

admin# commit
admin# exit
Collector.
admin> commit-all log-collector-config log-collector-

For example:
admin> commit-all log-collector-config log-collector-group DC-Collector-

Group
STEP 14 | Generate new keys on the new Log Collector.


2. Delete all RSA keys on the new Log Collector:
request logdb update-collector-group-after-replace collector-group



Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama
Mode in High Availability
If you need to replace an M-600, M-500, M-200 or M-100 appliance in Panorama mode (Panorama
management server) with a different M-Series appliance than the M-Series appliance being replaced, you
can migrate the logs it collected from firewalls by moving its RAID disks to the new M-Series appliance.
Moving the disks enables you to migrate logs as part of a hardware upgrade (from an M-100 appliance to
an M-500 appliance). You can migrate an M-100 appliance to and from an M-500 appliance. M-100 and
M-500 appliances cannot be migrated to or from M-200 or M-600 appliances.
This migration procedure covers the following scenarios:

• One Panorama HA peer has a managed collector (Log Collector) in a Collector Group.
Figure 30: Panorama HA Peer with Collector Group
• Both Panorama HA peers have managed collectors that belong to a single Collector Group. For details,
see Multiple Local Log Collectors Per Collector Group.
• Both Panorama HA peers have a managed collector and each is assigned to a separate Collector Group.
For details, see Single Local Log Collector Per Collector Group.

STEP 2 | Export the Panorama configuration from the Primary decommissioned M-Series appliance in
Panorama mode.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the M-Series appliance you are replacing and select
Panorama > Setup > Operations.
click OK.

Repeat this step for each of the new M-Series appliances in the HA configuration.
instructions.
7. Set Up HA on Panorama. The new M-Series appliance must have the same priority as the HA peer
you are replacing.
STEP 5 | Load the Panorama configuration snapshot that you exported from the Primary
decommissioned M-Series appliance into the new Primary M-Series appliance in Panorama
mode.
1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the new M-Series appliance and select Panorama > Setup >
Operations.
from the decommissioned M-Series appliance, and click OK.

6. Commit your changes to the Panorama configuration. Once committed, the Panorama configuration
is synced across the HA peers.
Repeat this step for each of the new M-Series appliances in the HA configuration.
STEP 7 | Contact Palo Alto Networks Customer Support to copy log collector group metadata from the
decommissioned M-Series appliance to the new M-Series appliance and restart the mgmtsrvr
process.
debug log-collector-group show name <Log CollectorGroup name>
If the decommissioned M-Series appliance serial number is no longer a part of the correct Collector
Group, then the Tech Support folders were incorrectly copied in the previous step. Contact Palo Alto
Networks Customer Support again to copy the Tech Support folders to the correct location.

For example:

This step may take up to 6 hours depending on the volume of log data on the disks.
For example:
admin> configure
admin# exit
admin> configure
admin# commit
present/available.

requestlog-migration-set-start
admin> configure
admin# commit force

Panorama.

admin# commit
admin# exit
the configuration.

For example:

admin> configure
admin# commit

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the new M-Series appliance to assign the new Log Collector
to the firewalls that forward logs (Panorama > Collector Groups > Device Log Forwarding). Give the
new Log Collector the same priority in the firewall preference lists as the old Log Collector.


For example:

Panorama.

admin# commit
admin# exit
Collector.

For example:

Group

request logdb update-collector-group-after-replacecollector-group



STEP 17 | Set up the new secondary Panorama high availability peer.

1. Forward any logs on the SSD of the old M-Series appliance to an external destination if you want to
preserve them.
2. Remove the RAID disks from the old M-Series appliance.
3. Perform initial setup of the new M-Series appliance.
4. Insert the disks into the new M-Series appliance.
5. Repeat Steps 7 through 16 to migrate the logs from the old M-Series appliance to the new M-Series
appliance.
you are replacing.
7. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface of the primary HA peer and click Dashboard > High
Availability > Sync to peer to synchronize the configuration of the M-Series appliance HA peers.
Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama

Mode in High Availability
If you need to replace an M-600, M-500, M-200, or M-100 appliance deployed in high availability (HA)
configuration in Panorama mode (Panorama management server) with the same M-Series appliance as the
M-Series appliance being replaced, you can migrate the logs it collected from firewalls by moving its RAID
disks to the new M-Series appliance. Moving the disks enables you to recover logs after a system failure on
the M-Series appliance.
This migration procedure covers the following scenarios:
• One Panorama HA peer has a managed collector (Log Collector) in a Collector Group.

Figure 31: Panorama HA Peer with Collector Group
• Both Panorama HA peers have managed collectors that belong to a single Collector Group. For details,
see Multiple Local Log Collectors Per Collector Group.
• Both Panorama HA peers have a managed collector and each is assigned to a separate Collector Group.
For details, see Single Local Log Collector Per Collector Group.

instructions.
Panorama services (such as log collection), you must define those interfaces during
initial configuration of the new M-Series appliance (Panorama > Setup > Interfaces).

you are replacing.
debug log-collector-group show name <Log CollectorGroup name>
For example:

For example:
admin> configure
admin# exit
admin> configure
admin# commit
present/available.

3. Commit the overwritten restriction:
admin> configure
admin# commit force

Panorama.

admin# commit
admin# exit
the configuration.

For example:

admin> configure
admin# commit

1. Use the web interface to assign the new Log Collector to the firewalls that forward logs (Panorama >
Collector Groups > Device Log Forwarding). Give the new Log Collector the same priority in the
firewall preference lists as the old Log Collector.

For example:

Panorama.

admin# commit
admin# exit

4. Synchronize the configuration of the M-Series appliance HA peers.
admin> request high-availability sync-to-remote running-config

Collector.

For example:

Group

request logdb update-collector-group-after-replacecollector-group



Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama

If a system failure occurs on a Panorama management server that is not deployed in a high availability (HA)
configuration, use this procedure to restore the configuration on the replacement Panorama and restore
access to the logs on the Dedicated Log Collectors that it manages. The allowed migration scenarios vary by
Panorama management server model:
Old/Failed Panorama New/Replacement Panorama
Panorama virtual appliance • Panorama virtual appliance

• M-100 appliance
• M-200 appliance
• M-500 appliance
• M-600 appliance
M-100 appliance • Panorama virtual appliance

• M-100 appliance
• M-200 appliance
• M-500 appliance
• M-600 appliance
M-500 appliance • Panorama virtual appliance

• M-100 appliance
• M-200 appliance
• M-500 appliance
• M-600 appliance
Panorama maintains a ring file that maps the segments and partitions that Dedicated Log Collectors use
to store logs. An M-Series appliance in Panorama mode stores the ring file on its internal SSD; a Panorama
virtual appliance stores the ring file on its internal disk. When a system failure occurs, a non-HA Panorama
cannot automatically recover the ring file. Therefore, when you replace Panorama, you must restore the ring
file to access the logs on the Dedicated Log Collectors.

This procedure requires that you backed up and exported your Panorama configuration
before the system failure occurred.
Palo Alto Networks recommends deploying Panorama in an HA configuration. The active
Panorama peer automatically synchronizes the ring file to the passive peer in an HA
configuration, thereby maintaining access to logs on the Dedicated Log Collectors even if
you must replace one of the peers.
STEP 1 | Perform initial setup of the new Panorama appliance.

1. Set Up the M-Series Appliance or Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance based on your needs. If you
are setting up a new M-Series appliance, refer to the M-Series Appliance Hardware Reference Guides
for instructions on how to rack mount the new M-Series appliance.
2. Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance or Perform Initial Configuration of the
Panorama services (such as log collection), you must define those interfaces during
initial configuration of the new M-Series appliance (Panorama > Setup > Interfaces).
The Panorama virtual appliance does not support interfaces other than MGT.
4. Transfer licenses as follows only if the new Panorama appliance is the same model as the old
appliance. Otherwise, you must purchase new licenses.
5. Select the old appliance and click Submit.
6. Activate a firewall management license.
The M-500 appliance requires Panorama 7.0 or a later release. M-200 and M-600
appliances require Panorama 8.1. For important details about software versions, see
Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.
STEP 2 | Restore the configuration from the old Panorama to the replacement Panorama.
1. Log in to the new Panorama and select Panorama > Setup > Operations.
2. Click Import named Panorama configuration snapshot, Browse to the backup configuration file, and
click OK.
3. Click Load named Panorama configuration snapshot, select the Name of the file you just imported,
and click OK.
5. Select Panorama > Managed Collectors and verify that the Connected column displays a check mark
for the Dedicated Log Collector.

If the Dedicated Log Collector doesn’t appear, you must reconfigure it and its Collector Group as
described in the next step. Otherwise, skip the following step to Fetch the ring file to restore access
to the logs stored on the Dedicated Log Collector.
STEP 3 | Reconfigure the Dedicated Log Collector and Collector Group if they are missing on Panorama.
1. Access the CLI of the Dedicated Log Collector and enter the following commands to display the name
of its Collector Group.
1. Enter the command:
> request fetch ring from log-collector <serial_number>
The following error will display:
Server error: Failed to fetch ring info from <serial_number>

2. Enter the command:
> less mp-log ms.log
The following error will display:
Dec04 11:07:08 Error:

pan_cms_convert_resp_ring_to_file(pan_ops_cms.c:3719): Current
configuration does not contain group CA-Collector-Group
In this example, the error message indicates that the missing Collector Group has the name CA-
Collector-Group.
2. Configure the Collector Group and assign the Dedicated Log Collector to it.
> configure
# set log-collector-group <collector-group-name>
# set log-collector-group <collector-group-name> logfwd-setting
collector <serial-number>
3. Commit the changes to Panorama but not to the Collector Group.
# commit
# exit
STEP 4 | Fetch the ring file to restore access to the logs stored on the Dedicated Log Collector.
1. Access the CLI of the new Panorama.
2. Fetch the ring file:
> request fetch ring from log-collector <serial-number>
For example:
> request fetch ring from log-collector 009201000343

If you don’t know the serial number of the Dedicated Log Collector, log in to its CLI
and enter the show system info operational command.
3. Commit your changes to the Collector Group.
> commit-all log-collector-config log-collector-group <collector-group-

name>
Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs

When a system failure occurs on the M-600, M-500, M-200 or M-100 appliance and you need to physically
move the disks from one appliance to another, regenerating the metadata is necessary. The metadata is
required to locate logs on the disk; when a user issues a log query, the query consults this metadata to
access the requested log data.
For each configured RAID disk pair in the M-Series appliance, you must access the appliance CLI and run
the following command to regenerate the metadata:
For example:
The size of the RAID disks determines how long metadata regeneration takes. On average, it takes an
hour for every 100GB. When you run the command, the CLI session is locked until the command is fully
executed. You can use multiple CLI sessions to save time. For example, to replace four RAID pairs of 1TB
drives with a total of 4TB of log data, launch four CLI sessions and run the command in each session to
regenerate metadata simultaneously for all the pairs/slots in about 10 hours.
During metadata regeneration, the Collector Group to which these disks belong is not available and the
disk pair is not available for any logging or reporting operations (writes/queries). However, you can perform
other tasks such as handling new firewall connections or managing configuration changes on the managed
firewalls. All other Collector Groups that Panorama manages and that aren’t part of this RMA process can
perform the assigned logging and reporting functionality as normal.

Replace an RMA Firewall
To minimize the effort required to restore the configuration on a managed firewall involving a Return
Merchandise Authorization (RMA), replace the serial number of the old firewall with that of the new firewall
on Panorama. To then restore the configuration on the replacement firewall, either import a firewall state
that you previously generated and exported from the firewall or use Panorama to generate a partial device
state for managed firewalls running PAN-OS 5.0 and later versions. By replacing the serial number and
importing the firewall state, you can resume using Panorama to manage the firewall.
• Partial Device State Generation for Firewalls
• Before Starting RMA Firewall Replacement
• Restore the Firewall Configuration after Replacement
Partial Device State Generation for Firewalls

When you use Panorama to generate a partial device state, it replicates the configuration of the managed
firewalls with a few exceptions for Large Scale VPN (LSVPN) setups. You create the partial device state by
combining two facets of the firewall configuration:
• Centralized configuration that Panorama manages—Panorama maintains a snapshot of the shared policy
rules and templates that it pushes to firewalls.
• Local configuration on the firewall—When you commit a configuration change on a firewall, it sends
a copy of its local configuration file to Panorama. Panorama stores this file and uses it to compile the
partial device state bundle.
In an LSVPN setup, the partial device state bundle that you generate on Panorama is not
the same as the version that you export from a firewall (by selecting Device > Setup >
Operations and clicking Export device state). If you manually ran the device state export
or scheduled an XML API script to export the file to a remote server, you can use the
exported device state in your firewall replacement workflow.
If you did not export the device state, the device state that you generate in the
replacement workflow will not include the dynamic configuration information, such as
the certificate details and registered firewalls, that is required to restore the complete
configuration of a firewall functioning as an LSVPN portal. See Before Starting RMA
Firewall Replacement for more information.
Panorama does not store the device state; you generate it on request using the CLI commands listed in
Restore the Firewall Configuration after Replacement.
Before Starting RMA Firewall Replacement

The firewall you will replace must have PAN-OS 5.0.4 or a later version. Panorama cannot generate the
device state for firewalls running older PAN-OS versions.
Record the following details about the firewall you will replace:
• Serial number—You must enter the serial number on the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support
web site to transfer the licenses from the old firewall to the replacement firewall. You will also enter
this information on Panorama, to replace all references to the old serial number with the new serial
number of the replacement firewall.
• (Recommended) PAN-OS version and the content database version—Installing the same software
and content database versions, including the URL database vendor, enables you to create the same
state on the replacement firewall. If you decide to install the latest version of the content database,

you might notice differences because of updates and additions to the database. To determine the
versions installed on the firewall, access the firewall System logs stored on Panorama.
Prepare the replacement firewall for deployment. Before you import the device state bundle and restore
the configuration, you must:
• Verify that the replacement firewall is the same model as the old firewall and is enabled for similar
operational capability. Consider the following operational features: must the replacement firewall
have multiple virtual systems, support jumbo frames support, or operate in CC or FIPS mode?
• Configure network access, transfer the licenses, and install the appropriate PAN-OS and content
database versions.
You must use the Panorama CLI to complete this firewall replacement process, and therefore your
administrator account must have the superuser or panorama-admin user role.
If you have an LSVPN configuration, and are replacing a Palo Alto Networks firewall deployed as a
satellite or as an LSVPN portal, the dynamic configuration information that is required to restore LSVPN
connectivity will not be available when you restore the partial device state generated on Panorama. If
you followed the recommendation to frequently generate and export the device state for firewalls in an
LSVPN configuration, use the device state that you previously exported from the firewall itself instead of
generating one on Panorama.
If you have not manually exported the device state from the firewall, and need to generate a partial
device state on Panorama, the missing dynamic configuration impacts the firewall replacement process
as follows:
• If the firewall you are replacing is a GlobalProtect portal that is explicitly configured with the
serial number of the satellites (Network > GlobalProtect > Portals > Satellite Configuration), when
restoring the firewall configuration, although the dynamic configuration is lost, the portal firewall will
be able to authenticate the satellites successfully. The successful authentication will populate the
dynamic configuration information and LSVPN connectivity will be reinstated.
• If you are replacing a satellite firewall, it will not be able to connect and authenticate to the portal.
This failure occurs either because the serial number was not explicitly configured on the firewall
(Network > GlobalProtect > Portals > Satellite Configuration) or, if the serial number was explicitly
configured, because the serial number of the replaced firewall does not match that of the old firewall.
To restore connectivity after importing the device state bundle, the satellite administrator must log
in to the firewall and enter the credentials (username and password) for authenticating to the portal.
After authentication, the dynamic configuration required for LSVPN connectivity is generated on the
portal.
However, if the firewall was configured in a high availability configuration, after restoring the
configuration, the firewall will automatically synchronize the running configuration with its peer and
attain the latest dynamic configuration required to function seamlessly.
Restore the Firewall Configuration after Replacement

To restore the firewall configuration on the new firewall, you will first perform initial configuration on the
new firewall, including setting the operational mode, upgrading the PAN-OS software and content release
version to match what was installed on the old firewall. You will then export the device state of the old
firewall from Panorama and import it onto the new firewall. Finally, you will go back to Panorama to validate
that the new firewall has connected and then sync it with Panorama.
STEP 1 | Perform initial configuration on the new firewall and verify network connectivity.
Use a serial port connection or a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to add an IP address, a DNS server IP
address, and to verify that the new firewall can access the Palo Alto Networks updates server.
STEP 2 | (Optional) Set the Operational mode on the new firewall to match that on the old firewall.
A serial port connection is required for this task.

1. Enter the following CLI command to access maintenance mode on the firewall:
> debug system maintenance-mode

2. For Operational mode, select Set FIPS Mode or Set CCEAL 4 Mode from the main menu.
STEP 3 | Retrieve the license(s) on the new firewall.

Enter the following command to retrieve the licenses:
> request license fetch
STEP 4 | (Optional) Match the operational state of the new firewall with that of the old firewall. For
example, enable multi-virtual system (multi-vsys) capability for a firewall that was enabled for
multi-vsys capability.
Enter the commands that pertain to your firewall settings:
> set system setting multi-vsys on

> set system setting jumbo-frame on
STEP 5 | Upgrade the PAN-OS version on the new firewall.

You must upgrade to the same PAN-OS installed on the old firewall. You must upgrade the content
release versions to the same or later version that is installed on the old firewall.
Enter the following commands:
1. To upgrade the content release version:
> request content upgrade download latest

> request content upgrade install version latest
2. To upgrade the PAN-OS software version:
> request system software download version <version>

> request system software install version <version>
STEP 6 | Go to the Panorama CLI and export the device state bundle from the old firewall to a computer
using Secure Copy (SCP) or TFTP (you cannot do this from the web interface).
If you manually exported the device state from the firewall, you can skip this step.
The export command generates the device state bundle as a tar zipped file and exports it to the
specified location. This device state will not include the LSVPN dynamic configuration (satellite
information and certificate details).
Enter one of the following commands:
> scp export device-state device <old serial#> to <login>

@ <serverIP>: <path>
or

> tftp export device-state device <old serial#> to <login>
@ <serverIP>: <path>
STEP 7 | Replace the serial number of the old firewall with that of the new replacement firewall on
Panorama.
By replacing the serial number on Panorama you allow the new firewall to connect to Panorama after
you restore the configuration on the firewall.
1. Enter the following command in Operational mode:
> replace device old <old SN#> new <new SN#>

2. Enter Configuration mode and commit your changes.
> configure
# commit
3. Exit Configuration mode.
# exit
STEP 8 | On the new firewall, import the device state and commit the changes.
1. Access the web interface of the new firewall.
2. Select Device > Setup > Operations and click the Import Device State link in the Configuration
Management section.
3. Browse to locate the file and click OK.
4. Commit your changes to the running configuration on the firewall.
STEP 9 | From Panorama, verify that you successfully restored the firewall configuration.
1. Access the Panorama web interface and select Panorama > Managed Devices.
2. Verify that the Connected column for the new firewall has a check mark.
STEP 10 | Synchronize the firewall with Panorama.

1. Access the Panorama web interface, select Commit > Commit and Push and Edit Selections in the
Push Scope.
2. Select Device Groups, select the device group that contains the firewall, and Include Device and
Network Templates.
3. Select Collector Groups and select the Collector Group that contains the firewall.
If you need to generate reports for a period when the old firewall was still functional
after you installed the new firewall, you must generate a separate query for each
firewall serial number because replacing the serial number on Panorama does not
overwrite the information in logs.

Troubleshoot Commit Failures
If commit or push operation failures occur on Panorama, check for the following conditions:
Symptom Condition Resolution
Template or device The ability to receive template and Access the firewall web interface,
group push failure device groups configuration changes select Device > Setup, edit the
from Panorama is disabled on the Panorama Settings, and then click
firewall. Enable Device and Network Template
and Enable Panorama Policy and
Objects.
Panorama commit The Panorama management server Upgrade the Panorama management
failure or template, has an earlier software version than server to the same or a higher
device group, or the Dedicated Log Collectors or software version than the managed
Collector Group push firewalls that it manages. firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire
failure appliances and appliance clusters. For
details, see Panorama, Log Collector,
Firewall, and WildFire Version
Compatibility.

Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number
Errors
On the M-600, M-500, M-200 or M-100 appliance, if the Panorama > Support page doesn’t display support
license details or the Panorama > Setup > Management page displays Unknown for the Serial Number even
after you Register Panorama, perform the following steps:
STEP 1 | Record the Panorama serial number from the order fulfillment email that Palo Alto Networks
sent when you placed your order for Panorama.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Setup > Management and edit the General Settings.
STEP 3 | Enter the Serial Number and click OK.

Troubleshoot Reporting Errors
If Panorama fails to generate a report, or the report is missing expected data, its content versions (such as
the Applications database) might differ from those on the managed collectors and firewalls. The content
versions on Panorama must be the same as or lower than the content versions on the managed collectors
and firewalls. For details, see Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility.

Troubleshoot Device Management License
Errors
After upgrading to PAN-OS 8.1, the Panorama virtual appliance will check if a device management licenses
has been successfully installed. If a device management license has not been successfully installed, or the
number of firewalls managed by the Panorama virtual appliance exceeds the device management license
limit, you have 180 days to install a valid device management license. If no valid device management license
has been installed, the following alert appears each time you log in to the Panorama web interface:
If the number of firewalls managed by the Panorama virtual appliance exceeds the device management
license limit, the following alerts appears each time you log in to the Panorama web interface:
To resolve, install a valid device management license:
STEP 1 | Contact your Palo Alto Networks sales representative or your authorized reseller to purchase
the appropriate device management license.
STEP 3 | Activate/Retrieve a device management license based on whether the Panorama virtual
appliance is online or offline.
connected.
Internet-connected.

Complete Content Update When Panorama
HA Peer is Down
When deploying content updates to managed devices when Panorama™ is in a high availability (HA)
configuration, Panorama balances the content update jobs between the HA peers to decrease the load on
each Panorama. In the event that an HA peer becomes unreachable during the content update, the content
update jobs fail for the managed devices to which the down HA peer would normally push the content
updates. This occurs for both scheduled and manual content updates. To complete the content update, you
must manually push the content update to those managed devices.
STEP 1 | Log in to the Panorama CLI and disable load balancing for content updates:
admin> set dlsrvr distribute no
STEP 3 | Select Panorama > Device Deployment > Dynamic Updates and Install the dynamic update.
STEP 4 | Select the managed devices that failed content update and click OK.
STEP 5 | Verify that the content update was successfully pushed to the selected managed devices.

STEP 6 | Log in to the Panorama CLI and enable load balancing for content updates:
admin> set dlsrvr distribute yes

View Task Success or Failure Status
Click the Task Manager icon at the bottom right of the Panorama web interface to view the success
or failure of a task. The Task Manager also displays a detailed message to help debug an issue. For details,
see Use the Panorama Task Manager.

Test Policy Match and Connectivity for
Managed Devices
After you successfully push the device group and template stack configurations to your firewalls, Log
Collectors, and WF-500 appliances, test that the correct traffic matches the policy rules pushed to your
managed devices and that your firewalls can successfully connect to all appropriate network resources.
• Troubleshoot Policy Rule Traffic Match
• Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources
Troubleshoot Policy Rule Traffic Match

To perform policy match tests for managed firewalls, test the policy rule configuration for your managed
devices to ensure that the running configuration appropriately secures your network by allowing and
denying the correct traffic. After the results are generated for traffic that was matched to configured rules,
you can Export to PDF for auditing purposes.
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Troubleshooting to perform a policy match.
You may also run a policy match test from the Policies tab.
STEP 3 | Enter the required information to perform the policy match test. In this example, a Security
policy match test is run.
1. Select Security Policy Match from the Select Test drop-down.
2. Select device/VSYS and select the managed firewalls to test.
3. Enter the Source IP address from which traffic originated.
4. Enter the Destination IP address of the target device for the traffic.
5. Enter the Protocol IP used for the traffic.
6. If necessary, enter any additional information relevant for your Security policy rule testing.
STEP 4 | Execute the Security policy match test.
STEP 5 | Select the Security policy match Results to review the policy rules that match the test criteria.

Troubleshoot Connectivity to Network Resources
Perform connectivity tests for managed firewalls to ensure that your managed devices can connect to
all appropriate network resources. Test the device configuration for your managed devices to ensure the
running configuration appropriately secures your network by allowing you to verify that the configurations
pushed to your managed devices still allow those devices to connect to resources such as your Log
Collectors, configured External Dynamic Lists, and the Palo Alto Networks Update Server. Additionally,
you can execute routing, WildFire®, Threat Vault, ping, and traceroute connectivity tests to verify that
Panorama™ and managed devices can access any external network resources critical to the operation and
security of your network. After the results are generated, you can Export to PDF for auditing purposes.
The Ping connectivity test is only supported for firewalls running PAN-OS 9.0 (or later
release).
STEP 2 | Select Panorama > Managed Devices > Troubleshooting to perform a connectivity test.
You may also run a policy match test from the Policies tab.
STEP 3 | Enter the required information to perform the connectivity test. In this example, a Log
Collector Connectivity test is run.
1. Select Log Collector Connectivity from the Select Test drop-down.
2. Select device/VSYS and select the managed firewalls to test.
3. If necessary, enter any additional information relevant for your connectivity testing.
STEP 4 | Execute the Log Collector connectivity test.
STEP 5 | Select the log collector connectivity Results to review the Log Collector connectivity status for
the selected devices.

Downgrade from Panorama 9.0
PAN-OS® 9.0 introduces master key management enhancements, rule usage filtering, enforcement of
descriptions, tags and audit comments, and the Audit Comment Archive for policy rules. However, these
features are not compatible with Panorama™ running PAN-OS 8.1 or earlier release. Use the following
workflow to downgrade firewalls before you downgrade Log Collectors and Panorama running a Panorama
9.0 release to an earlier feature release. This procedure works both for Panorama when managing a local
Log Collector and for Panorama when managing one or more Dedicated Log Collectors.
PAN-OS 9.0 introduces a new log data format for local and Dedicated Log Collectors. To downgrade from
PAN-OS 9.0 to an earlier release you must migrate the existing log data to the format supported in PAN-OS
8.0 and PAN-OS 8.1 releases. During the reformatting, log data is not visible in the ACC or Monitor tabs.
Additionally, new log data is not forwarded to Log Collectors until the reformatting is complete.
Review the Palo Alto Networks Compatibility Matrix to confirm that the firewalls and
appliances you intend to downgrade are compatible with the PAN-OS release to which you
intend to downgrade. For example, PA-220, PA-800 Series, PA-5200 Series and some
VM-Series firewalls are not supported on any release earlier than PAN-OS 8.0 and you
cannot manage these firewalls from Panorama after you downgrade Panorama to Panorama
7.1. For the firewalls and appliances that you can downgrade, you should also review
the Upgrade/Downgrade Considerations to ensure that you account for all features and
configuration settings that will be different or unavailable after you downgrade.
STEP 1 | Save a backup of the configuration files for Panorama and managed devices.
1. Export Panorama and device configuration snapshot (Panorama > Setup > Operations).
2. Save the exported .tgz file to a location external to Panorama, Log Collectors, and firewalls. You can
use this backup to restore the configuration if you experience problems that cause you to start over.
STEP 2 | Downgrade each firewall running a PAN-OS 9.0 release.
If downgrading more than one firewall, streamline the process by having each firewall-
specific PAN-OS 8.1 image downloaded to Panorama before you start downgrading.
For example, to downgrade your PA-220 firewall to PAN-OS 8.1.0, download the
PanOS_220-8.1.0 or PanOS_3000-8.1.0 images.
Panorama requires that all firewalls are running the same or an earlier PAN-OS release. So before you
downgrade Panorama, use and repeat the appropriate tasks below according to your environment to
downgrade all managed firewalls as needed:
1. Check Now for available images (Panorama > Device Deployment > Software).
2. Locate the PAN-OS 8.1 image for each model or series of firewalls you intend to downgrade. If the
image is not already downloaded, then Download it.
Non-HA Firewalls
Install (Action column) the appropriate PAN-OS 8.1 version, select all the firewalls you intend to
downgrade, select Reboot device after install, and click OK.
Active/Active HA Firewalls
1. Click Install, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select either of the HA peers, select Reboot device after
install, and click OK. Wait for the firewall to finish rebooting before you proceed.
2. Click Install, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select the HA peer that you didn’t update in the previous
step, select Reboot device after install, and click OK.

Active/Passive HA Firewalls
In this example, the active firewall is named fw1 and the passive firewall is named fw2:
1. Install (Action column) the appropriate update, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select fw2, select
Reboot device after install, and click OK.
2. After fw2 finishes rebooting, verify fw1 (Dashboard > High Availability widget) is still the active
peer and that fw2 is still the passive peer (the Local firewall state is active and the Peer—fw2—is
passive).
3. Access fw1 and Suspend local device (Device > High Availability > Operational Commands).
4. Access fw2 (Dashboard > High Availability) and verify that the Local firewall state is active and the
Peer firewall—fw1—is suspended.
5. Access Panorama, select Panorama > Device Deployment > Software, Install (Action column) the
appropriate update, disable (clear) Group HA Peers, select fw1, select Reboot device after install, and
click OK. Wait for fw1 to finish rebooting before you proceed.
6. Access fw1 (Dashboard > High Availability widget) and verify that the Local firewall state is passive
and the Peer—fw2—is active.
If you enabled preemption in the Election settings (Device > High Availability >
General), then fw1 will be reinstated as the active peer after reboot.
STEP 3 | Downgrade each Log Collector running Panorama 9.0.

2. Locate the Panorama 8.1 image. If the image is not already downloaded, then Download it (Action
column).
3. After the download is complete, Install the image on each Log Collector running Panorama 9.0. Select
Reboot device after install to automatically reboot the device when the upgrade is complete.
STEP 4 | Downgrade Panorama.

2. Locate the Panorama 8.1 image. If the image is not already downloaded, then Download it.
3. After the download is complete, Install the image on Panorama.
4. Reboot Panorama as follows:
• If you are prompted to reboot, click Yes. If you see a CMS Login prompt, press Enter without
typing the username or password. When the Panorama login prompt appears, enter the username
and password you set during initial configuration.
• If you are not prompted to reboot, select Panorama > Setup > Operations and click Reboot
Panorama (Device Operations).
STEP 5 | Migrate Panorama logs to the PAN-OS 8.1 log format.
During the migration, log data is not visible in the ACC or Monitor tabs. Additionally, new
log data is not forwarded to Log Collectors until the migration is complete.
1. View the incoming logging rate.

For best results, start log migration when the incoming log rate is low. To check the rate, run the
following command from the Log Collector CLI:
admin@FC-M500-1> debug log-collector log-collection-stats show incoming-

logs

High CPU utilization (close to 100%) during log migration is expected and operations
will continue to function normally. Log migration is throttled in favor of incoming logs
and other processes in the event of resource contention.
2. Start migrating the logs on each Log Collector to the previous format.
To begin the migration, enter the following command from the CLI of each Log Collector:
admin@FC-M500-1> request logdb migrate lc serial-number <ser_num> start

3. View the log migration status to estimate the amount of time it will take to finish migrating all existing
logs to the previous format.
admin@FC-M500-1> request logdb migrate lc serial-number <ser_num> status

Slot: all
Migration State: In Progress
Percent Complete: 0.04
Estimated Time Remaining: 451 hour(s) 47 min(s)


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What is Panorama?

What is Panorama?

What are the benefits of centralized logging and reporting using Panorama?

What are the benefits of centralized logging and reporting using Panorama?

Panorama Administrator's Guide

About the Documentation

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Manage Large-Scale Firewall Deployments.............................................245

Manage Log Collection................................................................................. 275

Manage WildFire Appliances.......................................................................313

Manage Licenses and Updates................................................................... 343

Monitor Network Activity............................................................................365

Panorama High Availability.......................................................................... 381

Panorama Plugins........................................................................................... 419

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> About Panorama

Figure 1: Panorama Centralized Management

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Context Switch—Firewall or Panorama

Templates and Template Stacks

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Figure 2: Template Stacks

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Device Group Hierarchy

Figure 3: Device Group Hierarchy

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Evaluation Order Rule Scope and Description Administration Device

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Device Group Objects

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Managed Collectors and Collector Groups

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Local and Distributed Log Collection

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Caveats for a Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors

Managed Firewall Log Forwarding Preference List Defined in a Collector Group

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Figure 6: Example - When a Log Collector Fails

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Figure 7: Log Forwarding to Panorama and then to External Services

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Figure 9: Panorama and Log Collectors as User-ID Redistribution Points

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Dynamic Role Privileges

Superuser Full read-write access to Panorama

Superuser (read-only) Read-only access to Panorama

Panorama Full access to Panorama except for the following actions:

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Admin Role Profile Description

Authentication Profiles and Sequences

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Authentication Authorization Description

Local Local The administrative account credentials and authentication mechanisms

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