Practical Palo Alto Panorama: Real-World Scenarios

Learn How To Configure And Manage The Palo Alto Networks Firewall Through Panorama

What you'll learn

The purpose and benefits of using Palo Alto Panorama.

Key features that enhance network security management.

Step-by-step guidance on connecting and upgrading Panorama devices.

Configuration of essential services and management interfaces.

How to connect Palo Alto Firewall devices to Panorama.

Techniques for managing device information and upgrading firewalls.

Creating, managing, and applying templates and template stacks.

Overriding templates on Firewall devices for customized configurations.

Creating and managing device groups.

Mapping device groups and templates effectively.

Handling objects within device groups and shared groups.

Moving objects between different device groups.

Crafting and managing policy rules from Panorama.

Checking and verifying inherited rules.

Using tag-based rule groups and policy rule targets.

Archiving and testing policy rules to ensure functionality.

Creating comprehensive log forwarding profiles.

Setting up server profiles for syslog and SNMP.

Authenticating administrators using external RADIUS and LDAP servers.

Managing admin roles and access domains.

Using Panorama’s monitoring tools to check logs and traffic.

Generating and customizing reports for network analysis.

Utilizing the Panorama dashboard for a centralized view of network health.

Generating tech support files and managing device health.

Resolving communication issues between Panorama and Firewall devices.

Performing connectivity tests using ping and tcpdump.

Troubleshooting commit failures and configuration push issues.

Diagnosing and fixing disk-related problems in Panorama.

Navigating Panorama using CLI with a comprehensive cheatsheet.

Saving and exporting configuration snapshots.

Loading configuration snapshots for quick recovery.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of administrating the Palo Alto Firewalls

Basic Networking Knowledge

Description

Practical Palo Alto Panorama: Real-World Scenarios1. Introduction to PanoramaWhat is Panorama?Key features and benefits.2. Initial Setup and ConnectivityHow to connect Panorama.How to upgrade Panorama device.3. Configuring Panorama ServicesManagement interface overview.Configuring essential services.4. Managing PanoramaCommitting changes to Panorama.Connecting Palo Alto Firewall devices to Panorama.Using Firewall tags.5. Device ManagementManaging device information.Upgrading Palo Alto Firewall from Panorama.Panorama templates and template stacks.Creating and managing templates.Pushing templates to Firewall devices.Overriding templates on Firewall devices.6. Device GroupsUnderstanding device groups.Adding and managing device groups.Mapping device groups and templates.Creating and managing objects.Shared groups and changing inherited object values.Moving objects between device groups.Adding device groups and display filters.7. Policy ManagementCreating and managing policy rules.Checking inherited rules.Previewing rules on Firewalls.Using policy rule usage counters.Creating tag-based rule groups and policy rule targets.Archiving rule changes.Testing policy functionality.8. Log ManagementCreating log forwarding profiles (Syslog, SNMP, Traffic Logs).Managing Panorama server profiles.Authenticating Panorama administrators.Setting up external RADIUS and LDAP server profiles.Creating authentication profiles for external servers.Configuring admin roles and access domains.Managing config locks and multiple administrators.9. Monitoring and ReportingUsing the Monitor tab to check logs and traffic.Creating and using search filters.Downloading filtered data.Exploring the Panorama Dashboard.Generating standard and custom reports.10. TroubleshootingGenerating tech support files using the WebGUI.Managing device health monitoring.Resolving communication issues between Panorama and Firewall devices.Using ping tests and tcpdump for connectivity troubleshooting.Examining commit failure logs.Handling configuration push failures.Policy rule testing.Troubleshooting disk-related issues in Panorama.11. Panorama CLI and BackupPanorama CLI cheatsheet.Saving and exporting named Panorama configuration snapshots.Loading named Panorama configuration snapshots.This course will provide hands-on experience through real-world scenarios, ensuring that learners are well-equipped to manage and troubleshoot Palo Alto Panorama in their network environments.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Panorama

Lecture 2 What is Panorama Device?

Lecture 3 How to connect Panorama

Lecture 4 How to Upgrade Panorama device

Lecture 5 Configure Services

Lecture 6 Management Interface of Panorama

Lecture 7 Committing to Panorama Device

Lecture 8 Connect Palo Alto Firewall to Panorama device

Lecture 9 Firewall Taggs

Lecture 10 Manage Device information

Lecture 11 How to upgrade Palo Alto Firewall from Panorama Device

Section 3: Panorama - Dashboard

Lecture 12 Panorama - Dashboard

Section 4: Panorama - Templates

Lecture 13 Templates Overview

Lecture 14 Templates Stacks

Lecture 15 How to create template

Lecture 16 Adding Elements to templates

Lecture 17 Push Template Stacks to Firewall device

Lecture 18 Overriding template stacks on Firewall device

Section 5: Panorama -Device Groups

Lecture 19 Device Groups

Lecture 20 How to add Device Groups

Lecture 21 Device Groups, Templates and Security Zones

Lecture 22 How to create Object

Lecture 23 Shared Group

Lecture 24 Changing Inherited Object Values

Lecture 25 How to manage Device Groups

Lecture 26 How to move an object to another Device Group

Lecture 27 How to Add Device groups and Display Filters

Lecture 28 Device Groups and Template Mappings

Section 6: Policy Rules

Lecture 29 How to check inherited rules

Lecture 30 How to create policy rule from panorama

Lecture 31 Verify rulesbase on Firewall with Preview Rules

Lecture 32 Policy Rule Usage Counters

Lecture 33 Tag Based rule Groups

Lecture 34 Policy Rule Targets

Lecture 35 How to Archive Rule Changes

Lecture 36 Test Policy Functionality

Section 7: Authentication

Lecture 37 Authenticating Panorama Administrators

Lecture 38 How to create External RADIUS Server Profile

Lecture 39 How to create Authentication Profile for External RADIUS Server

Lecture 40 How to create External LDAP Server Profile

Lecture 41 How to create Authentication Profile for External LDAP Server

Section 8: Admin Roles

Lecture 42 Panorama - Admin Roles

Lecture 43 Admin Roles for Device group and Template

Lecture 44 How to create Access Domain

Lecture 45 Config Locks and Multiple Administrators

Section 9: Panorama - Monitor Tab

Lecture 46 How to check logs in Panorama

Lecture 47 How to check Traffic and create Search Filter

Lecture 48 How to use Log Filter to check traffic

Lecture 49 How to Download Filtered Data

Section 10: Panorama Logs

Lecture 50 How to create Log Forwarding Profile

Lecture 51 How to create Log Forwarding Profile - Syslog Server and SNMP

Lecture 52 How to create Log Forwarding Profile - Traffic Logs

Lecture 53 Panorama Server Profiles

Lecture 54 How to create Log Forwarding Profile for Panorama device

Section 11: Panorama - Reports

Lecture 55 How to Generate Reports

Lecture 56 How to generate Custom reports

Section 12: Troubleshooting

Lecture 57 How to Generate Tech Support File Using the WebGUI

Lecture 58 Manage Device's Health Monitoring

Lecture 59 Communication issue between Panorama and Firewall Devices

Lecture 60 Panorama Fails to Communicate with a Firewall

Lecture 61 Check the connectivity between Panorama and Firewall device using Ping Test

Lecture 62 How to take tcpdump and examine output

Lecture 63 To troubleshoot connectivity issues between Panorama and a Firewall

Lecture 64 Examine Commit Failure logs

Lecture 65 Panorama Configuration Push Fails

Lecture 66 How do to Policy rule testing

Lecture 67 Troubleshooting disk-related issues in Panorama

Lecture 68 Panorama CLI Cheatsheet

Section 13: Backup

Lecture 69 Save and Export named Panorama configuration snapshot

Lecture 70 Load Named Panorama Configuration snapshot

Section 14: Bonus

Lecture 71 Bonus

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