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Mastering Palo Alto Networks

You're reading from   Mastering Palo Alto Networks Build, configure, and deploy network solutions for your infrastructure using features of PAN-OS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241418
Length 636 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Tom Piens Aka 'Reaper' Tom Piens Aka 'Reaper'
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding the Core Technologies 2. Setting Up a New Device FREE CHAPTER 3. Building Strong Policies 4. Taking Control of Sessions 5. Services and Operational Modes 6. Identifying Users and Controlling Access 7. Managing Firewalls through Panorama 8. Upgrading Firewalls and Panorama 9. Logging and Reporting 10. Virtual Private Networks 11. Advanced Protection 12. Troubleshooting Common Session Issues 13. A Deep Dive into Troubleshooting 14. Cloud-Based Firewall Deployment 15. Supporting Tools 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Panorama management

In this section, we will learn about the simple management tasks that you would normally need to perform on each firewall individually, which can be very time-consuming, and how these can be centralized and made much easier to manage from Panorama. The first task of an administrator is to make sure all firewalls have up-to-date signatures and content packages.

Device deployment

Content updates can be managed through Panorama in two ways. A template can be created that sets a local update schedule on each firewall, which will require each firewall to connect to the update server individually and collect and install updates. A second method is setting an update schedule on Panorama and pushing out updates to all devices. This last method gives you a little more control over what is being pushed to the managed firewalls and when, but does increase bandwidth usage on the Panorama site or cloud provider.

To schedule updates that are sent out from Panorama...

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