AI Runtime Security
Create Traffic Objects for Zone-based Security
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Create Traffic Objects for Zone-Based Security
Create traffic objects to specify cloud entities within specific clusters or VPC
endpoints to enforce customized security policy rules.
This page helps you to create a traffic object with specific cloud assets and map
the traffic object to a zone. Attach the zone to a security policy to enforce the policy
rules on the AI traffic sourced from this zone.
This feature is part of the
AI Runtime Security
licensing. The AI traffic from the zone is
routed to the AI Runtime Security
instance for inspection.Where Can I Use This? | What Do I Need? |
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Prerequisites
- Download the deployment Terraform template and navigate to the<unzipped-folder>/architecture/helmfolder and install the Helm chart. Refer Configure SCM to Protect VM Workloads and Kubernetes Clusters.
- Configure a Cluster ID in the K8s environment and configure PAN-CNI plugin on a K8s cluster to allocate the network interfaces on each pod. To configure the PAN-CNI plugin for your Kubernetes cluster, you will need three YAML files: `pan-cni-configmap.yaml`, `pan-cni.yaml`, and `pan-cni-multus.yaml`. These files are essential for setting up and managing the PAN-CNI plugin to secure your Kubernetes clusters with AI Runtime Security instance.
- Log in to SCM.
- SelectManage→ Configuration→ NGFW and Prisma Access.
- From the top menu, selectObjects→ Traffic Objects.
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- SelectAdd Traffic Object.
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- Enter aNamefor the Traffic Object.
- Write aDescription.
- Select theTypeasK8s Cluster IDorVPC Endpoint ID.
- In theTraffic Object ID, enter the K8s Cluster ID or the VPC Endpoint ID.
- If the type isK8s Cluster ID, the traffic object ID values can be between 1-2048.
- If the type isVPC Endpoint ID, the Traffic Object ID format is:vpc-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (with 17 alphanumeric characters)
Select the existing ingressZonefor the traffic object or create a new zone.Select theRouter. Refer to the section on how to configure a Static Route. - SelectSaveto create the traffic object.This creates a sub-interface using the zone and the K8s Cluster ID and we map the sub-interface to the zone. This zone is used to define granular security policies on the cloud assets within a zone.
- SelectManage→ Configuration→ NGFW and Prisma Access→ Security Services→ Security Policyandcreate a security policyrule.Attach the zone to the policy rule to enforce the security rule to all the cloud entities enclosed within the traffic object.
