Set Up Remote Search
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Set Up Remote Search
Remote search enables you to use AutoFocus
to find suspicious IP addresses, SHA256 hashes, URLs, user agents,
and filenames in a specific Palo Alto Networks firewall or a set
of Panorama-managed firewalls. AutoFocus looks for matches to the
suspicious artifacts in the firewall log entries. When you launch
a remote search, the firewall or Panorama web interface opens in
a new window and displays the search results in Unified log view.
The remote search feature is supported with
firewalls running PAN-OS 7.1 or later release versions.
AutoFocus
also now supports the ability to integrate with third-party log
management systems. When you configure your custom system to work
with AutoFocus remote search, you can filter log or event repositories
with AutoFocus search conditions.
- Log in to the firewall or Panorama you want to search with your administrator username and password.
- Add a remote system to search with AutoFocus.
- SelectSettingson the navigation pane.
- Add newremote systems.
- Enter a descriptiveNamefor the remote system.
- Select a System Type:
- SelectPanOSto add a firewall or Panorama.
- SelectCustomto add a custom system that has been configured to integrate with AutoFocus remote search.
- Enter the IPAddressor URL of the remote system.
- ClickSave changes.
- ClickSave changeson theSettingspage to finish adding the remote system. You can add up to 500 remote systems.
- Add conditions to a remote search:
- Add an artifact from a search result.
- Perform a search, and view Sample Details.
- Add any SHA256 hash, IP address, user agent, filename, or URL contained in a sample to a remote search.For example, add a sample hash:or add a domain:
- ClickRemote Searchto verify that the artifact was added.
- ClickRemote Searchto verify that the search condition was added.
- Create a condition to add to a remote search.
- On the search editor, clickRemote Search.
- Add IP addresses, URLs, user agents, SHA256 hashes, or filenames to the remote search.
- (For Panorama Device Group and Template Administrators Only) For Panorama Device Group and Template administrators (not superusers), an AutoFocus remote search targeted to Panorama returns results based on the current Panorama Access Domain setting. Panorama administrators with role-based access control must first open the Panorama web interface, selectand set theMonitorLogsAccess Domainfor which to view search results. Return to the AutoFocus portal to execute your remote search.
- Start a remote search.
- ClickRemote Search.
- Review the list of search conditions that you added in Step 4. Add or remove conditions as needed.
- Set the remote search to findAnyorAllof the artifacts on the targeted system.
- Select one or moreRemote systems to search.
- ClickSearch.
- View the search results.If no browser tabs open when you launch remote search, change the settings on your browser to allow pop-ups from AutoFocus.A new browser tab opens for each remote system.
- Search results for a firewall or a Panorama are displayed in Unified log view. The list consists of all log entries that contain the artifacts specified in the remote search.Panorama search results include log entries from managed firewalls that are not connected to AutoFocus and/or are running PAN-OS 7.0 or earlier.
- Each custom system opens in a new tab, with the URL formatted to include the conditions specified in the remote search.The maximum length for the URL generated through remote search is 1,024 characters. Performing a remote search with multiple search conditions may create a URL that exceeds the character limit. As a best practice, check which conditions were added to the URL after launching a search.
- Learn more about working with Unified logs on the firewall.