ADEM Data Collection and Agent Processes
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ADEM Data Collection and Agent Processes

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ADEM Data Collection and Agent Processes

Learn about the metrics that the ADEM agent collects from the user's workstation in order to provide actionable insights into the workstation, network, path and application performance
Where Can I Use This?
What Do I Need?
  • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
  • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
  • Strata Cloud Manager
  • Prisma Access
    license
  • Autonomous DEM
    license
The Autonomous Digital Experience Management capability is built into the GlobalProtect Client. It is enabled/disabled by the policy in the
Prisma Access
administration portal (Both Panorama and Cloud Managed).

Data Collection

The ADEM agent collects metrics from the user's workstation in order to provide actionable insights into the workstation, network, path and application performance. The metrics collected are:
User sessions
  • GlobalProtect username
  • GlobalProtect Login / Logout time
  • GlobalProtect status
  • Prisma Access
    location
  • User geographical local
  • Service provider name
BIOS
  • Serial number
Computer
  • Hostname
  • Model
  • Manufacturer
  • Battery
Network
  • Hostname
  • Network interfaces
  • IPv4 and IPv6 address
  • Public IP Address
  • MAC address
  • Default gateway
  • WiFi Signal Quality
  • WiFi Tx Speed
  • WiFi Rx Speed
  • WiFi Channel
  • WiFi Network SSID
  • WiFi Network BSSID
VPN Network
  • VPN Interface
  • VPN Gateway ID/Hostname
  • Network interfaces
Operating System
  • OS type
  • Version
  • OS architecture
Logical Devices
  • Device ID
  • Device type
  • Media type
  • Size
  • Name
  • Volume name
  • Volume serial number
  • Filesystem count
  • Filesystem storage size
  • Filesystem usage
CPU
  • Architecture
  • Core count
  • Logical processor count
  • Manufacturer
  • Max clock speed (Except on Apple Silicon)
  • Name
RAM
  • Memory module capacity (Windows only)
  • Total Capacity
Synthetic Test Results
  • Network Latency
  • Network Jitter
  • Network Loss
  • DNS resolution times
  • TCP Latency
  • SSL Latency
  • HTTP Latency

FQDNs Used by ADEM

The ADEM Client sends the data collected to the ADEM Portal. As such the following FQDN’s may need to be whitelisted and/or excluded from SSL decryption:
  • agents.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • updates.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • features.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-prod1-us-west2.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-sg1-asia-southeast1.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-au1-australia-southeast1.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-jp1-asia-northeast1.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-ca1-northamerica-northeast1.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-eu1-europe-west4.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-uk1-europe-west2.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-in1-asia-south1.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-de1-europe-west3.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-ch1-europe-west6.dem.prismaaccess.com
  • agents-fr1-europe-west9.dem.prismaaccess.com

Processes to be Whitelisted on EDR Deployments

Here are the ADEM processes that you must whitelist on your EDR deployments in order for
Autonomous DEM
to run.
MacOS Process
Process
Process Description
User/Permission level
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/MacOS/crypter
(This is a debugging tool as of 3.0.0) In previous versions it was used to read encrypted data from GlobalProtect: username, subtenant_id,certificate password.
_panwdem (sudo)
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemPathTestService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/mtr
Path Trace test for showing path visualization data on ADEM portal
_panwdem (sudo)
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemPathTestService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemPathTestService
Invokes the mtr process for path traces.
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemWebTestService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemWebTestService
Runs the curl process.
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemWebTestService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/curl
Application Performance test using Curl
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemUpdateService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemUpdateService
Endpoint DEM service software update manager
root
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemNetworkTestService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemNetworkTestService
Runs ICMP/TCP ping tests.
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemCollectionService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemCollectionService
Collects local system metrics such as cpu, memory, and wifi statistics.
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemPortalService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemPortalService
Provides connectivity to the ADEM portal for incoming configuration and transmission of test results.
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemTransmissionService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemTransmissionService
Runs periodically to collect test results from the other services and transmits them to the portal via the portal service.
_panwdem
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/MacOS/Access Experience
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Library/Access Experience Menu.app/Contents/MacOS/Access Experience Menu
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemPathTestService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/mtr-packet
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemUserProxyService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemUserProxyService
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemNetworkTestService.xpc/Contents/Frameworks/SPLPing.framework/Versions/A/SPLPing
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemUpdateService.xpc/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Autoupdate.app/Contents/MacOS/fileop
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemUpdateService.xpc/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Autoupdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Autoupdate
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemUpdateService.xpc/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
/etc/sudoers.d/‘palo_alto_networks_dem.tmp’
File lists processes that requires sudo access
_panwdem (sudo)
/Applications/Access Experience.app/Contents/Services/DemAnalyticsService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DemAnalyticsService
Windows Process
Process
Process Description
User/Permission level
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\bin\curl
Application Performance test using Curl
Network Service
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\bin\mtr-packet
Path Trace test for showing path visualization data on ADEM portal
Network Service
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\bin\mtr
Invokes the mtr process for path traces.
Network Service
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\bin\tcping
Network Performance test for Applications using TCP Ping
Network Service
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\AgentProcess
This is the main agent process that provides portal connectivity and test coordination.
Local System
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\DEMAgentService
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\DEMPortalProcess
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\bin\BMTR
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\deployment\DEMUpdateService
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\Feature-Self-Service\createdump
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\Feature-Self-Service\DEMAnalyticsProcess
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\Feature-Self-Service\Access Experience
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\DEM\Feature-Self-Service\AccessExperienceUI

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