License the CN-Series Firewall

CN-Series firewall licensing is managed by the Kubernetes plugin on Panorama. The CN-Series firewalls are licensed based on the total number of vCPUs (cores) used by the CN-NGFW pods deployed in your Kubernetes environment. One token is consumed for each vCPU used the CN-NGFW.
Use Software NGFW Credit Estimator to calculate the number of credits required for your deployment. The Credit Estimator allows you estimate the credits required to license the firewalls and enable the security services needed to secure your deployment.
  • Activate Credits—begin by activating your credits. Once activated, you can apply credits from your credit pool to a CN-Series deployment profile.
  • Create a CN-Series Deployment Profile—in the deployment profile, you will specify the number of vCPUs that allocate to the generate authcode. You will then use the authcode associated with your CN-Series deployment profile to license the CN-Series firewalls in your Kubernetes cluster. The deployment profile can be used license the CN-NGFW pods based on the number of vCPUs allocated. A single authcode from a deployment profile can be used to license the CN-Series across different Kubernetes environments, different clusters, or on different Panorama instances.
    In a CN-Series-as-a-Kubernetes-Service deployment, if the number of CN-NGFW pods deployed in your environment exceeds the number of allocated vCPUs, you have a 30-day grace period to add more vCPUs to your deployment profile or delete enough CN-NGFW pods. If you do not allocate additional vCPUs or delete unlicensed pods within the 30-day grace period, all CN-Series firewalls in your the cluster will be delicensed.
    When a the CN-Series is deployed a DaemonSet, if the number of CN-NGFW pods deployed exceed the number of allocated vCPUs, you have a four-hour grace period to add more vCPUs to your deployment profile or delete enough CN-NGFW pods. If you do not allocate additional vCPUs or delete unlicensed pods within the four-hour grace period, the unlicensed pods will stop processing traffic. The already licensed pods remain licensed.
    You also have the option to provision a virtual Panorama appliance when creating your CN-Series deployment profile.
  • Manage Deployment Profiles—you can edit, clone, or delete CN-Series deployment profiles based on the requirements of your CN-Series deployment. Additionally, you can add or remove subscriptions from the deployment profile after it has been created.
Licenses are applied to the CN-Series at the cluster level. Individual CN-NGFW might appear as unlicensed, however, all pods in the cluster are licensed until the entire cluster is delicensed.

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