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Activate an Add-on Enterprise License Agreement Through Common Services

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Activate an Add-on Enterprise License Agreement Through
Common Services

Learn how to activate an add-on Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) on a tenant through
Common Services
.
Where Can I Use This?
What Do I Need?
  • Customer Support Portal (CSP) account with Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) enabled
  • Cortex Data Lake
  • Role: Multitenant Superuser, Superuser, or
    Business Administrator
The add-on for ELA is a consumption model for large enterprises to assign subscriptions in bulk to assets purchased from Palo Alto Networks.
ELA offers the flexibility to enable any of the following licenses that are supported for a tenant or TSG:
You can start the ELA activation process in either the hub or Customer Support Portal as described in the sections below.

Activate ELA
AIOps for NGFW Premium
Through
Common Services

Learn how to activate a premium add-on Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) of
AIOps for NGFW Premium
on a tenant through
Common Services
.
  1. Use one of the following activation methods.
    • Log into the hub and activate from
      tenant view of the hub
      ELA Activation
      AIOps for NGFW
      :
    • Log into the Customer Support Portal and activate from
      Customer Support Portal
      Devices
      ELA AIOps Activation
      :
  2. You are automatically directed to
    Common Services
    Subscription & Add-ons
    , where you activate the subscription for your product.
  3. Select the same
    Tenant
    that you used for
    Cortex Data Lake
    , so that you can associate ELA for AIOps on the same tenant where you want AIOps to be applied.
  4. The
    Customer Support Account
    is grayed out, but is auto-populated with the same CSP that you used for
    Cortex Data Lake
    .
  5. The
    Region
    is grayed out, but is auto-populated with the same region that you used for
    Cortex Data Lake
    .
  6. The UI shows if you have
    Cortex Data Lake
    available in this tenant where you can apply ELA for AIOps.
  7. Agree
    to the terms and conditions, and
    Activate
    .
  8. Common Services
    Tenant Management
    displays the status of the activation, such as
    initializing
    or
    complete
    .
  9. After the status is
    complete
    , you must go to the
    Common Services
    Device Associations
    tab to select the devices and apply ELA for AIOps on them: Device Associations.
    If the status is not
    complete
    , you cannot apply ELA for AIOps on the devices yet.
  10. After the status is
    complete
    , you can launch AIOps from one of the following options.
    • Launch from email.
    • Launch from the hub tile.
    • Launch from
      Common Services
      Tenant Management
      .
  11. Get started with AIOps for NGFW.
  12. (
    Optional
    ) Manage identity and access. Assign role of Superuser .
    The CSP-level access is not sufficient.

Activate ELA for IoT Security Through
Common Services

Learn how to activate an add-on Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) for IoT Security on a tenant through
Common Services
.
  1. Start the ELA activation process from either the hub or Customer Support Portal.
    Hub
    : Log in to the hub and, from the tenant view, click
    ELA Activation
    IoT Security
    at the top of the page.
    or
    Customer Support Portal
    : Log in to your customer support portal account, select
    Products
    Enterprise Agreements
    Licenses
    , and then click
    ELA-IoT Activation
    .
    Whether you start in the hub or Customer Support Portal, both actions load a magic link that opens the Activate IoT Security page on the hub.
  2. Activate the IoT Security ELA for a tenant service group.
    1. Choose an existing tenant service group (TSG) tenant or create a new one. A TSG essentially associates firewalls with applications such as IoT Security.
    2. Choose the firewall deployment region.
    3. Create a new IoT Security tenant URL by entering a unique subdomain to complete <subdomain>.iot.paloaltonetworks.com.
      This is the URL where you'll log in to your IoT Security portal.
      If you want to convert an existing IoT Security tenant from using one or more IoT Security licenses to an IoT Security Enterprise License Agreement, contact your Palo Alto Networks sales representative.
    4. Agree
      to the terms and conditions and then
      Activate
      .
  3. Go to the
    Common Services
    Device Associations
    tab to add firewalls to the TSG tenant, associate them with the IoT Security app, and then apply the Enterprise IoT Security ELA to them: Device Associations.
  4. In the Customer Support Portal, select
    Products
    Devices
    and view the entries in the License column for your firewalls to confirm that IoT Security is now applied to them.
  5. Continue setting up IoT Security to work with your firewalls.
    To log in to your IoT Security portal, return to Common Services on the hub and select the
    IoT Security
    link on either the Tenant Management page or the Device Associations page.
    For IoT Security (Enterprise IoT Security Plus, Industrial IoT Security, or Medical IoT Security), see Onboard IoT Security.
    For Enterprise IoT Security, see Onboard Enterprise IoT Security.
  6. (
    Optional
    ) Manage identity and access to IoT Security.
    To create an IoT Security user with owner privileges plus the ability to generate one-time passwords (OTPs) and pre-shared keys (PSKs), add a user account in the Customer Support Portal and assign a Superuser role in the relevant tenant service group (TSG) in Identity & Access (this is described in the following steps.) To create an IoT Security user with all owner privileges except the ability to generate OTPs and PSKs, add the new user account in Identity & Access and assign a Superuser role in Identity & Access. To create an IoT Security user with read-only privileges, add a user account in Identity & Access and assign a View Only user role in Identity & Access.
    1. (
      Optional
      ) Add a user account in the Customer Support Portal. New users only need to be added to the Customer Support Portal accounts if they need access to operate onboarding or offboarding tasks, such as generating OTPs and PSKs. To create a new user in the Customer Support Portal:
      1. Log in to the Customer Support Portal with superuser permissions, which allow you to create new user accounts.
      2. Select
        Members
        Create New User
        , enter the required information, and then
        Submit
        .
      A new user account is created and added to the account as a member. An email notification is sent to the new user with login credentials.
    2. Log in to the hub, navigate to
      Common Services
      Identity & Access/Access Management
      .
    3. Users added in the Customer Support Portal are separate from users added in Identity & Access.
    4. To assign a role to the user you created, select the user,
      Assign Roles
      , choose
      IoT Security
      in Apps & Services, choose one of the options in Role, and then
      Assign Role
      .

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