Upload the Panorama Virtual Appliance Image to Alibaba Cloud

1. Download the Panorama qcow2 file for KVM from the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal (CSP).

   1. Log in to the Palo Alto Networks CSP.
   2. Select UpdatesSoftware Updates and select Panorama Base Images from the software updates filter drop-down.
   3. Download the latest version of the Panorama-KVM qcow2 file.
2. Log in to the Alibaba Cloud Console.
3. Create an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket for the Panorama virtual appliance image.

   1. From the Alibaba Cloud menu, select Object Storage ServiceBuckets and Create Bucket.
   2. Enter a descriptive Bucket Name.
   3. Select the bucket Region.

      This region must be in the same region you plan on deploying your Panorama virtual appliance and in the same region as the firewalls you plan to manage with Panorama.
   4. Configure the remaining OSS bucket settings as needed.
   5. Click OK.

      You are automatically taken to the OSS bucket Overview page after successful creation.
4. Upload the qcow2 file to the OSS bucket.

   1. In the OSS bucket Overview, select Files and Upload the qcow2 file you downloaded in the previous step.
   2. For Upload To target, select Current.
   3. For the File ACL, select Inherited from Bucket.
   4. Click Select Files and select the qcow2 file.

      Alternatively, you can drag and drop the qcow2 file into the Files to Upload section.
   5. Upload the qcow2 file.

      A Task List window appears displaying the upload Status. Continue to the next step after the qcow2 file upload Status displays Uploaded.
5. Make the qcow2 file a bootable image.

   1. In the OSS bucket Overview, select Files and click the qcow2 file you uploaded to view the file Details.
   2. Click Copy File URL and exit the file Details.

   3. From the Alibaba Cloud menu, select Elastic Compute ServiceInstances & ImagesImages and Import Image.
   4. Paste the OSS Object Address for the qcow2 file.

      This the file URL you copied in the previous step.
   5. Enter an Image Name.
   6. For the Operating System/Platform, select Linux CentOS.
   7. For the System Disk (GiB), enter 81.
   8. For the System Architecture, select x86_64.
   9. For the Image Format, select QCOW2.
   10. Click OK.