Monitor and Troubleshoot Explicit Proxy
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Monitor and Troubleshoot Explicit Proxy

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Monitor and Troubleshoot Explicit Proxy

Monitor and troubleshoot your
Prisma Access
Explicit Proxy deployment.
Where Can I Use This?
What Do I Need?
  • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
  • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
  • Prisma Access
    license
Learn how to monitor and troubleshoot your
Prisma Access
Explicit Proxy deployment.

Cloud Management

Monitor
Prisma Access
Explicit Proxy deployment details to help you troubleshoot any issue.
  • Click
    Insights > Mobile Users - Explicit Proxy
    to view data related to mobile users. The
    Mobile Users
    page is specific to the connect method you’re using.
  • If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, click
    Monitor
    Users
    and select
    Explicit Proxy
    connected method.
  • In Strata Cloud Manager, select
    Monitor > Users
    and select the connection method as
    Explicit Proxy
    to view Mobile Users that connect to
    Prisma Access
    security services through Explicit Proxy on a web browser on their devices.
  • Select
    Monitor >
    Prisma Access
    Locations > Explicit Proxy Mobile Users
    to see an overview of the health of all your
    Prisma Access
    locations for mobile users.
  • Check the traffic logs (
    Incidents & Alerts > Log Viewer
    and select the log type
    Traffic
    ) and authentication logs (
    Incidents & Alerts > Log Viewer
    and select the log type
    Authentication
    ) to troubleshoot authentication-related issues.

Panorama

After you have configured Explicit Proxy for mobile users, monitor the status and troubleshoot any issues by checking the status of your
Prisma Access
Explicit Proxy deployment.
  • Select
    Panorama
    Cloud Services
    Status
    Status
    to see Explicit Proxy status.
    The mobile users
    Status
    and
    Config Status
    fields indicate whether the connection between
    Prisma Access
    and your mobile users is
    OK
    , unable to fetch the status on the tunnel (
    Warning
    ), or that the mobile users cannot connect to Explicit Proxy (
    Error
    ).
    Click the hyperlink next to
    Current Users
    and
    Users (Last 90 days)
    to get more information about mobile users.
    • Current Users
      —The current number of authenticated users who have browsed traffic in the last five minutes.
    • Users (Last 90 days)
      —The number of unique authenticated Explicit Proxy users for the last 90 days.
  • Select
    Panorama
    Cloud Services
    Status
    Monitor
    Mobile Users—Explicit Proxy
    to display a map showing the deployed Explicit Proxy locations.
  • Select
    Panorama
    Cloud Services
    Status
    Network Details
    Mobile Users—Explicit Proxy
    to view the following details:
    • Explicit Proxy URL
      —The URL used for Explicit Proxy.
    • ACS FQDN
      —The FQDN of the ACS.
    • SAML Meta Data
      —The authentication profile metadata used by SAML. You can
      Export SAML Metadata
      to save the metadata file.
  • To troubleshoot authentication-related issues, check the traffic logs (
    Monitor
    Logs
    Traffic
    ) and authentication logs (
    Monitor
    Logs
    Authentication
    ). Explicit Proxy displays the following IP addresses and locations in the logs:
    • IP Addresses
      —If mobile users bypass the ACS FQDN in the PAC file, the IP address displayed in the
      Source
      column in the Traffic logs and the Traffic logs and the
      IP Address
      column in the Authentication logs, when viewed under the
      Explicit_Proxy_Device_Group
      , will be same as the mobile user’s IP address. If users do not bypass the ACS FQDN in the PAC file, the source IP address is the public IP address of the Explicit Proxy cloud firewall where redirects are going to ACS.
    • Locations
      —If mobile users bypass the ACS FQDN in the PAC file, the Region Name displayed in the
      Region
      Column in
      Authentication Logs
      ,
      Current Users
      , and
      Users (Last 90 days)
      is one of the five 5 regions (us-west-2, us-east-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, ap-south-1) where the ACS is deployed, and shows the region where Explicit Proxy is performing the redirects from the client’s browser. If users do not bypass the ACS FQDN in the PAC file, the Region Name displayed in the
      Region
      Column in
      Authentication Logs
      ,
      Current Users
      , and
      Users (Last 90 days)
      is one of the five 5 regions (us-west-2, us-east-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, ap-south-1) where the ACS is deployed, and shows the region where Explicit Proxy is performing the redirects from the Explicit Proxy firewall.

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