To manage VM-Series firewalls using Panorama, generate a VM auth key on Panorama and
include it in the basic configuration file.
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If you want to use Panorama to manage the VM-Series firewalls that you are
bootstrapping, you must generate a VM auth key on Panorama and include the key in
the basic configuration (init-cfg.txt) file. The VM auth key allows Panorama to
authenticate the newly bootstrapped VM-Series firewall. So, to manage
the firewall using Panorama, you must include the IP address for Panorama and the VM
auth key in the basic configuration file as well as the license auth codes in the
/license folder of the bootstrap package. The firewall can then provide the IP
address, serial number, and the VM auth key in its initial connection request to
Panorama so that Panorama can verify the validity of the VM auth key and add the
firewall as a managed device. If you provide a device group and template in the
basic configuration file, Panorama will assign the firewall to the appropriate
device group and template so that you can centrally configure and administer the
firewall using Panorama.
The lifetime of the key can vary between 1 hour and 8760 hours (1 year). After the specified
time, the key expires and Panorama will not register VM-Series
firewalls without a valid auth-key in this connection request.
