Policy Object: Schedules
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Policy Object: Schedules

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Policy Object: Schedules

Limit enforcement of a Security rule to specific times
Where Can I Use This?
What Do I Need?
  • NGFW (Cloud Managed)
  • NGFW (PAN-OS & Panorama Managed)
  • Prisma Access (Cloud Management)
  • Prisma Access (Panorama Managed)
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By default, Security rules are always in effect (at all dates and times). To limit a Security rule to specific times, you can define schedules, and then apply them to the appropriate security rules. For each schedule, you can specify a fixed date and time range or a recurring daily or weekly schedule.
When a Security rule is invoked by a defined schedule, only new sessions are affected by the applied Security rule. Existing sessions are not affected by the scheduled policy.

Add a Schedule

Cloud Managed

Create a schedule to limit a enforcement of a security rule to specific times that you define.
Follow these steps to define a schedule that you can apply to a security rule.
  1. Go to
    Manage
    Configuration
    NGFW and Prisma Access
    Objects
    Schedules
    Services
    .
  2. Add Schedules
    .
  3. Configure the settings in this table:
    Schedule Settings
    Description
    Name
    Enter a schedule name (up to 31 characters). This name appears in the schedule list when defining security policies. The name is case-sensitive and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
    Recurrence
    Select the type of schedule (
    Daily
    ,
    Weekly
    , or
    Non-Recurring
    ).
    Daily
    Select
    Add
    and specify a
    Start Time
    and
    End Time
    in 24-hour format (HH:MM).
    Weekly
    Select
    Add
    , select a
    Day of Week
    , and specify the
    Start Time
    and
    End Time
    in 24-hour format (HH:MM).
    Non-recurring
    Select
    Add
    and specify a
    Start Date
    ,
    Start Time
    ,
    End Date
    , and
    End Time
    .
  4. Save
    your configuration.
  5. Select
    Push Config
    to save your configuration and deploy it to your network.

PAN-OS & Panorama

Create a schedule to limit enforcement of a Security rule to specific times that you define.
Follow these steps to define a schedule that you can apply to a Security rule .
  1. Go to
    Objects
    Schedules
    .
  2. Add
    a schedule.
  3. Configure the settings in this table:
    Schedule Settings
    Description
    Name
    Enter a schedule name (up to 31 characters). This name appears in the schedule list when defining security security rules. The name is case-sensitive and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
    Shared (
    Panorama only
    )
    Select this option if you want the schedule to be available to:
    • Every virtual system (vsys) on a multi-vsys. If you clear this selection, the schedule will be available only to the
      Virtual System
      selected in the
      Objects
      tab.
    • Every device group on Panorama. If you clear this selection, the schedule will be available only to the
      Device Group
      selected in the
      Objects
      tab.
    Disable override (
    Panorama only
    )
    Select this option to prevent administrators from overriding the settings of this schedule in device groups that inherit the schedule. This selection is cleared by default, which means administrators can override the settings for any device group that inherits the schedule.
    Recurrence
    Select the type of schedule (
    Daily
    ,
    Weekly
    , or
    Non-Recurring
    ).
    Daily
    Select
    Add
    and specify a
    Start Time
    and
    End Time
    in 24-hour format (HH:MM).
    Weekly
    Select
    Add
    , select a
    Day of Week
    , and specify the
    Start Time
    and
    End Time
    in 24-hour format (HH:MM).
    Non-recurring
    Select
    Add
    and specify a
    Start Date
    ,
    Start Time
    ,
    End Date
    , and
    End Time
    .
  4. Select
    OK
    to save your configuration.
  5. Commit
    the configuration.

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