Next-Generation Firewall
Schedule Dynamic Content Updates
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Schedule Dynamic Content Updates
Schedule Antivirus, Application and Threats, and WildFire dynamic content updates for
your firewalls.
Contact your account team to enable Cloud Management for NGFWs using
Strata Cloud Manager.
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To ensure that you’re always protected from the latest threats, including those that
haven’t yet been discovered, you must ensure that you keep your firewalls up to date
with the latest content and software updates published by Palo Alto Networks.
To install the latest Antivirus, Applications and Threats, and WildFire dynamic
content updates on your firewalls, you can schedule a recurring update schedule to
specify which dynamic content update to install. A Dynamic Update schedule can be
configured at the snippet, folder, or firewall level. A Dynamic Update schedule
created at the folder level is inherited by all nested folders and associated
firewalls but can be modified for the nested folder or individual firewall.
- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.Select and select the Configuration Scope where you want to create the Dynamic Updates schedule.You can select a folder or firewall from your Folders or select Snippets to configure the Dynamic Update schedule in a snippet.Click the cog wheel to edit the Management Interface Settings and Customize.If you modified the Dynamic Updates Scheduler for a nested folder or individual device, you can Revert to Inherited to revert the Dynamic Updates Scheduler configuration from the Customized configuration to that inherited from the parent folder of the nester folder or that inherited from the folder the firewall is associated with.Configure the Antivirus and Application and Threats dynamic content update schedule.
- Configure the Recurrence the firewall checks for Antivirus and Application and Threats dynamic content updates.
- None—No new dynamic content updates are retrieved or installed.
- (Application and Threats only) Every 30 Minutes—Firewall checks for new dynamic content updates every 30 minutes and installs a new content update if available.Specify how many Minutes Past Half-Hour the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates (between 0 and 29).
- Hourly—Firewall checks for new content updates every hour and installs a new dynamic content update if available.Specify how many Minutes Past Hour the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates (between 0 and 59).
- Daily—Firewall checks for new dynamic content updates every day and installs a new dynamic content update if available.Specify the Time of day the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates.
- Weekly—Firewall checks for new dynamic content updates every week and installs a new dynamic content update if available.Specify the Day and Time the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates.
Configure the Action the firewall takes when a new dynamic content update is available.- None—Firewall doesn’t download or install the new dynamic content update.
- Download Only—Firewall only downloads the new dynamic content update but doesn’t install.If you select Download Only, you must log in to the firewall web interface and install the dynamic content update.
- Download and Install—Firewall downloads and installs the new dynamic content update.
Configure the dynamic content update Threshold.This specifies the dynamic content update must be this many hours old in order for the Action to be taken (between (1 and 336 hours).(Application and Threats only) Configure the New App-ID Threshold.This specifies the amount of time the firewall waits to install a dynamic content update that contains a new App-ID (between (1 and 336 hours).(HA only) Check (enable) Sync to Peer to also install the Antivirus and Application and Threats dynamic content update on the firewall HA peer.Configure the WildFire dynamic content update schedule.- Configure the Recurrence the firewall checks for WildFire dynamic content updates.
- None—No new dynamic content updates are retrieved or installed.
- Every Minute—Firewall checks for new dynamic content updates every minute and installs a new content update if available.
- Every 15 Minutes—Firewall checks for new dynamic content updates every 15 minutes and installs a new content update if available.Specify how many Minutes Past Quarter-Hour the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates (between 0 and 14).
- Every 30 Minutes—Firewall checks for new dynamic content updates every 30 minutes and installs a new content update if available.Specify how many Minutes Past Half-Hour the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates (between 0 and 29).
- Every Hour—Firewall checks for new content updates every hour and installs a new dynamic content update if available.Specify how many Minutes Past Hour the firewall should check for new dynamic content updates (between 0 and 59).
Configure the Action the firewall takes when a new dynamic content update is available.- None—Firewall doesn’t download or install the new dynamic content update.
- Download Only—Firewall only downloads the new dynamic content update but doesn’t install.If you select Download Only, you must log in to the firewall web interface and install the dynamic content update.
- Download and Install—Firewall downloads and installs the new dynamic content update.
(HA only) Check (enable) Synchronize content with HA peer after download/install to also install the WildFire dynamic content update on the firewall HA peer.Save.
