Configure Banners and Message of the Day
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Force administrators to acknowledge the login banner to ensure they see information they need to know before logging in, such as login instructions. The following is an example of a login banner:
To add a login banner, select
Device > Setup > Management, edit the General Settings, configure the login banner, and then click
OK
and
Commit.
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Add a
message of the day
that displays after administrators log in to ensure they see important information, such as a pending system restart that might affect the tasks they perform. Administrators will also see post-login messages that Palo Alto Networks embeds to highlight important information associated with software or content releases. The following is an example of an administrator-configured message of the day:
To add a message of the day, select
Device
>
Setup
>
Management, edit the Banners and Messages settings, enable and configure the
Message of the Day, and click
OK. A commit is not required.
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Add colored bands that highlight text across the top (
header banner
) and bottom (
footer banner
) of the web interface to ensure administrators see critical information, such as the classification level for firewall administration. The following is an example of a highlighted header banner indicating that the firewall web interface is classified as top secret:
To add header and footer banners, select
Device
>
Setup
>
Management, specify the
Header Banner, optionally clear
Same Banner Header and Footer
and specify the
Footer Banner, and then click
OK
and
Commit.
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