Objects > Address Groups
To simplify the creation of security policies, addresses
that require the same security settings can be combined into address
groups. An address group can be static or dynamic.
- Dynamic Address Groups: A dynamic address group populates its members dynamically using looks ups for tags and tag-based filters. Dynamic address groups are very useful if you have an extensive virtual infrastructure where changes in virtual machine location/IP address are frequent. For example, you have a sophisticated failover setup or provision new virtual machines frequently and would like to apply policy to traffic from or to the new machine without modifying the configuration/rules on the firewall.To use a dynamic address group in policy you must complete the following tasks:
- Define a dynamic address group and reference it in a policy rule.
- Notify the firewall of the IP addresses and the corresponding tags, so that members of the dynamic address group can be formed. You can do this using external scripts that use the XML API on the firewall or, for a VMware-based environment, you can selectto configure settings on the firewall.DeviceVM Information Sources
Dynamic address groups can also include statically defined address objects. If you create an address object and apply the same tags that you have assigned to a dynamic address group, that dynamic address group will include all static and dynamic objects that match the tags. You can, therefore use tags to pull together both dynamic and static objects in the same address group. - Static Address Groups: A static address group can include address objects that are static, dynamic address groups, or it can be a combination of both address objects and dynamic address groups.To create an address group, clickAddand fill in the following fields:
Address Group Settings | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Enter a name that describes the address
group (up to 63 characters). This name appears in the address
list when defining security policies. The name is case-sensitive
and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens,
and underscores. |
Shared | Select this option if you want the address
group to be available to:
|
Disable override ( Panorama only ) | Select this option to prevent administrators
from overriding the settings of this address group object in device
groups that inherit the object. This selection is cleared by default,
which means administrators can override the settings for any device
group that inherits the object. |
Description | Enter a description for the object (up to
255 characters). |
Type | Select Static or Dynamic .To
create a dynamic address group, use the match criteria is assemble
the members to be included in the group. Define the Match criteria
using the AND or OR operators.To
view the list of attributes for the match criteria, you must have
configured the firewall to access and retrieve the attributes from
the source/host. Each virtual machine on the configured information
source(s) is registered with the firewall and the firewall can poll
the machine to retrieve changes in IP address or configuration without
any modifications on the firewall. For a static address
group, click Add and select one or more Addresses .
Click Add to add an object or an address
group to the address group. The group can contain address objects,
and both static and dynamic address groups. |
Tags | Select or enter the tags that you wish to
apply to this address group. For information on tags, see Objects
> Tags. |
Members Count and Address | After you add an address group, the Members
Count column on the Objects Address Groups
|
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