Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators

Add a RADIUS server profile.
The profile defines how Panorama connects to the RADIUS server.
Select
Panorama
Server Profiles
RADIUS
and
Add
a profile.
Enter a
Profile Name
to identify the server profile.
Enter a
Timeout
interval in seconds after which an authentication request times out (default is 3; range is 1–20).
If you use the server profile to integrate Panorama with an MFA service, enter an interval that gives administrators enough time to respond to the authentication challenge. For example, if the MFA service prompts for a one-time password (OTP), administrators need time to see the OTP on their endpoint device and then enter the OTP in the MFA login page.
Select the
Authentication Protocol
(default is
CHAP
) that Panorama uses to authenticate to the RADIUS server.
Select
CHAP
if the RADIUS server supports that protocol; it is more secure than
PAP
.
Add
each RADIUS server and enter the following:
Name
to identify the server
RADIUS Server
IP address or FQDN
Secret
/
Confirm Secret
(a key to encrypt usernames and passwords)
Server
Port
for authentication requests (default is 1812)
Click
OK
to save the server profile.
Assign the RADIUS server profile to an authentication profile.
The authentication profile defines authentication settings that are common to a set of administrators.
Select
Panorama
Authentication Profile
and
Add
a profile.
Enter a
Name
to identify the authentication profile.
Set the
Type
to
RADIUS
.
Select the
Server Profile
you configured.
Select
Retrieve user group from RADIUS
to collect user group information from VSAs defined on the RADIUS server.
Panorama matches the group information against the groups you specify in the Allow List of the authentication profile.
Select
Advanced
and, in the Allow List,
Add
the administrators that are allowed to authenticate with this authentication profile.
Click
OK
to save the authentication profile.
Configure Panorama to use the authentication profile for all administrators.
Select
Panorama
Setup
Management
and edit the Authentication Settings.
Select the
Authentication Profile
you configured and click
OK
.
Configure the roles and access domains that define authorization settings for administrators.
Configure an Admin Role Profile if the administrator uses a custom role instead of a predefined (dynamic) role.
Configure an Access Domain if the administrator uses a Device Group and Template role.
Commit your changes.
Select
Commit
Commit to Panorama
and
Commit
your changes.
Configure the RADIUS server.
Refer to your RADIUS server documentation for the specific instructions to perform these steps:
Add the Panorama IP address or hostname as the RADIUS client.
Add the administrator accounts.
If the RADIUS server profile specifies
CHAP
as the
Authentication Protocol
, you must define accounts with reversibly encrypted passwords. Otherwise, CHAP authentication will fail.
Define the vendor code for Panorama (25461) and define the RADIUS VSAs for the role, access domain, and user group of each administrator.
When you predefine dynamic administrator roles for users, use lower-case to specify the role (for example, enter
superuser
, not
SuperUser
).
Verify that the RADIUS server performs authentication and authorization for administrators.
Log in the Panorama web interface using an administrator account that you added to the RADIUS server.
Verify that you can access only the web interface pages that are allowed for the role you associated with the administrator.
In the
Monitor
,
Policies
, and
Objects
tabs, verify that you can access only the device groups that are allowed for the access domain you associated with the administrator.