Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators

Add a TACACS+ server profile.
The profile defines how Panorama connects to the TACACS+ server.
Select
Panorama
Server Profiles
TACACS+
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).
Select the
Authentication Protocol
(default is
CHAP
) that Panorama uses to authenticate to the TACACS+ server.
Select
CHAP
if the TACACS+ server supports that protocol; it is more secure than
PAP
.
Add
each TACACS+ server and enter the following:
Name
to identify the server
TACACS+ Server
IP address or FQDN
Secret
/
Confirm Secret
(a key to encrypt usernames and passwords)
Server
Port
for authentication requests (default is 49)
Click
OK
to save the server profile.
Assign the TACACS+ 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 profile.
Set the
Type
to
TACACS+
.
Select the
Server Profile
you configured.
Select
Retrieve user group from TACACS+
to collect user group information from VSAs defined on the TACACS+ 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 will use 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 TACACS+ server to authenticate and authorize administrators.
Refer to your TACACS+ server documentation for the specific instructions to perform these steps:
Add the Panorama IP address or hostname as the TACACS+ client.
Add the administrator accounts.
If you selected
CHAP
as the
Authentication Protocol
, you must define accounts with reversibly encrypted passwords. Otherwise, CHAP authentication will fail.
Define TACACS+ 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 TACACS+ server performs authentication and authorization for administrators.
Log in the Panorama web interface using an administrator account that you added to the TACACS+ 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 virtual systems that are allowed for the access domain you associated with the administrator.