Install Panorama on Google Cloud Platform

Download the Panorama virtual appliance image.
Log in to the Palo Alto Networks Support Portal.
Select
Updates
Software Updates
and filter by
Panorama Base Images
.
Download the latest version of the Panorama on GCP
tar.gz
image.
Upload the Panorama virtual appliance image to the Google Cloud Platform.
Log in to the Google Cloud Console.

From the

Products and Services

menu, select

Storage

.

Click

Create Bucket

, configure the new storage bucket and click

Create.



Select the storage bucket you created in the previous step, click

Upload files

, and select the Panorama virtual appliance image you downloaded.



From the

Products and Services

menu, select

Compute Engine

Images

.

Click

Create Image

and create the Panorama virtual appliance image:

Name
the Panorama virtual appliance image.
In the
Source
field, select
Cloud Storage file
from the drop-down menu.
Click
Browse
and navigate to the storage bucket where you uploaded the Panorama virtual appliance image, and
Select
the uploaded image.
Create
the Panorama virtual appliance image.


Configure the Panorama virtual appliance.
From the

Products and Services

menu and select the

Compute Engine

.

Click

Create Instance

to begin deploying the Panorama virtual appliance.

Add a descriptive

Name

to easily identify the Panorama virtual appliance.

Select the

Region

and

Zone

where you want to deploy the Panorama virtual appliance.

Allocate the

Machine Type

and

Customize

the CPU cores, memory and CPU platform. Review the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance for minimum resource requirements.

If you plan to use the Panorama virtual appliance as a Dedicated Log Collector, ensure that you configure the appliance with the required resources during initial deployment. The Panorama virtual appliance does not remain in Log Collector mode if you resize the virtual machine after you deploy it, and this results in a loss of log data.

The GCP zone selection determines the CPU platforms available to you. For more information, refer to Regions and Zones for details.



Configure the Panorama boot disk.

For the
Boot Disk
, click
Change
Custom image
and select the Panorama image file you uploaded in Step 2
Review the boot disk
Size
and verify the system disk is
81
GB.
Click
Select
to save your configuration.

Under

Identity and API access

, select

Allow full access to all Cloud APIs

.



Under

Firewall

, select

Allow HTTPS traffic

.


Expand
Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy
.
Enable access to the serial port so you can manage the Panorama virtual appliance.
Select
Management
.
Enter the following name-value pair as Metadata:
serial-port-enable true

Reserve a static IP address for the management interface.
Reserve static internal and external IP addresses for the management interface in the event that if the Panorama virtual appliance is rebooted, your managed devices do not lose connection to the Panorama virtual appliance when the IP addresses are reassigned.
For more information on how to reserve IP addresses, refer to Reserving a Static Internal IP Address and Reserving a Static External IP Address.
Select
Networking
.
Edit
the network interface.

Select the Panorama virtual appliance
Network
.
Select the Panorama virtual appliance
Subnetwork
. Instances in the same subnetwork will communicate with each other using their internal IP addresses.
Set the
Primary internal IP
address.
Ephemeral (Automatic)
— Automatically assign a primary internal IP address.
Ephemeral (Custom)
—Configure a custom IP range that GCP uses to assign a primary internal IP address.
Reserve a static internal IP address
—Manually configure a static primary internal IP address.
Set the
External IP
address.
Ephemeral
—Automatically assign an external IP address from a shared IP pool.
Select an existing reserved external IP address.
Create IP address
—Reserve an external IP address.
Set
IP forwarding
to
On
to allow the Panorama virtual appliance to receive packets from non-matching destinations or source IP addresses.

Configure the SSH key. You need an SSH key to access the Panorama virtual appliance CLI to configure the administrative user password after the initial deployment.
PuTTY Users
Select

Security

.

Select the

Block project-wide SSH keys

box. Only instance keys are currently supported for logging in to the Panorama virtual appliance after initial deployment.

Paste the SSH key in the comment box. For information on the correct SSH key format and how to generate SSH keys for GCP, refer to Managing SSH keys in Metadata.

When generating the SSH key, save the private key in

.ppk

format. The private key is required to log in to the Panorama virtual appliance after the initial deployment before you can configure the administrative password.


Linux and macOS Users
Generate the SSH key from the CLI of your Linux device.
ssh-keygen -C admin@panorama -f <panorama_key_name>
Where
admin@panorama
is a comment GCP requires and
<panorama_key_name>
is the name of the key file being generated.
Create an output file for the SSH key.
cat <panorama_key_name>.pub
After the output file for the SSH key is created, manually copy the SSH key contents.
Paste the public key into the SSH Keys section of the GCP instance creation.
(
Optional
) Add additional storage for log collection. Repeat this step as needed to add additional virtual logging disks.
If you intend to use the Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or as a Dedicated Log Collector, add the virtual logging disks during initial deployment. By default, the Panorama virtual appliance is in Panorama mode for the initial deployment when you meet the Panorama mode resource requirements and have added at least one virtual logging disk. Otherwise, the Panorama virtual appliance defaults to Management Only mode in which you can manage devices and Dedicated Log Collectors, and cannot collect logs locally.
The Panorama virtual appliance on GCP only supports 2TB logging disks, and in total supports up to 24TB of log storage. You are unable to add a logging disk smaller than 2TB, or a logging disk with a size not divisible by the 2TB logging disk requirement. The Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging disks larger than 2TB into 2TB partitions.
Select

Disks

Add new disk

.



Enter the

Name

.

Expand the

Type

drop-down menu and select the desired type.

For the

Source type

, select

Blank disk

.

For the

Mode

, select

Read/write

.

Select the

Deletion rule

to configure whether to delete the virtual logging disk if the Panorama virtual appliance instance is deleted. To

Set the

Size (GB)

of the virtual logging disk.

Set your preferred

Encryption

solution for the data on the virtual logging disk.

Click

Done

.


Create
the Panorama virtual appliance. The Panorama virtual appliances takes roughly 10 minutes to boot up after initial deployment.
Configure a new administrative password for the Panorama virtual appliance.
You must configure a unique administrative password before you can access the web interface of the Panorama virtual appliance. To access the CLI, use the private key to launch the Panorama virtual appliance.
If you have an SSH service installed on your computer:
Enter the following command to log into the Panorama virtual appliance:
ssh -i 
<private_key.ppk> admin@<public-ip_address>
Configure a new password using the following commands and follow the onscreen prompts:
admin>
 configure
admin# 
set mgt-config users admin password
If you have a BYOL that you need to, set the DNS server IP address so that the Panorama virtual appliance can access the Palo Alto Networks licensing server. Enter the following command to set the DNS server IP address:
admin#
 set deviceconfig system dns-setting servers primary 
<ip_address>
Commit your changes:
admin# 
commit
Terminate the SSH session.
If you are using PuTTY to SSH into the Panorama virtual appliance:
If you are using an existing key pair and have the
.ppk
file available, continue to Step 11.3. If you created a new key pair or only have the
.pem
file of the existing key pair, open PuTTYgen and
Load
the
.pem
file.
Save the private key
to a local accessible destination.
Open PuTTY and select
SSH
Auth
and
Browse
for the
.ppk
file saved in the previous step.

Select
Sessions
and enter the public IP address of the Panorama virtual appliance. Then
Open
and click
Yes
when the security prompt appears.
Login as admin when prompted.
Configure a new password using the following commands and follow the on screen prompts:
admin> 
configure
admin# 
set mgt-config users admin password
Set the DNS server IP address so that the Panorama virtual appliance can access the Palo Alto Networks licensing server. Enter the following command to set the DNS server IP address:
admin#
 set deviceconfig system dns-setting servers primary 
<ip_address>
Commit your changes with the command:
admin# 
commit
Terminate the SSH session.
Register the Panorama virtual appliance and activate the device management license and support licenses.
(
VM Flex Licensing Only
) Provisioning the Panorama Virtual Appliance Serial Number.
When leveraging VM Flex licensing, this step is required to generate the Panorama virtual appliance serial number needed to register the Panorama virtual appliance with the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal (CSP).
Register Panorama.
You must register the Panorama virtual appliance using the serial number provided by Palo Alto Networks in the order fulfillment email.
This step is not required when leveraging VM Flex licensing as the serial number is automatically registered with the CSP when generated.
Activate the firewall management license.
Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-connected.
Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is not Internet-connected.
Activate a Panorama Support License.
Complete configuring the Panorama virtual appliance for your deployment needs.
For Panorama in Log Collector Mode.
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform as needed.
Adding at least one virtual logging disk is required before you can change the Panorama virtual appliance to Log Collector mode.
Begin at Step 6 to switch to Log Collector mode.
Enter the Public IP address of the Dedicated Log Collector when you add the Log Collector as a managed collector to the Panorama management server. You cannot specify the
IP Address
,
Netmask
, or
Gateway
.
For Panorama in Panorama mode.
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform.
Adding at least one virtual logging disk is required before you can change the Panorama virtual appliance to Panorama mode.
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode.
Configure a Managed Collector.
For Panorama in Management Only mode.
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode.
Configure a Managed Collector to add a Dedicated Log Collector to the Panorama virtual appliance.
Management Only mode does not support local log collection, and requires a Dedicated Log Collector to store managed device logs.
For SD-WAN deployments.
Increase the System Disk for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
To leverage SD-WAN on Panorama deployed on GCP, you must increase the the system disk to 224GB.
You cannot migrate back to a 81GB system disk after successfully increasing the system disk to 224GB.
Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode.
Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform.
To leverage SD-WAN, you must add a single 2TB logging disk to Panorama in Management Only mode.