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    Add a Firewall as a Managed Device

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    Add a Firewall as a Managed Device

    Add a firewall to the Panorama™ management server for centralized configuration management and monitoring.
    To use a Panorama™ management server to manage your firewalls, you need to enable a connection between the firewall and the Panorama management server. To strengthen your Security posture when onboarding a new firewall, you must create a unique device registration authentication key on the Panorama management server for mutual authentication between the new firewall and the server on first connection. A successful first connection requires that you add the Panorama IP address on each firewall the server will manage, add the serial number on the server for each firewall, and specify the device registration authentication key on both the server and the firewall. When you add a firewall as a managed device, you can also associate the new firewall with a device group, template stack, collector group, and Log Collector during the initial deployment. Additionally, you have the option to automatically push the configuration to your newly added firewall when the firewall first connects to the Panorama server, which ensures that firewalls are immediately configured and ready to secure your network.
    If you are adding a firewall to Panorama in a high availability (HA) configuration, the device registration authentication key is required only to add the firewall to the primary peer. Panorama in HA configuration synchronize the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate that allows the secondary peer to manage firewalls in event of HA failover.
    Adding a firewall as a managed device requires that the total count of managed firewalls not exceed the device management license activated on Panorama. Select
    Panorama
    Licenses
     to view the
    Device Management License
     active on Panorama and the maximum number of managed firewalls supported.
    If the firewall you are attempting to add exceeds the device management license limit, the operation is blocked and you are prompted with a warning indicating that adding the firewall to Panorama management failed.
    The firewall uses the Panorama management server IP address for registration with the server. The Panorama server and the firewall authenticate with each other using 2,048-bit certificates and AES-256 encrypted SSL connections for configuration management and log collection.
    To configure the device registration authentication key, specify the key lifetime and the number of times you can use the authentication key to onboard new firewalls. Additionally, you can specify one or more firewall serial numbers for which the authentication key is valid.
    The authentication key expires 90 days after the key lifetime expires. After 90 days, you are prompted to re-certify the authentication key to maintain its validity. If you do not re-certify, then the authentication key becomes invalid. A system log is generated each time a firewall uses the Panorama-generated authentication key. The firewall uses the authentication key to authenticate the Panorama server when it delivers the device certificate that is used for all subsequent communications.
    For firewalls running a PAN-OS 10.2 release, Panorama running PAN-OS 10.2 or later release supports onboarding firewalls running PAN-OS 10.1.3 or later release only. You cannot add a firewall running PAN-OS 10.1.2 or earlier PAN-OS 10.2 release to Panorama management if Panorama is running PAN-OS 10.2 or later release.
    Panorama supports onboarding firewalls running the following releases:
    • Panorama running PAN-OS 10.2 or later release—
       Firewalls running PAN-OS 10.1.3 or later release, and firewalls running PAN-OS 10.0 or earlier PAN-OS release.
    There is no impact to firewalls already managed by Panorama on upgrade to PAN-OS 10.2.
    If you are experiencing issues adding a firewall to Panorama management, you may need to recover managed device connectivity to Panorama.
    1. Set up the firewall.
      1. Perform initial configuration on the firewall so that it is accessible and can communicate with the Panorama server over the network.
      2. Configure each data interface you plan to use on the firewall and attach it to a security zone so that you can push configuration settings and policy rules from the Panorama server.
    2. Create a device registration authentication key.
      2. Select
        Panorama
        Device Registration Auth Key
         and
        Add
         a new authentication key.
      3. Configure the authentication key.
        • Name
          —Add a descriptive name for the authentication key.
        • Lifetime
          —Specify the key lifetime to limit how long you can use the authentication key to onboard new firewalls.
        • Count
          —Specify how many times you can use the authentication key to onboard new firewalls.
        • Device Type
          —Specify that this authentication key is used to authenticate only a
          Firewall
          .
          You can select
          Any
           to use the device registration authentication key to onboard firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances.
        • (
          Optional
          )
          Devices
          —Enter one or more device serial numbers to specify for which firewalls the authentication key is valid.
      4. Click
        OK
        .
      5. Copy Auth Key
         and
        Close
        .
    3. Add firewalls to a Panorama management server. You can manually add one or more firewalls or bulk import firewalls using a CSV file.
      You can bulk import only single-vsys firewalls to the Panorama management server You cannot bulk import firewalls with more than one virtual system (vsys).
      • Add one or more firewalls manually.
      1. Select
        Panorama
        Managed Devices
        Summary
         and
        Add
         a new firewall.
      2. Enter the firewall
        Serial
         number. If you are adding multiple firewalls, enter each serial number on a separate line.
      3. (
        Optional
        ) Select
        Associate Devices
         to associate the firewall with a device group, template stack, Log Collector, or Collector group when the firewall first connect to the Panorama management server.
      4. Enter the device registration authentication key you created.
      5. Click
        OK
        .
      6. Associate your managed firewalls as needed.
        If you did not select
        Associate Devices
        , skip this step and continue to configure the firewall to communicate with Panorama.
        1. Assign the
          Device Group
          ,
          Template Stack
          ,
          Collector Group
          , and
          Log Collector
           as needed from the drop-down in each column.
        2. Enable
          Auto Push on 1st connect
           to automatically push the device group and template stack configuration to the new devices when they first successfully connect to the Panorama server.
          The
          Auto Push on 1st Connect
           option is supported only on firewalls running PAN-OS® 8.1 and later releases. The
          commit all
           job executes from Panorama to managed devices running PAN-OS 8.1 and later releases.
        3. (
          Optional
          ) Select a PAN-OS release version (
          To SW Version
           column) to begin automatically upgrading the managed firewall to the specified PAN-OS version upon successful connection to the Panorama management server.
          To upgrade a managed firewall to a target PAN-OS release on first connection, you must install the minimum content release version required for that PAN-OS release before adding the firewall as a managed device. To do this, you must register the firewall, activate the support license, and install the content update before adding the firewall to Panorama management.
          Leave this column empty if you do not want to automatically upgrade the managed firewall.
        4. Click
          OK
           to add the devices.
      • Bulk import multiple firewalls using a CSV file.
      1. Select
        Panorama
        Managed Devices
        Summary
         and
        Add
         your new firewalls.
      2. Add the device registration authentication key you created.
      3. Click
        Import
        .
      4. Download Sample CSV
        and edit the downloaded CSV file with the firewalls you are adding. You can choose to assign the firewalls to a device group, template stack, Collector Group, and Log Collector from the CSV or enter only the firewall serial numbers and assign them from the web interface. Save the CSV after you finish editing.
      5. Browse
         to and select the CSV file you edited in the previous step.
      6. If not already assigned in the CSV, assign the firewalls a
        Device Group
        ,
        Template Stack
        ,
        Collector Group
        , and
        Log Collector
         as needed from the drop-down in each column
      7. If not already enabled in the CSV, enable
        Auto Push on 1st connect
         to automatically push the device group and template stack configuration to the new devices when they first successfully connect to the Panorama server.
      8. (
        Optional
        ) Select a PAN-OS release version (
        To SW Version
         column) to begin automatically upgrading the managed firewall to the specified PAN-OS version upon successful connection to the Panorama server.
        To upgrade a managed firewall to a target PAN-OS release on first connection, you must install the minimum content release version required for that PAN-OS release before adding the firewall as a managed device. To do this, you must register the firewall, activate the support license, and install the content update before adding the firewall to Panorama management.
        Leave this column empty if you do not want to automatically upgrade the managed firewall.
      9. Click
        OK
         to add the firewalls.
    4. Configure the firewall to communicate with the Panorama management server.
      Repeat this step for each firewall the Panorama server will manage.
      2. Configure the Panorama Settings for the firewall.
        1. Select
          Device
          Setup
          Management
           and edit the Panorama Settings.
        2. (
          PAN-OS 10.2.3 and later releases only
          ) For Managed By, select
          Panorama
          .
        3. Enter the Panorama IP address in the first field.
          Panorama issues a single IP address for device management, log collection, reporting, and dynamic updates. Enter the external, Internet-bound IP address to ensure Panorama can successfully access existing and new managed devices and Log Collectors. If an internal Panorama IP address is configured, you may be unable to manage some devices. For example, if you Install Panorama on AWS and enter the internal IP address, Panorama is unable to manage devices or Log Collectors outside of the AWS security group.
        4. (
          Optional
          ) If you have configured a high availability (HA) pair in Panorama, enter the IP address of the secondary Panorama in the second field.
        5. Enter the
          Auth key
           you created on Panorama.
        6. Click
          OK
          .
        7. Commit
           your changes.
    5. (
      Optional
      ) Add a
      Tag
      . Tags make it easier for you to find a firewall from a large list; they help you dynamically filter and refine the list of firewalls in your display. For example, if you add a tag called
      branch office
      , you can filter for all branch office firewalls across your network.
      1. Select each firewall and click
        Tag
        .
      2. Click
        Add
        , enter a string of up to 31 characters (no empty spaces), and click
        OK
        .
    6. If your deployment is using custom certificates for authentication between Panorama and managed devices, deploy the custom client device certificate. For more information, see Set Up Authentication Using Custom Certificates and Add New Client Devices.
    7. Select
      Commit
      Commit to Panorama
       and
      Commit
       your changes.
    8. Verify that the firewall is connected to Panorama.
      1. Click
        Panorama
        Managed Devices
        Summary
        .
      2. Verify that the
        Device State
         for the new device shows as
        Connected
        .

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