Monitor Policy Rule Usage
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11.1 & Later
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- Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements
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- Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector
- Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode
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- Preserve Existing Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on KVM
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Hyper-V
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Mount the Panorama ESXi Server to an NFS Datastore
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- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on vCloud Air
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Azure
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on KVM
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Hyper-V
- Increase the CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup
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- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Production Panorama to an ELA Panorama
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- Register Panorama
- Activate a Panorama Support 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/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance
- Install the Panorama Device Certificate
- Install the Device Certificate for a Dedicated Log Collector
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- Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series Appliance
- Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor
- Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Migrate from an M-500 Appliance to an M-700 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-600 Appliance to an M-700 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 or M-500 Appliance to an M-200 or M-600 Appliance
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- Configure an Admin Role Profile
- Configure an Admin Role Profile for Selective Push to Managed Firewalls
- Configure an Access Domain
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- Configure a Panorama Administrator Account
- Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface
- Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI
- Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Enable SCP Uploads for an Administrator
- Configure Tracking of Administrator Activity
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- Add a Firewall as a Managed Device
- Change Between Panorama Management and Cloud Management
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- Add a Device Group
- Create a Device Group Hierarchy
- Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy
- Revert to Inherited Object Values
- Manage Unused Shared Objects
- Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects
- Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group
- Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls
- Device Group Push to a Multi-VSYS Firewall
- Manage the Rule Hierarchy
- Manage the Master Key from Panorama
- Schedule a Configuration Push to Managed Firewalls
- Redistribute Data to Managed Firewalls
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- Plan the Transition to Panorama Management
- Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management and Reuse Existing Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management and Push a New Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management and Reuse Existing Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management and Push a New Configuration
- Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama
- Localize a Panorama Pushed Configuration on a Managed Firewall
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- Configure a Managed Collector
- Monitor Managed Collector Health Status
- Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama
- Configure Syslog Forwarding to External Destinations
- Forward Logs to Strata Logging Service
- Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama
- Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults
- Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations
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- Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama
- Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama Management
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- Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama
- Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama
- Remove a Cluster from Panorama Management
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Predefined Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Custom Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama
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- Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes
- Commit Selective Configuration Changes for Managed Devices
- Push Selective Configuration Changes to Managed Devices
- Enable Automated Commit Recovery
- Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations
- Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
- Add Custom Logos to Panorama
- Use the Panorama Task Manager
- Reboot or Shut Down Panorama
- Configure Panorama Password Profiles and Complexity
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- Verify Panorama Port Usage
- Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group
- Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance
- Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server
- Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama
- Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs
- View Log Query Jobs
- Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number Errors
- Troubleshoot Reporting Errors
- Troubleshoot Device Management License Errors
- Troubleshoot Automatically Reverted Firewall Configurations
- View Task Success or Failure Status
- Generate a Stats Dump File for a Managed Firewall
- Recover Managed Device Connectivity to Panorama
- Restore an Expired Device Certificate
Monitor Policy Rule Usage
How to view rule usage for policy rules pushed to a device
group from Panorama.
As your policies change, tracking rule usage
on Panorama helps you evaluate whether your policy implementation
continues to match your enforcement needs. This visibility helps
you identify and remove unused rules to reduce security risks and
keep your policy rule base organized. Additionally, rule usage tracking allows
you to quickly validate new rule additions and rule changes and
to monitor rule usage for operations and troubleshooting tasks.
On Panorama, you can view the rule usage of firewalls in a device
group—to which you pushed policies—to determine if all, some, or
none of the firewalls have traffic matches instead of being able
to monitor only the total number of hits across all firewalls in
a device group. You can quickly filter rules using the rule usage
data, such as Created and Modified dates, within a customizable
time frame. The displayed rule usage information persists across
reboot, dataplane restarts, and upgrades.
On Panorama, you
can view the rule usage details for managed firewalls that are running
a PAN-OS 8.1 or later release, that have policy rule hit count enabled
(default), and for which you have defined and pushed policy rules
using device groups. Panorama cannot retrieve rule usage details
for policy rules configured locally on the firewall so you must
log in to the firewall to view rule usage information for locally
configured rules.
After filtering your policy rulebase, administrators
can take action to delete, disable, enable, and tag policy rules
directly from the policy optimizer. For example, you can filter
for unused rules and then tag them for review to determine whether
they can be safely deleted or kept in the rulebase. By enabling
administrators to take action directly from the policy optimizer,
you reduce the management overhead required to further assist in
simplifying your rule lifecycle management and ensure that your
firewalls are not over-provisioned.
Policy rule usage
data may also be useful when using Policy Optimizer to prioritize
which rules to migrate or clean up first.
Policy rule usage data is not preserved when you transition to a different Panorama model.
This means that all existing policy rule usage data from the old Panorama is no
longer displayed after a successful migration to a new Panorama model. After a
successful migration, Panorama begins tracking policy rule usage data based on
the date the migration was completed. For example, the
Created date displays the date the migration
was completed.
To view the
rule usage across any Shared rule or for a specific device group:
- Log in to the Panorama Web Interface.Verify that the Policy Rule Hit Count is enabled.
- Navigate to Policy Rulebase Settings (PanoramaSetup Management.Verify that Policy Rule Hit Count is enabled.Select Policies<policy rule> to view a rule.Change the Device Group context to Shared or to the specific device group you want to view.Determine whether the rule is being used (Rule Usage). The policy rule usage status is one of the following:Firewalls must run PAN-OS 8.1 or later release with Policy Rule Hit Count enabled for Panorama to determine rule usage.
- Used—When all firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have traffic matches for the policy rule.
- Partially Used—When some of the firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have traffic matches for the policy rule.
- Unused—When no firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have traffic matches for the policy rule.
- Em-dash (—)—When no firewalls in the device group—to which you pushed the policy rule—have Policy Rule Hit Count enabled or available for Panorama to determine the rule usage.
- Modified—The date and time the policy rule was last modified.
- Created—The date and time the policy rule was created.If the rule was created when Panorama was running PAN-OS 8.1 and the Policy Rule Hit Count setting is enabled, the First Hit date and time is used as the Created date and time on upgrade to PAN-OS 9.0 or later releases. If the rule was created in PAN-OS 8.1 when the Policy Rule Hit Count setting was disabled or if the rule was created when Panorama was running PAN-OS 8.0 or an earlier release, the Created date for the rule will be the date and time you successfully upgraded Panorama to PAN-OS 9.0 or later releases.
Click the Rule Usage status to view the list of firewalls using the rule and the hit-count data for traffic that matches that rule on each firewall.(Optional) View the policy rule hit-count data for individual firewalls in the device group.- Click Preview Rules.From the Device context, select the firewall for which you want to view the policy rule usage data.Select Policies and, in the Policy Optimizer dialog, view the Rule Usage filter.Filter rules in the selected rulebase.You can filter the rule usage for rules pushed to firewalls from Panorama. Panorama cannot filter rule usage for rules configured locally on the firewall.Use the rule usage filter to evaluate the rule usage within a specified period of time. For example, filter the selected rulebase for Unused rules within the last 30 days. You can also evaluate rule usage with other rule attributes, such as the Created and Modified dates, which enables you to filter for the correct set of rules to review. You can use this data to help manage your rule lifecycle and to determine if a rule needs to be removed to reduce your network attack surface.
- Select the Timeframe you want to filter on, or specify a Custom time frame.Select the rule Usage on which you want to filter.(Optional) If you have reset the rule usage data for any rules, check for Exclude rules reset during the last <number of days> days and decide when to exclude a rule based on the number of days you specify since the rule was reset. Only rules that were reset before your specified number of days are included in the filtered results.(Optional) Specify search filters based on additional rule data, other than the rule usage.
- Hover your mouse over the column header, and from the drop-down select Columns.
- Add any additional columns you want to filter with or to display.
- Hover your mouse over the column data that you would like to filter, and select Filter from the drop-down. For data that contain dates, select whether to filter using This date, This date or earlier, or This date or later.
- Click Apply Filter (
Take action on one or more unused policy rules.- Select one or more unused policy rules.Perform one of the following actions:
- Delete—Delete one or more selected policy rules.
- Enable—Enable one or more selected policy rules when disabled.
- Disable—Disable one or more selected policy rules.
- Tag—Apply one or more group tags to one or more selected policy rules. The group tag must already exist in order to tag policy rule.
- Untag—Remove one or more group tags from one or more selected policy rules.
Select Commit and Commit and Push your changes.