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Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama
Each firewall stores its log files locally
by default and cannot display the logs that reside on other firewalls. Therefore,
to achieve global visibility into the network activity that all
your firewalls monitor, you must forward all firewall logs to Panorama
and Use
Panorama for Visibility. In cases where some teams in your
organization can achieve greater efficiency by monitoring only the
logs that are relevant to their operations, you can create forwarding
filters based on any log attributes (such as threat type or source
user). For example, a security operations analyst who investigates
malware attacks might be interested only in Threat logs with the
type attribute set to wildfire-virus.
The following steps
describe how to use Panorama templates and device groups for configuring
multiple firewalls to forward logs.
If
Panorama manages firewalls running software versions earlier than
PAN-OS 7.0, specify a WildFire® server from which Panorama can gather
analysis information for WildFire samples that those firewalls submit.
Panorama uses the information to complete WildFire Submissions logs
that are missing field values introduced in PAN-OS 7.0. Firewalls
running earlier releases won’t populate those fields. To specify
the server, select ,
edit the General Settings, and enter the
Panorama
Setup
WildFire
WildFire Private
Cloud
name. The default is wildfire-public-cloud
,
which is the WildFire cloud hosted in the United States.You
can also forward firewall logs to external services (such as a syslog
server). For details, see Log
Forwarding Options.
- Add a Device Group for the firewalls that will forward logs.Panorama requires a device group to push a Log Forwarding profile to firewalls. Create a new device group or assign the firewalls to an existing device group.
- Add a Template for the firewalls that will forward logs.Panorama requires a template to push log settings to firewalls. Create a new template or assign the firewalls to an existing template.
- Create a Log Forwarding profile.The profile defines the destinations for Traffic, Threat, WildFire Submission, URL Filtering, Data Filtering, Tunnel and Authentication logs.
- Select, select theObjectsLog ForwardingDevice Groupof the firewalls that will forward logs, andAdda profile.
- Enter aNameto identify the Log Forwarding profile.
- Addone or more match list profiles.The profiles specify log query filters, forwarding destinations, and automatic actions such as tagging. For each match list profile:
- Enter aNameto identify the profile.
- Select theLog Type.
- In theFilterdrop-down, selectFilter Builder. Specify the following and thenAddeach query:Connectorlogic (and/or)LogAttributeOperatorto define inclusion or exclusion logicAttributeValuefor the query to match
- SelectPanorama.
- ClickOKto save the Log Forwarding profile.
- Assign the Log Forwarding profile to policy rules and network zones.Security, Authentication, and DoS Protection rules support log forwarding. In this example, you assign the profile to a Security rule.Perform the following steps for each rule that will trigger log forwarding:
- Select the rulebase (for example,), select thePoliciesSecurityPre RulesDevice Groupof the firewalls that will forward logs, and edit the rule.
- SelectActionsand select theLog Forwardingprofile you created.
- Set theProfile TypetoProfilesorGroup, and then select the security profiles orGroup Profilerequired to trigger log generation and forwarding for:
- Threat logs—Traffic must match any security profile assigned to the rule.
- WildFire logs—Traffic must match a WildFire Analysis profile assigned to the rule.
- For Traffic logs, selectLog At Session Startand/orLog At Session End.
- ClickOKto save the rule.
- Configure the destinations for System logs, Configuration logs, User-ID™ logs, and HIP Match logs.Panorama generates Correlation logs based on the firewall logs it receives, rather than aggregating Correlation logs from firewalls.
- Selectand select theDeviceLog SettingsTemplateof the firewalls that will forward logs.
- For each log type that the firewall will forward, see step Add one or more match list profiles.
- (PA-7000 Series firewalls only) Configure a log card interface to perform log forwarding.When you configure a data port on one of the PA-7000 Series Network Processing Cards (NPCs) as a Log Card interface, the firewall will automatically begin using this interface to forward logs to the logging destinations you configure and forward files for WildFire analysis. Make sure that the interface you configure can reach the log forwarding destinations and the WildFire cloud, WildFire appliance, or both.Because PA-7000 Series firewall can now forward logs to Panorama, Panorama no longer treats the PA-7000 Series firewalls it manages as Log Collectors. If you have not configured the PA-7000 Series firewalls to forward logs to Panorama, all logs a managed PA-7000 Series firewall generates are only viewable from the local firewall and not from Panorama. If you do not yet have a log forwarding infrastructure that is capable of handling the logging rate and volume from the PA-7000 Series firewalls, starting with PAN-OS 8.0.8 you can enable Panorama to directly query PA-7000 Series firewalls when monitoring logs. To use this functionality, both Panorama and the PA-7000 Series firewalls must be running PAN-OS 8.0.8 or later. Enable Panorama to directly query PA-7000 Series firewalls by entering the following command from the Panorama CLI:>debug reportd send-request-to-7k yesAfter running this command, you will be able to view logs for managed PA-7000 Series firewalls on the PanoramaMonitortab. Additionally, as with all managed devices, you can also generate reports that include PA-7000 Series log data by selectingRemote Device Dataas theData Source. If you later decide to enable the PA-7000 Series firewalls to forward logs to Panorama, you must first disable this option using thedebug reportd send-request-to-7k nocommand.
- Select, select theNetworkInterfacesEthernetTemplateof the firewalls that will forward logs, andAdd Interface.
- Select theSlotandInterface Name.
- Set theInterface TypetoLog Card.
- Enter theIP Address,Default Gateway, and (for IPv4 only)Netmask.
- SelectAdvancedand specify theLink Speed,Link Duplex, andLink State.These fields default toauto, which specifies that the firewall automatically determines the values based on the connection. However, the minimum recommendedLink Speedfor any connection is1000(Mbps).
- ClickOKto save your changes.
- Configure Panorama to receive the logs.If you will forward logs to a Panorama virtual appliance in Legacy mode, you can skip this step.
- For each Log Collector that will receive logs, Configure a Managed Collector.
- Configure a Collector Group to assign firewalls to specific Log Collectors for log forwarding.
- Commit your configuration changes.
- SelectandCommitCommit and PushEdit Selections.
- SelectMerge with Device Candidate ConfigandInclude Device and Network Templates, and clickOK.
- Commit and Pushyour changes to Panorama and push the changes to the device groups, templates, and Collector Groups.
- Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama to confirm that your configuration is successful.To change the log forwarding mode that the firewalls use to send logs to Panorama, you can Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults. You can also Manage Storage Quotas and Expiration Periods for Logs and Reports.
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