Download the qcow2 installer. Note
that qcow2 is based on Ubuntu 20.04.5. (Contact Palo Alto Support or Palo Alto
Partner for support, if needed).
Reserve one static IP address for the deployed controller connectivity.
Password-less sudo access. Requires Ubuntu user access and the Ubuntu user must
be on the sudo users' list. Refer to the Installation Workflow.
KVM or ESXi Hypervisor running on qcow2 host OS.
Network Services: Host Server OS qcow2 provided by Palo Alto Networks, NTP
Server running standard NTP service, and DNS (optional) Private DNS server is
preferred.
Do not modify the OS and software packages.
It's recommended to disable the internet connection when
installing the VM and the OS. Download the OS image from the download link shared by Palo Alto
Networks.
