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    Configuration: Folder Management

    Create or modify folders for folder management.
    Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
    • NGFW (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
    • AIOps for NGFW Premium license
    • Prisma Access license
    Folders are used to logically group your firewalls or deployment types (Prisma Access mobile users, remote networks, or service connections) for simplified configuration management. You can create a folder that contains multiple nested folders to group firewalls and deployments that require similar configurations. Folders that are already nested can have multiple nested folders as well.
    Folders for Prisma Access and your NGFWs are separate; you can't group NGFWs in a folder with Prisma Access deployments. However, you can easily apply shared settings globally across all folders or use Configuration: Snippets to easily apply standard settings and policy requirements across multiple folders.

    Folder Management (NGFWs)

    How to use folders to simplify configuration for NGFWs you are managing with Strata Cloud Manager.
    To help manage folders and firewalls, you can apply labels to filter and target specific groups of firewalls for configuration changes. Additionally, each folder displays the currently installed software version, dynamic content release versions, and GlobalProtect app Version of the firewalls associated with the folder.
    For firewall folders, Strata Cloud Manager supports up to four nested folders within any given folder hierarchy, with the default All Firewalls folder always being the top-most level of any folder hierarchy. For example, consider the below when designing your folder hierarchy. In the example below Folder1, Folder2, Folder3, and Folder4 are nested under the All Firewalls folder and you can’t best any additional folders to this particular folder hierarchy. Additionally, Folder2.1 and Folder2.2 are nested under Folder2 and you can’t add any nest any additional folders either.

    Create a Folder

    Create a folder to logically group your firewalls for simplified configuration management. You can create a folder under the default Firewalls folder or under another existing folder.
    1. Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.
    2. Select System SettingsFolder Management and Add Folder.
    3. Give the folder a descriptive Name.
    4. (Optional) Enter a Description for the folder.
    5. (Optional) Assign one or more Labels.
      You can select an existing label or create a new label by typing the label you wanted to create.
    6. Specify where to create the folder In.
      Select All Firewalls or select an existing folder to nest the folder under it.
    7. Create the folder.

    Modify a Folder

    Modify an existing folder to edit the name, description, and to add or change the labels. Additionally, you can move or delete the folder as needed.
    1. Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.
    2. Select System SettingsFolder Management and expand the Actions menu.
    3. Modify the folder as needed.
      • Edit the folder
      1. Edit the folder Name.
      2. (Optional) edit the folder Description.
      3. Select or create Labels.
        You can assign entirely different labels to the folder or add additional labels.
      4. Save.
      • Move the folder and select the Destination.
      You can move a folder in the following ways.
      • You can move a folder to nest it under a different folder.
      • You can move a nested folder under the Firewalls folder.
      • You can move a nested folder from one folder to another.
      Move the folder after you select the folder destination.
      • Delete Folder and click OK to confirm.
      You can only delete a folder that has no firewalls associated with it and no folders nested under it.

    Folder Management (Prisma Access)

    Prisma Access folders are predefined; you can use them to specify configuration scope and ensure that Prisma Access deployment types – mobile users, remote networks, and service connections – receive all global settings and then settings that are required or specific for each type.
    The configurations defined under a folder are inherited by all folders nested under that folder hierarchy. For example, you can configure settings that are common across GlobalProtect, Explicit Proxy, Remote Networks, and Service Connections under the Prisma Access folder. Similarly, you can configure settings that are common across GlobalProtect and Explicit Proxy under the Mobile Users Container and so on.
    You cannot edit the folder hierarchy for Prisma Access.
    At the folder level, you can also enable web security for the Prisma Access mobile user, remote network, or service connection deployment.

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