Strata Cloud Manager
Get Started with Strata Cloud Manager
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Get Started with Strata Cloud Manager
Here's how to get started using Strata Cloud Manager to manage and monitor
Prisma Access and your NGFWs, in a single place.
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Each of these licenses include access to Strata Cloud
Manager:
→ The features and capabilities available to you in Strata Cloud Manager depend on which license(s) you are
using.
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Strata Cloud Manager gives you AI-powered, unified management and operations
for your NGFWs and SASE network. Here's a cheatsheet on getting started with
Strata Cloud Manager for the first time.
If you're planning to use Strata Cloud Manager to onboard and manage Prisma
Access, NGFWs (requires AIOps for NGFW Premium), or both together, this includes
what you need to know to get started with Shared Management for Prisma Access and NGFWs
- (In the hub) Activate Your LicensesAfter purchasing a license, you'll receive an email with an activation link. The link launches a guided workflow in the hub; follow the activation workflow for each license you'd like to activate:Activating any one of these licenses enables Strata Cloud Manager. After you have activated at least one of these licenses, continue to activate any additional licenses or add-on subscriptions.
- Launch Strata Cloud ManagerAfter you activate a Prisma Access, AIOps for NGFW Premium, or Prisma SD-WAN license, the Strata Cloud Manager app will be available to you on the Palo Alto Networks hub, or you can access it directly at stratacloudmanager.paloaltonetworks.com.
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- Validate Your Licenses
- At the bottom of the navigation menu, select your tenant details and
verify the name of the tenant you're using, and your licensed
products. Here's more on tenant and
subscription management.
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- Go to to check your Prisma Access license status and details, and see what other details might be available.It might be that you do not see much data here just yet if you've not yet onboarded NGFWs or if your Prisma Access environment is still provisioning. If that's the case, check back soon and after you've completed the rest of the steps here.
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- At the bottom of the navigation menu, select your tenant details and
verify the name of the tenant you're using, and your licensed
products. Here's more on tenant and
subscription management.
- Monitoring and Visibility with Strata Cloud Manager
- Explore a visualized representation of your network and security infrastructure with the Command Center.
- Review important network data in Activity Insights.
- Explore the Strata Cloud Manager dashboards available to you. Many dashboards also support reports that you can schedule or share with stakeholders.
- Monitor your Prisma Access environment, Prisma SD-WAN, and your NGFWs.
- Review your incidents and alerts across Prisma Access, NGFWs, and Prisma SD-WAN.
- Inline Best Practice Recommendations and WorkflowsLearn more about the best practice guidance and automation that's built directly into Strata Cloud Manager.
- Strata Cloud Manager Onboarding Settings Strata Cloud Manager brings together common services in the Settings menu. Go to Settings to manage:
- Roles and permissions– Learn more about the roles available on Strata Cloud Manager and associated permissions.
- Device associations– Associate supported cloud applications with your devices.
- Tenant management– Create and manage your hierarchy of business organizations and units, represented by tenants.
Shared Management for Prisma Access and NGFWs
For Prisma Access and NGFWs, Strata Cloud Manager provides shared
management; onboard NGFWs and Prisma Access users, remote networks, and service
connections to Strata Cloud Manager and enforce a common security
policy.
- Onboarding NGFWs and Prisma Access to Strata Cloud Manager
- Set up Prisma Access and onboard mobile users, remote networks, and service connections:
- Onboard and set up NGFWs:
- Organizing Your ConfigurationWhen working in Strata Cloud Manager configuration settings, the current Manage: Configuration Scope is always visible to you, and you can toggle your view to manage a broader or more granular configuration. The configuration scope enables you to apply policy globally, or provide targeted enforcement to certain NGFWs or Prisma Access deployments.
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Here's more on how to get started with organizing your Strata Cloud Manager configuration:- Workflows: Folder ManagementUse folders to logically group NGFWs for simplified configuration management. The Prisma Access folders are predefined based on deployment type. You can also enable Web Security (a simplified management experience for admins managing access to the internet and SaaS applications) at the folder level.
- Manage: SnippetsUse snippets to group configurations that you can quickly push to your NGFWs or Prisma Access deployments.
- Manage: VariablesUse variables your configurations to accommodate device or deployment-specific configuration objects.
- Workflows: Folder Management
- Shared Security Policy for NGFWs and Prisma AccessStrata Cloud Manager gives you unified management for Prisma Access and your NGFWs. Your Strata Cloud Managervsecurity policy is shared, and you can apply it globally across Prisma Access and NGFWs, or target specific settings to Prisma Access deployments or specific groups of firewalls.
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- Pushing Configuration Changes to NGFWs and Prisma AccessWhen managing your Strata Cloud Manager configuration, select Push Config to push configuration changes to your NGFWs and Prisma Access:
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