Panorama serves as the central point of administration for the VM-Series NSX edition firewalls and the license activation process is automated when Panorama has direct internet access. Panorama connects to the Palo Alto Networks update server to retrieve the licenses, and when a new VM-Series NSX edition firewall is deployed, it communicates with Panorama to obtain the license. If Panorama is not connected to the internet, you need to manually license each instance of the VM-Series firewall so that the firewall can connect to Panorama. For an overview of the components and requirements for deploying the VM-Series NSX edition firewall, see
VM-Series NSX Edition Firewall Overview.
The following process of activating the licenses is manual. If you have a custom script or an orchestration service, you can use the
Licensing API
to automate the process of retrieving the licenses for the VM-Series firewalls.
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