Use a device onboarding rule to automate parts of the Palo Alto Networks NGFW onboarding to Strata Cloud Manager whether you are manually onboarding Palo Alto Networks NGFW or onboarding using Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). This allows you to associate the firewall with a folder and apply predefined configuration when the firewall first connects to Strata Cloud Manager. You can create multiple device onboarding rules to define different match criteria that apply to different Palo Alto Networks NGFW. Device onboarding rules are designed to simplify and greatly reduce the time spent onboarding new Palo Alto Networks NGFW at scale and ensure the correct configuration is applied to newly onboarded Palo Alto Networks NGFW.

Device onboarding rules use Match Criteria to define which Palo Alto Networks NGFW the rule applies to. This includes information such as the firewall Model and any Labels applied to the firewall during the onboarding process. You can define the rule Action to specify a Target Folder one or more Palo Alto Networks NGFW are added to and the Snippet Association define any firewall-specific snippet configurations that need to be applied. Additionally, if you use SD-WAN or Cloud Identity Engine (CIE) you can also define and apply those necessary configurations in the device onboarding rule to ensure all required connectivity and user-based visibility and policy enforcement immediately after onboarding.