Prepare for an Orchestrated AWS Deployment
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- VM-Series Deployments
- VM-Series in High Availability
- Enable Jumbo Frames on the VM-Series Firewall
- Hypervisor Assigned MAC Addresses
- Custom PAN-OS Metrics Published for Monitoring
- Interface Used for Accessing External Services on the VM-Series Firewall
- PacketMMAP and DPDK Driver Support
- Enable ZRAM on the VM-Series Firewall
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- VM-Series Firewall Licensing
- Create a Support Account
- Serial Number and CPU ID Format for the VM-Series Firewall
- Install a License API Key
- Use Panorama-Based Software Firewall License Management
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- Maximum Limits Based on Memory
- Activate Credits
- Create a Deployment Profile
- Manage a Deployment Profile
- Register the VM-Series Firewall (Software NGFW Credits)
- Provision Panorama
- Migrate Panorama to a FW-Flex License
- Transfer Credits
- Renew Your Software NGFW Credit License
- Deactivate License (Software NGFW Credits)
- Create and Apply a Subscription-Only Auth Code
- Migrate to a Flexible VM-Series License
- What Happens When Licenses Expire?
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- Supported Deployments on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
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- Plan the Interfaces for the VM-Series for ESXi
- Provision the VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server
- Perform Initial Configuration on the VM-Series on ESXi
- Add Additional Disk Space to the VM-Series Firewall
- Use VMware Tools on the VM-Series Firewall on ESXi and vCloud Air
- Use vMotion to Move the VM-Series Firewall Between Hosts
- Use the VM-Series CLI to Swap the Management Interface on ESXi
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- VM-Series Firewall for NSX-V Deployment Checklist
- Install the VMware NSX Plugin
- Apply Security Policies to the VM-Series Firewall
- Steer Traffic from Guests that are not Running VMware Tools
- Dynamically Quarantine Infected Guests
- Migrate Operations-Centric Configuration to Security-Centric Configuration
- Add a New Host to Your NSX-V Deployment
- Use Case: Shared Compute Infrastructure and Shared Security Policies
- Use Case: Shared Security Policies on Dedicated Compute Infrastructure
- Dynamic Address Groups—Information Relay from NSX-V Manager to Panorama
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- Supported Deployments of the VM-Series Firewall on VMware NSX-T (North-South)
- Components of the VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T (North-South)
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- Install the Panorama Plugin for VMware NSX
- Enable Communication Between NSX-T Manager and Panorama
- Create Template Stacks and Device Groups on Panorama
- Configure the Service Definition on Panorama
- Deploy the VM-Series Firewall
- Direct Traffic to the VM-Series Firewall
- Apply Security Policy to the VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T
- Use vMotion to Move the VM-Series Firewall Between Hosts
- Extend Security Policy from NSX-V to NSX-T
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- Components of the VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T (East-West)
- VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T (East-West) Integration
- Supported Deployments of the VM-Series Firewall on VMware NSX-T (East-West)
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- Install the Panorama Plugin for VMware NSX
- Enable Communication Between NSX-T Manager and Panorama
- Create Template Stacks and Device Groups on Panorama
- Configure the Service Definition on Panorama
- Launch the VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T (East-West)
- Add a Service Chain
- Direct Traffic to the VM-Series Firewall
- Apply Security Policies to the VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T (East-West)
- Use vMotion to Move the VM-Series Firewall Between Hosts
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- Install the Panorama Plugin for VMware NSX
- Enable Communication Between NSX-T Manager and Panorama
- Create Template Stacks and Device Groups on Panorama
- Configure the Service Definition on Panorama
- Launch the VM-Series Firewall on NSX-T (East-West)
- Create Dynamic Address Groups
- Create Dynamic Address Group Membership Criteria
- Generate Steering Policy
- Generate Steering Rules
- Delete a Service Definition from Panorama
- Migrate from VM-Series on NSX-T Operation to Security Centric Deployment
- Extend Security Policy from NSX-V to NSX-T
- Use In-Place Migration to Move Your VM-Series from NSX-V to NSX-T
- Use Migration Coordinator to Move Your VM-Series from NSX-V to NSX-T
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- Deployments Supported on AWS
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- Planning Worksheet for the VM-Series in the AWS VPC
- Launch the VM-Series Firewall on AWS
- Launch the VM-Series Firewall on AWS Outpost
- Create a Custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
- Encrypt EBS Volume for the VM-Series Firewall on AWS
- Use the VM-Series Firewall CLI to Swap the Management Interface
- Enable CloudWatch Monitoring on the VM-Series Firewall
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- Use Case: Secure the EC2 Instances in the AWS Cloud
- Use Case: Use Dynamic Address Groups to Secure New EC2 Instances within the VPC
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- What Components Does the VM-Series Auto Scaling Template for AWS (v2.0) Leverage?
- How Does the VM-Series Auto Scaling Template for AWS (v2.0 and v2.1) Enable Dynamic Scaling?
- Plan the VM-Series Auto Scaling Template for AWS (v2.0 and v2.1)
- Customize the Firewall Template Before Launch (v2.0 and v2.1)
- Launch the VM-Series Auto Scaling Template for AWS (v2.0)
- SQS Messaging Between the Application Template and Firewall Template
- Stack Update with VM-Series Auto Scaling Template for AWS (v2.0)
- Modify Administrative Account and Update Stack (v2.0)
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- Launch the Firewall Template (v2.1)
- Launch the Application Template (v2.1)
- Create a Custom Amazon Machine Image (v2.1)
- VM-Series Auto Scaling Template Cleanup (v2.1)
- SQS Messaging Between the Application Template and Firewall Template (v2.1)
- Stack Update with VM-Series Auto Scaling Template for AWS (v2.1)
- Modify Administrative Account (v2.1)
- Change Scaling Parameters and CloudWatch Metrics (v2.1)
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- Enable the Use of a SCSI Controller
- Verify PCI-ID for Ordering of Network Interfaces on the VM-Series Firewall
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- Deployments Supported on Azure
- Deploy the VM-Series Firewall from the Azure Marketplace (Solution Template)
- Deploy the VM-Series Firewall from the Azure China Marketplace (Solution Template)
- Create a Custom VM-Series Image for Azure
- Deploy the VM-Series Firewall on Azure Stack
- Enable Azure Application Insights on the VM-Series Firewall
- Set up Active/Passive HA on Azure
- Use the ARM Template to Deploy the VM-Series Firewall
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- About the VM-Series Firewall on Google Cloud Platform
- Supported Deployments on Google Cloud Platform
- Prepare to Set Up VM-Series Firewalls on Google Public Cloud
- Create a Custom VM-Series Firewall Image for Google Cloud Platform
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- Deploy the VM-Series Firewall from Google Cloud Platform Marketplace
- Management Interface Swap for Google Cloud Platform Load Balancing
- Use the VM-Series Firewall CLI to Swap the Management Interface
- Enable Google Stackdriver Monitoring on the VM Series Firewall
- Enable VM Monitoring to Track VM Changes on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Use Dynamic Address Groups to Secure Instances Within the VPC
- Use Custom Templates or the gcloud CLI to Deploy the VM-Series Firewall
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- Prepare Your ACI Environment for Integration
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- Create a Virtual Router and Security Zone
- Configure the Network Interfaces
- Configure a Static Default Route
- Create Address Objects for the EPGs
- Create Security Policy Rules
- Create a VLAN Pool and Domain
- Configure an Interface Policy for LLDP and LACP for East-West Traffic
- Establish the Connection Between the Firewall and ACI Fabric
- Create a VRF and Bridge Domain
- Create an L4-L7 Device
- Create a Policy-Based Redirect
- Create and Apply a Service Graph Template
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- Create a VLAN Pool and External Routed Domain
- Configure an Interface Policy for LLDP and LACP for North-South Traffic
- Create an External Routed Network
- Configure Subnets to Advertise to the External Firewall
- Create an Outbound Contract
- Create an Inbound Web Contract
- Apply Outbound and Inbound Contracts to the EPGs
- Create a Virtual Router and Security Zone for North-South Traffic
- Configure the Network Interfaces
- Configure Route Redistribution and OSPF
- Configure NAT for External Connections
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- Choose a Bootstrap Method
- VM-Series Firewall Bootstrap Workflow
- Bootstrap Package
- Bootstrap Configuration Files
- Generate the VM Auth Key on Panorama
- Create the bootstrap.xml File
- Prepare the Licenses for Bootstrapping
- Prepare the Bootstrap Package
- Bootstrap the VM-Series Firewall on AWS
- Bootstrap the VM-Series Firewall on Azure
- Bootstrap the VM-Series Firewall on Google Cloud Platform
- Verify Bootstrap Completion
- Bootstrap Errors
End-of-Life (EoL)
Prepare for an Orchestrated AWS Deployment
Prepare to install the AWS plugin and configure it to
set up your security deployment in the AWS public cloud.
Complete the following tasks on AWS and Panorama
before you orchestrate a VM-Series firewall on AWS.
- AWS
- Panorama-orchestrated deployments on AWS requires two availability zones and supports up to six availability zones.
- Create an AWS user or instance profile for a specific AWS account with programmatic access and necessary permissions to allow the plugin to create resources on security VPC.For Security Account—An AWS Account with an user or instance profile who has the necessary permissions to launch AWS resources such as VPCs, VM instances, AWS load balancer, NAT gateways, and endpoints. The plugin needs the existing user or instance profile to have the following set of permissions to declare the IAM role valid. The CFT hyperlink under Security Account creates a policy with the following permissions."Statement":[ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "ec2:*", "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "elasticloadbalancing:*", "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "cloudwatch:*", "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "autoscaling:*", "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "sts:assumerole", "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "cloudformation:*", "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:Get*", "iam:List*", "iam:PassRole" ], "Resource": "*" }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "ram:*", "Resource": "*" } ] },The following granulized permissions accommodate your requirements and security permissions. These permissions provide a detailed explanation for the API calls made from the plugin. The permissions are granulized to accommodate every action that will be called from the CFT and plugin back-end code for both Security VPC and cross-account Application VPC.The following permissions are not implemented in the AWS plugin for Panorama version 3.0.1 because the detailed permissions list exceed the AWS policy size limitation.For inline policies, you can add as many policies as you want for a user, role, or group, but the total aggregate policy size per entity cannot exceed these limits—user policy size cannot exceed 2048 characters, role policy size cannot exceed 10240 characters, and groups policy size cannot exceed 5120 characters. Due to these limitations and back-end validation time, you must use the above mentioned permissions.{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "VisualEditor0", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress", "cloudwatch:PutMetricData", "ec2:Describe*", "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms", "autoscaling:DescribePolicies", "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints", "ec2:AttachInternetGateway", "ec2:AcceptTransitGatewayVpcAttachment", "autoscaling:ExecutePolicy", "ec2:DeleteRouteTable", "sts:GetSessionToken", "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents", "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress", "ec2:CreateRoute", "ec2:CreateInternetGateway", "cloudformation:UpdateStack", "ec2:DeleteInternetGateway", "iam:ListRolePolicies", "autoscaling:TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup", "iam:ListPolicies", "ec2:DisassociateTransitGatewayRouteTable", "iam:GetRole", "iam:GetPolicy", "ec2:CreateTags", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup", "ec2:RunInstances", "ec2:DisassociateRouteTable", "ec2:CreateVpcEndpointServiceConfiguration", "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayRoute", "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayVpcAttachment", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeAccountLimits", "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags", "cloudformation:DeleteStack", "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms", "ec2:DeleteNatGateway", "ram:AssociateResourceShare", "autoscaling:DeleteAutoScalingGroup", "ec2:CreateSubnet", "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributes", "iam:GetRolePolicy", "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint", "ec2:DisassociateAddress", "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances", "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpointServicePermissions", "ec2:CreateNatGateway", "ec2:CreateVpc", "ec2:ModifySubnetAttribute", "iam:PassRole", "autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities", "sts:DecodeAuthorizationMessage", "autoscaling:DescribeLoadBalancerTargetGroups", "iam:ListAttachedGroupPolicies", "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplateVersions", "sts:GetServiceBearerToken", "iam:ListAccessKeys", "ram:DisassociateResourceShare", "ec2:ReleaseAddress", "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer", "ec2:AcceptVpcEndpointConnections", "iam:ListGroupPolicies", "iam:ListRoles", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup", "ram:AssociateResourceSharePermission", "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteListener", "ram:UpdateResourceShare", "iam:GetPolicyVersion", "ec2:DeleteSubnet", "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpointServiceConfiguration", "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayRouteTable", "ec2:ModifyTransitGateway", "cloudformation:DescribeStackResource", "ec2:AssociateRouteTable", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers", "logs:CreateLogStream", "ec2:GetLaunchTemplateData", "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayVpcAttachment", "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups", "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies", "logs:GetLogEvents", "autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup", "ec2:AssociateTransitGatewayRouteTable", "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroupAttributes", "autoscaling:SetDesiredCapacity", "cloudformation:DescribeStackResources", "ec2:CreateRouteTable", "ec2:DetachInternetGateway", "cloudformation:DescribeStacks", "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayRouteTable", "sts:AssumeRole", "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayRoute", "iam:GetUserPolicy", "iam:ListGroupsForUser", "ec2:DeleteVpc", "iam:GetGroupPolicy", "ec2:AssociateAddress", "autoscaling:CreateAutoScalingGroup", "ram:AcceptResourceShareInvitation", "ec2:DeleteTags", "logs:DescribeLogStreams", "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpointServiceConfigurations", "autoscaling:DeletePolicy", "elasticloadbalancing:RemoveTags", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners", "autoscaling:PutScalingPolicy", "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup", "iam:ListAttachedUserPolicies", "ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute", "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute", "ec2:GetTransitGatewayRouteTableAssociations", "ram:DeleteResourceShare", "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress", "ec2:ModifyTransitGatewayVpcAttachment", "iam:GetInstanceProfile", "ram:DisassociateResourceSharePermission", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTags", "ec2:DeleteRoute", "iam:ListUserPolicies", "logs:PutLogEvents", "ec2:AllocateAddress", "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion", "cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm", "cloudformation:CreateStack", "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint", "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup", "ec2:StartVpcEndpointServicePrivateDnsVerification", "ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate", "iam:ListUsers", "ram:CreateResourceShare" ], "Resource": "*" } ] }For Application Account—An AWS account other than the Security account that hosts either TGW or the applications that needs to be protected. Within this account you must create a RoleARN with the following permissions.{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Action": [ "ec2:Describe*", "ec2:DisassociateTransitGatewayRouteTable", "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayRoute", "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayRouteTable", "ec2:AssociateTransitGatewayRouteTable", "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayRouteTable", "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayRoute", "ec2:GetTransitGatewayRouteTableAssociations" ], "Resource": "*", "Effect": "Allow" }, { "Action": [ "iam:Get*", "iam:List*" ], "Resource": "*", "Effect": "Allow" } ] }
- Dedicated CIDR block—A CIDR block reserved for the Security VPC. The plugin manages this CIDR block, using it to launch firewalls, load balancers, and other deployment resources for the Security VPC.
- AWS transit gateway—Create a TGW and ensure that the selected AWS user has permission to configure the TGW resources.
- Panorama
- Panorama Plugin for AWS—Version 3.0.1 or later.
- VM-Series Plugin—Version 2.0.6 or later.
- PanOS—Version 10.0.5 or later.
- Create a valid license API key configured on Panorama for delicensing the firewalls.
- Create an IAM role on the plugin under PanoramaPluginsAWSSetupIAM Roles. This configuration needs the Access Key and Secret Key associated with the user you created in your AWS account.
Configure IAM Roles for AWS Plugin in Panorama
With the AWS plugin 3.0.1 or later, you can use IAM roles to enable Panorama to authenticate and retrieve metadata on the resources deployed within your AWS account(s). When your Panorama is not deployed on AWS, you have two options. You can either provide the long-term IAM credentials for the AWS accounts, or set up an Assume Role on AWS to allow access to the defined AWS resources within the same AWS account or cross-accounts. An Assume Role is recommended as the more secure option.- To validate the AWS user credentials created for Security VPC, go to PanoramaPluginsAWSSetupIAM Roles.
- Click Add and enter the following
details under Security Account Detail.
- Enter a name for the IAM role and an optional description.
- Enter the AWS access key and secret key to validate permissions. Re-enter the secret key to confirm the secret access key.
- Select an account type—Instance Profile or AWS Account Credentials. If your Panorama is deployed on AWS, you can choose to either attach an instance profile with the correct permissions to your Panorama or add the credentials associated with the IAM role on Panorama. If your Panorama is not deployed on AWS, you must enter the credentials for the IAM role locally on Panorama.
- Under Application Account Details,
search and select the needed RoleARNs to provide valid permissions
to the Security account to access the resources in the Application
VPC.The status of validity of monitoring and deployment is color coded for ease of identification.
- Valid (Green)—Indicates that the secret key and access key are valid. Also, all RoleARNs entered for application account access have valid permissions to do necessary action.
- Partially valid (Orange)—Indicates that the secret key and access key are valid but one or more RoleARNs entered for application account access do not have valid permissions to do necessary action. Click the status hyperlink to open the IAM and see which specific RoleARNs do not comply.
- Invalid (Red)—Indicates that the secret key and access key entered are either invalid or do not have permissions to do the necessary action.
- Commit Required (Gray)—Indicates that a commit is required for the role.
- Validating (Gray)—Indicates that the plugin is trying to connect to AWS to check the necessary requirements. If this status continues for more than a few seconds, verify if the connection to AWS is established.
Only the IAM roles with green or orange status are allowed for further deployment configuration.