: Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) Support
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Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) Support

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Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) Support

Enable Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) uploads for Superuser administrators to upload supported files from your local device.
In air-gapped deployments where your devices have no outbound internet connection, you can enable Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to upload supported file types to an air-gapped device. To perform an SCP upload, you must enable SCP upload functionality for each specific Superuser administrator you want to allow to perform an SCP upload, and isn't a global device configuration. Once SCP uploads are enabled for a Superuser admin, you can use this admin to write scripts and automation for supported file uploads directly to your air-gapped device using the CLI rather than the web interface.
SCP upload are supported from devices running a Microsoft Windows, macOS, or any Linux operating system. SCP upload must be performed from your device command line. SCP applications like WinSCP and FileZilla are not supported. A system log is generated when you successfully SCP a file to your device or if an SCP upload fails for any reason.
You can SCP the following files to your device:
  • PAN-OS Software Versions/scp/software/
  • PAN-OS Software Patches/scp/patch/
  • Application & Threats Content Updates/scp/content/
  • WildFire Content Updates/scp/wildfire/
  • Antivirus Content Updates/scp/anti-virus/
  • PAN-OS Plugin Versions/scp/plugin/
  • XML Configuration Files/scp/config/
  • License Key Files/scp/license/