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Panorama Administrator's Guide

Preview the Rules and Commit Changes

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The final task in Use Case: Configure Firewalls Using Panorama is to review the rules and commit the changes you have made to Panorama, device groups, and templates.

Preview the rules.
This preview enables you to visually evaluate how rules are layered for a particular rulebase.
1. Select Policies and Preview Rules.
2. Select a Rulebase, Device Group, and Device.
3. Close the preview dialog when you finish.
Commit and push your configuration changes.
1. Select CommitCommit and Push and Edit Selections in the Push Scope.
2. Select Device Groups, select the device groups you added, and Include Device and Network Templates.
3. (Optional) Disable Merge with Device Candidate Config if you manage local firewall configuration changes independently of configuration changes from Panorama.
  
  This setting is enabled by default and merges any pending local firewall configurations with the configuration push from Panorama. The local firewall configuration is merged and committed regardless of the admin pushing the changes from Panorama or the admin who made the local firewall configuration changes.
4. Click OK to save your changes to the Push Scope.
5. Commit and Push your changes.
Verify that Panorama applied the template and policy configurations.
1. In the Panorama header, set the Context to the firewall to access its web interface.
2. Review the template and policy configurations to ensure your changes are there.