Configuring Palo Alto Networks Panorama Connectors

This topic covers a feature that is not available for all customers yet. See Early Access Program Features and Topics Under Development.

You can integrate Stellar Cyber with Palo Alto Networks Panorama to manage all your firewalls. While the Palo Alto Networks Firewall connector communicates with each individual firewall, the Palo Alto Networks Panorama connector provides centralized management capabilities over several Panorama firewalls.

You can configure firewall actions or manually trigger a firewall action from the event display.

Connector Overview: Palo Alto Networks Panorama

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Adding a Palo Alto Networks Panorama Connector

To add a new Palo Alto Networks Panorama connector:

1. Add a user
2. Add templates
3. Add device groups
4. Add address groups
5. Add policies
6. Add the connector in Stellar Cyber
7. Test the connector

Adding a User

To create an admin level user:

1. Under Panorama, select Administrators.

   

2. Click Add.

   

3. In the Administrator screen, enter the Name of the user. In this example, it is api-user.

4. Enter the Password and Confirm Password.

5. Select the following:

   1. Administrator Type: Dynamic

   2. Admin Role: Panorama administrator

   3. Password Profile: None

6. Click OK.

Adding Templates

To add templates:

1. Under Panorama, select Templates.

   

2. Click Add.

   

3. In the Template screen, enter the Name of the template. In this example, it is Stellar_template.

4. Select a Default VSYS.

5. Click OK.

6. Next under Templates, click Add Stack.

   

7. In the Template Stack screen, enter the Name of the template stack. In this example, it is Stellar_Stack.

   

8. Add the Palo Alto firewall. In this example, it is PA-VM.

9. Add the template. In this example, it is Stellar_template.

10. Click OK.

Adding Device Groups

To add device groups:

1. Under Panorama, select Device Groups.

   

2. Click Add.

   

3. In the Device Group screen, enter the Name of the device group. In this example, it is Stellar_Device_Group.

4. Check the Palo Alto firewall. In this example, the PA-VM firewall was added to Stellar_Device_Group.

5. Add the template stack. In this example, it is Stellar_Stack.

6. Click OK.

Adding Address Groups

To add address groups:

1. Under Objects, select Address Groups.

   

2. Click Add.

3. In the Address Group screen, enter the Name of the source address group. In this example, it is Stellar_Src.

   

   Do not select Shared.

4. Select a Type, for example, Static.

5. Select an IP address.

6. Click OK.

7. In the Address Group screen, enter the Name of the destination address group. In this example, it is Stellar_Dst.

   

   Do not select Shared.

8. Select a Type, for example, Static.

9. Select an IP address.

10. Click OK.

11. View the address groups under the Device Group as follows:

    

Adding Policies

To add policies:

1. Under Panorama, select Policies > Security > Pre Rules.

   

2. Check that you have your Device Group selected. In this example, it is Stellar_Device_Group. Click Add.

   You will be adding two policies to refer to the source and destination address groups. In this example, they are Stellar_Src and Stellar_Dst.

   First, configure Stellar_Src.

   

3. In the Security Policy Rule screen, under the General tab, enter the Name of the policy. In this example, it is Stellar_Security_Policy_Deny_Src_Group.

4. Under the Source tab, select Any and then add the source address group. In this example, it is Stellar_Src.

   

5. Under the Destination tab, select Any.

   

6. Under the Application tab, select Any.

   

7. Under the Service/URL Category tab, select Any.

   

8. Under the Actions tab:

   1. For the Action, select Deny.

   2. For the Log Setting, select Log at Session End.

   

9. Under the Target tab, for the Device Group, select the firewall. In this example, the Device Group is Stellar_Device_Group and the firewall is PA-VM.

   

10. Under the Usage tab, view the information.

    

11. Click OK.

12. Next, configure the policy to refer to the destination address group. In this example, it is Stellar_Dst.

13. In the Security Policy Rule screen, under the General tab, enter the Name of the policy. In this example, it is Stellar_Security_Policy_Deny_Dst_Group.

    

14. Under the Source tab, select Any and then select Any.

    

15. Under the Destination tab, add the destination address group. In this example, it is Stellar_Dst.

    

16. Under the Application tab, select Any.

    

17. Under the Service/URL Category tab, select Any.

    

18. Under the Actions tab:

    1. For the Action, select Deny.

    2. For the Log Setting, select Log at Session End.

    

19. Under the Target tab, for the Device Group, select the firewall. In this example, the Device Group is Stellar_Device_Group and the firewall is PA-VM.

    

20. Under the Usage tab, view the information.

    

21. Click OK.

Adding the Connector in Stellar Cyber

With the firewall rules in place, you can add the Palo Alto Networks Panorama connector in Stellar Cyber:

1. Log in to Stellar Cyber.

2. Click System | Integration | Connectors. The Connector Overview appears.

   

3. Click Create. The General tab of the Add Connector screen appears. The information on this tab cannot be changed after you add the connector.

   

   The asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

4. Choose Firewall from the Category drop-down.

5. Choose Palo Alto Networks Panorama from the Type drop-down.

6. For this connector, the supported Function is Respond, which is enabled already.

7. Enter a Name.

   Notes:

   • This field does not accept multibyte characters.
   • It is recommended that you follow a naming convention such as tenantname-connectortype.

8. Choose a Tenant Name. The Interflow records created by this connector include this tenant name.

9. Choose the device on which to run the connector.

10. Click Next. The Configuration tab appears.

    

    The asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

11. Enter a User Name with permissions to edit address groups and commit the changes to the firewall, for example, an admin level user name.

12. Enter the Password for that user name.

    The password should not include non-ASCII special characters.

13. Enter the Device IP Address.

14. (Optional) Enter the Device Port. The default is 443.

15. Enter the Software Version. This is the Panorama API version.

16. Enter the Device Group you noted above in Adding Device Groups.

17. Enter the Source IP Group you created in Adding Address Groups (for example, Stellar_Src).

18. Enter the Destination IP Group you created in Adding Address Groups (for example, Stellar_Dst).

19. Click Next. The final confirmation tab appears.

    

20. Click Submit.

The new firewall connector is immediately active.

Testing the Connector

When you add (or edit) a connector, we recommend that you run a test to validate the connectivity parameters you entered. (The test validates only the authentication / connectivity; it does not validate data flow).

For connectors running on a sensor, Stellar Cyber recommends that you allow 30-60 seconds for new or modified configuration details to be propagated to the sensor before performing a test.

1. Click System | Integrations | Connectors. The Connector Overview appears.

   

2. Locate the connector that you added, or modified, or that you want to test.

3. Click Test at the right side of that row. The test runs immediately.

   Note that you may run only one test at a time.