Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor Palo Alto firewalls in Skylar One using the "Palo Alto Base Pack" PowerPack.

What is Palo Alto?

Palo Alto Networks is a provider of enterprise network security solutions. Their products include physical and virtual firewalls, the WildFire cloud-based service, and the Panorama network security management platform.

What Does the Palo Alto Base Pack PowerPack Monitor?

The "Palo Alto Base Pack" PowerPack includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications to collect configuration and performance data about Palo Alto firewalls

  • Device classes for each of the Palo Alto devices monitored
  • Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Palo Alto devices meet certain status criteria

Installing the Palo Alto Base Pack PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the "Palo Alto Base Pack" PowerPack.

By default, when you install a new version of a PowerPack, it overwrites all content from that PowerPack that is already installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting on the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks, login required).
  2. In Skylar One, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and select Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and go to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack appears on the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack does not appear on the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack appears in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This modal appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.