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Mastering Palo Alto Networks - Second Edition

By : Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'
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Mastering Palo Alto Networks - Second Edition

By: Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'

Overview of this book

Palo Alto Networks’ integrated platform makes it easy to manage network and cloud security along with endpoint protection and a wide range of security services. This book is an end-to-end guide to configure firewalls and deploy them in your network infrastructure. You will see how to quickly set up, configure and understand the technology, and troubleshoot any issues that may occur. This book will serve as your go-to reference for everything from setting up to troubleshooting complex issues. You will learn your way around the web interface and command-line structure, understand how the technology works so you can confidently predict the expected behavior, and successfully troubleshoot any anomalies you may encounter. Finally, you will see how to deploy firewalls in a cloud environment, and special or unique considerations when setting them to protect resources. By the end of this book, for your configuration setup you will instinctively know how to approach challenges, find the resources you need, and solve most issues efficiently.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Index

Logging and Reporting

In this chapter, we will learn about how logs can be forwarded to log collectors or syslog servers or be emailed. We’ll learn how to select which logs are sent to a specific destination and what event trigger logs should be sent. We’ll learn how to configure log collectors and how a log collector group can be created to ensure redundancy and increase log capacity. We’ll also learn about built-in reports and how custom reports can be created.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Log storage and forwarding
  • Configuring log collectors and log collector groups
  • Leveraging the Cortex Data Lake (CDL) logging service
  • Logging to an external syslog
  • Configuring log forwarding profiles
  • Pre-defined reports and creating custom reports
  • Using the application command center
  • Filtering logs

By the end of this chapter, you’ll be able to ensure the logs...