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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

Cloud-Based Firewall Deployment

In this chapter, we are going to take a look at how deploying a firewall in a cloud environment differs from deploying a firewall on-premises. We will look into some key differences and things to be mindful of when working with cloud firewalls.

We will focus mainly on Azure for its ease of use and availability. Other cloud vendors, like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), will have similar procedures, but the details will vary.

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

  • Licensing a cloud firewall
  • Deploying a firewall in Azure
  • Leveraging load balancers to form clusters

By the end of this chapter, you’ll be able to set up a firewall in a cloud environment to protect virtual assets.