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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

Summary

In this chapter, you have learned how to upgrade the Panorama management system, log collectors, and firewalls. You are also able to upgrade clusters in such a way that it will cause no or minimal impact on your business, and can plan in advance which steps will need to be taken to ensure that the upgrade goes smoothly. You can also roll back in the event of failure, or gracefully downgrade if needed. You also know which precautions need to be taken when upgrading an older or smaller form factor device.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to set up log collectors and set them up redundantly, as well as how to create custom reports.

If you’re preparing for the PCNSE, keep in mind the difference between major, feature, and maintenance releases and how upgrades should be performed. A base image is needed before a maintenance release can be installed.