Automate configuration with Red Hat and Palo Alto Networks
Automate a wide variety of firewalls and Panorama firewall management using Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform and Palo Alto Networks modules.
A key benefit of cloud and virtualization technologies is the speed with which organizations can develop and iterate on new development projects and applications.
Using automation tools such as Ansible Automation Platform, new development environments are established, managed, and removed at the touch of a button. To help minimize or eliminate security-induced delays, Palo Alto Networks has built a series of Ansible Automation Platform modules that can help integrate a security mindset across the DevOps process.
Orchestrate with Ansible Automation Platform and Palo Alto Networks
Ansible Automation Platform modules for Palo Alto Networks can be used to configure the entire family of modern firewalls, including both physical virtualized form factors as well as the Panorama firewall management tool. The Ansible Automation Platform modules communicate with the firewalls and Panorama using the Palo Alto Networks XML application programming interface (API).
Using an Ansible Automation Platform subscription with Palo Alto Networks modules addresses the most common use cases for the automation and orchestration of the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series in public, private, and hybrid cloud deployments.
Explore solution benefits
Automating the deployment of both physical and virtualized modern firewalls as well as Panorama saves resources and money, as does using Palo Alto Networks modules that are available as part of Ansible Automation Platform’s core modules. You can import and load the configuration of firewalls across virtual or physical deployments and/or integrate deployment within your existing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline.
Common automation use cases include configuration and commit tasks, and operations tasks such as PAN-OS software upgrade including “offline” or “air-gap” scenarios.
Benefits mentioned by Palo Alto that come with the Ansible Content Collection include:
- Change tracking for audit purposes.
- The ability to document standard configurations to mitigate the risk of knowledge loss.
- Self-service provisioning.
- Scalability with governance.
- A collaborative approach to automation with guardrails.
Collections are a distribution format for Ansible content that can include playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins. You can install and access the certified collections through the Red Hat Ansible Automation Hub in the Hybrid Cloud Console.
