Clouds

Network Automation with Palo Alto

Essential Skills Gained

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Automating the PAN-OS and Panorama APIs with Python and Ansible

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AI LLM prompt engineering for generating Ansible solutions

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Ansible collections for Palo Alto network appliances

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YAML formatting

Format

5 day course with lecture and hands-on labs.

Audience

DevOps Engineers

System and Cloud Administrators

Network Engineers and Developers

Python Developers

Description

Supercharge the pace of Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) and Panorama administration operations with Python and Ansible tool sets. In this 5 day instructor led course, students write code to automate the PAN-OS and Panorama XML-API and REST API. Automate common tasks such as update, change, backup operations, and more. All lessons focus on best practice techniques, including interacting with git, GitHub or GitLab, and writing prompts for AI LLM tools to generate relevant solutions.

Summary

  • 💻 Register for Poll

  • 💻 Welcome to the Alta3 Research Lab Environment

Up and Running

  • 💻 Using Vi and Vim

  • 💻 Using VSCode

Certification

  • 💻 Alta3 Research Automating Palo Alto with Python and Ansible Certification

AI LLM Toolkit

  • 💻 Large Language Model toolkit for AI Solution Assistance

Overview

  • 💬 PAN-OS and Panorama Automation Options

Software Control Management

  • 💻 SCM Option #1 - GitHub

  • 💻 SCM Option #2 - GitLab

Automating with Linux Tools

  • 💻 Postman and Palo Alto

  • 💻 cURL and Palo Alto

Palo Alto REST API

  • 💬 PAN-OS and Panorama REST API

Python

  • 💻 Up and Running with Python

  • 💻 Python requests library

  • 💬 Palo Alto Python Clients

  • 💻 Using Palo Alto Python Clients

Palo Alto XML API

  • 💬 PAN-OS and Panorama XML API

  • 💻 Automating XML APIs

  • 💬 Breaking down XML with pandas

  • 💻 XML and pandas

  • 💻 XML, pandas, and Palo Alto

Ansible Basics

  • 💬 Introduction to Ansible

  • 💻 Methods for Installing Ansible

  • 💬 Static Inventory

  • 💻 Ansible Host Inventory

  • 💬 Introduction to YAML

  • 💻 Running a Playbook

  • 💻 ansible.cfg setup

  • 💬 Ansible Galaxy

Ansible and Palo Alto

  • 💬 Ansible Collections

  • 💻 Ansible Collection for Palo Alto PanOS and Panorama

  • 💻 Building Playbooks for Palo Alto

  • 💻 Loops and Vars Files in Playbooks

  • 💬 Palo Alto Ansible Modules

  • 💻 Common Palo Alto Operations with Ansible

  • 💻 Error Handling in Palo Alto Playbooks

  • 💻 Building When Conditionals for Palo Alto Playbooks

  • 💻 Palo Alto Change Operations with Ansible

Critical Ansible Modules and Techniques

  • 💬 Avoiding Command Line Operations

  • 💻 Ansible Module - shell

  • 💬 Backing up and Writing Out Palo Alto Configuration

  • 💻 Ansible Module - copy

  • 💬 Automate Every API

  • 💻 Ansible Module - get_url and uri

  • 💬 Create and Remove Files and Directories

  • 💻 Ansible Module - file

  • 💬 Cloning Resources and Prerequisites for Palo Alto

  • 💻 Ansible Module - git

  • 💬 Modifying Configuration with Ansible

  • 💻 Ansible Module - lineinfile and replace

  • 💬 Running Scripting with Ansible

  • 💻 Ansible Module - script

Creating Manageable Solutions

  • 💻 Writing A Palo Alto Playbook

  • 💬 From a Playbook to a Role

  • 💻 Writing A Palo Alto Playbook with Roles

Security

  • 💬 Secret Management Options and Considerations for Palo Alto

  • 💻 Ansible Lookup Plugin

  • 💻 Ansible Vault

AI LLM Prompting

  • 💬 Creating Palo Alto Automation Solutions with AI LLM tools

  • 💻 Writing Prompts for AI LLM tools to Automate Palo Alto

  • 💻 Proofing Solutions Generated by AI

Industry Scenarios

  • 💬 optional - Building Pipelines with GitHub Actions

  • 💬 optional - Automating CI CD Operations with GitLab

  • 💬 optional - Overview of AWX, Tower, or Ansible Automation Platform

  • 💬 optional - Applying Our Training within Your Organization

Previews from "Ansible 201 - Network Automation"

  • 💻 Ansible and TextFSM

  • 💻 Python to Cisco NX-OS

Previews from "Ansible 202 - Server Automation"

  • 💬 Ansible for VMWare VCenter

  • 💻 Launch a VM with Ansible

  • 💻 Setup Mock Redfish Container

  • 💻 Redfish Module: redfish_info

  • 💻 Redfish Module: redfish_command

Previews from "Ansible 203 - Windows"

  • 💬 Accessing Your Windows Server

  • 💻 Ansible Windows Ping and Inventory

  • 💻 Update Windows with Ansible

Continuing Education

  • 💬 Continuing Education

Appendix

  • 💻 Accessing Palo Alto device

  • 💬 Glossary

  • 💬 Curriculum Path: NetDevOps

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