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Palo Alto NGFW Deployment Template

Pre-Deployment Checklist

  • Network topology documented with zone boundaries
  • IP addressing scheme finalized for all interfaces
  • HA pair hardware matched (same model, same licenses)
  • Management network access configured
  • DNS and NTP servers available
  • Active Directory credentials for User-ID agent
  • Internal CA certificate generated for SSL Forward Proxy
  • License keys activated (Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, WildFire)
  • Syslog/SIEM endpoint configured and reachable
  • Change management ticket approved

Zone Definitions Template

Zone Name Interfaces Trust Level Description
Trust eth1/1 High Corporate LAN
Untrust eth1/2 None Internet
DMZ eth1/3 Medium Public-facing servers
Guest eth1/4 Low Guest wireless
DC eth1/5 High Data center servers

Security Profile Group Template

Group: Standard-Security-Profiles
├── Anti-Virus: default
├── Anti-Spyware: strict (sinkhole enabled)
├── Vulnerability: strict
├── URL Filtering: corporate-policy
├── File Blocking: block-dangerous-types
└── WildFire: forward-all-files

Security Policy Template

# Name From To Source Destination Application Action Profile
1 Allow-DNS Trust Untrust Any DNS-Servers dns Allow Standard
2 Allow-Web Trust Untrust Any Any web-browsing,ssl Allow Standard
3 Allow-Business Trust Untrust Any Any office365,salesforce Allow Standard
4 Block-HighRisk Any Any Any Any bittorrent,tor Deny N/A
5 DMZ-Inbound Untrust DMZ Any Web-Servers web-browsing,ssl Allow Standard
6 Deny-All Any Any Any Any Any Deny N/A

Post-Deployment Validation

  • All zones show correct interface assignments
  • Traffic logs show App-ID classification working
  • Threat Prevention blocking EICAR test file
  • URL Filtering blocking test malware URLs
  • SSL decryption certificate trusted by endpoints
  • User-ID mapping active users correctly
  • HA failover tested successfully
  • SIEM receiving forwarded logs
  • Zone Protection profiles applied to all zones
  • No shadowed or unused rules in policy