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Security scalability, meet cloud simplicity. The just-announced general availability of the integration betweenVM-Series virtual firewalls and the new AWS Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) introduces customers to massive security scaling and performance acceleration – while bypassing the awkward complexities traditionally associated with inserting virtual appliances in public cloud environments. GWLB makes it easy to deploy, scale and manage your third-party virtual appliances on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Security Needs to Be Cloud-Nimble
The ability to scale infrastructure in the cloud is one of the single biggest advantages of cloud computing. It's why, for example, many organizations move their business-critical applications to the cloud: AWS seamlessly provides elastic scalability to accommodate spikes in application usage – while simultaneously ensuring that their customers only pay for what they use.
Protecting this transformation is essential. As more business-critical applications and data move to AWS, the need to augment native public cloud network security with next-generation threat protection has increased significantly. Every day, thousands of businesses use VM-Series virtual Next-Generation Firewalls to protect their AWS environments. However, the complexities of inserting virtual appliances in the cloud can sometimes be challenging to navigate, limiting effective scaling of network security and threat protection – until now.
Three Capabilities Help Make Cloud Security More Effective
By taking advantage of this integration between firewall and GWLB, VM-Series customers can now use native AWS networking constructs to seamlessly scale their firewalls and boost performance. The benefits of this integration boil down to three main points:
The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series features three virtualised next-generation firewall models – the VM-100, VM-200, and VM-300. These platforms are supported on the VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.0 platforms. 2, 4, or 8 CPU cores on your virtualised server platforms can be assigned for next-generation firewall processing. On-premises, in the cloud, or a mix of both, F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) delivers app services in ways that let you move faster than hardware allows. BIG-IQ simplifies holistically managing BIG-IP devices and app services at scale. Palo Alto Networks™ is the network security company. Its next-generation firewalls enable unprecedented visibility and granular policy control of applications and content — by user, not just IP address — at up to 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID™ technology, Palo Alto Networks firewalls accurately.
- Simplified connectivity –Easily insert an auto-scaling VM-Series firewall stack in the outbound, east-west and inbound traffic paths of your applications. VM-Series and the GWLB keep your traffic packet headers and payload intact, providing complete visibility of the source's identity to your applications.
- Performance at scale –Scale your traffic across multiple VM-Series firewalls using native AWS networking constructs to achieve higher throughputs – no more need for encrypted tunnels for east-west and outbound traffic inspection.
- Cost Effective – Reduce the number of firewalls needed to protect your AWS environment and consolidate your overall network security posture with centralized security management.
'Allowing customers to deploy enhanced security from our AWS Partners is of top priority to AWS,' said Mayumi Hiramatsu, vice president, Amazon EC2 Networking, Amazon Web Services, Inc. 'We are delighted to have worked with Palo Alto Networks as we built AWS Gateway Load Balancer to drastically simplify the deployment of horizontally scalable stacks of security appliances, such as their VM-Series firewalls.'
To learn more about the new VM-Series integration with the Gateway Load Balancer, check out our technical deep dive blog.
And to get invaluable hands-on experience with this exciting integration, take VM-Series for a spin in your AWS environment with a trial from our AWS Marketplace listing.
Hi Guys! In this article, we will discuss how we can deploy the Palo Alto Virtual Firewall in VMWare Workstation. You must have to download Palo Alto virtual Firewall ovf file from your Palo Alto support portal. In this scenario, we will configure the Virtual Palo Alto Firewall in Linux as well as Windows environment. Before starting, it's required you have a minimum of 8GB of RAM with an i5 or i7 processor. So, let's start!
Also Read: How to deploy Palo Alto VM Firewall in GNS3
Step 1: Download Palo Alto Virtual Firewall
First of all, you have to download your virtual Palo Alto Firewall from your support portal. To do this, just visit here, and go to Updates >> Software Updates as per the given reference image below. By default, you did ‘t get any license associated with your virtual image. So, you have to buy the licenses as per your requirements.
Step 2: Download and Install VMWare Workstation
After downloading the Virtual Firewall image, you must have to download and install VMWare Workstation. If you already installed it, just skip this step. To download VMWare Workstation, visit the official website VMWare Workstation or download it from filehippo. By default, you get 30 days evaluation period, after that, you can purchase it. Once you have installed it, it will be looks like the below image:
Step 3: Configuring your Virtual Network Interfaces
Now, it's time to configure your Virtual Network Adaptors as per your requirements. By default, there are only two virtual network interfaces, i.e., VMNet1 and VMNet2. So, click on Windows Start Button and search for Virtual Network Editor. If you are using Linux (i.e. Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) you can type the below command to open Virtual Network Editor. Click on the Add Network and make your virtual interface host only. After that, you have to provide the IP address. For example, I am going to use 192.168.100.0/24 for the vmnet1 interface.
Step 4: Deploying the Palo Alto VM Image in VMWare Workstation
Now time to deploy Palo Alto virtual firewall in VMWare Workstation. Just open the VMWare Workstation and go to Files >> Open (Ctrl+O). Select the ovf file you have download from the support portal. This process will take some time, so have patience. After the successful completion of this process, just modify the assigned virtual network interfaces, memory, and processor. In my case, I'm giving 4GB RAM, 2 Processors, and 4 different virtual network interfaces.
Palo Alto Virtual Firewall only supports vmxnet3 type of virtual interfaces.
Let's change the Firewall resources by clicking on Edit virtual machine settings. You can check the below image for reference.
Step 5: Edit the configuration file of Palo Alto VM Firewall
Now, just start the VM Firewall you have just configured and power it off after 5 seconds. Now, right-click on Edit virtual machine settings. Iphone icon skins png. Go to Options >> Advanced >> File Location >> Configuration. Now, edit this file using any text editor like gedit or notepad. In this file, you have to search for e1000 and replace it with vmxnet3 and save the file.
Step 6: Configuring the Management Interface of Palo Alto VM Firewall
Now, we have just finished the process of deploying the Palo Alto firewall in VMWare Workstation. Now you have to configure an IP address to the Management Port. The first virtual interface will be the management interface. So, assign an IP address in the same range as we assigned in Step 3. This is the first look when you press the power-on button.
Hint: The default username is admin and password is admin.
In order to assign the IP address, you have to follow the given commands:
The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series features three virtualised next-generation firewall models – the VM-100, VM-200, and VM-300. These platforms are supported on the VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.0 platforms. 2, 4, or 8 CPU cores on your virtualised server platforms can be assigned for next-generation firewall processing. On-premises, in the cloud, or a mix of both, F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) delivers app services in ways that let you move faster than hardware allows. BIG-IQ simplifies holistically managing BIG-IP devices and app services at scale. Palo Alto Networks™ is the network security company. Its next-generation firewalls enable unprecedented visibility and granular policy control of applications and content — by user, not just IP address — at up to 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID™ technology, Palo Alto Networks firewalls accurately.
- Simplified connectivity –Easily insert an auto-scaling VM-Series firewall stack in the outbound, east-west and inbound traffic paths of your applications. VM-Series and the GWLB keep your traffic packet headers and payload intact, providing complete visibility of the source's identity to your applications.
- Performance at scale –Scale your traffic across multiple VM-Series firewalls using native AWS networking constructs to achieve higher throughputs – no more need for encrypted tunnels for east-west and outbound traffic inspection.
- Cost Effective – Reduce the number of firewalls needed to protect your AWS environment and consolidate your overall network security posture with centralized security management.
'Allowing customers to deploy enhanced security from our AWS Partners is of top priority to AWS,' said Mayumi Hiramatsu, vice president, Amazon EC2 Networking, Amazon Web Services, Inc. 'We are delighted to have worked with Palo Alto Networks as we built AWS Gateway Load Balancer to drastically simplify the deployment of horizontally scalable stacks of security appliances, such as their VM-Series firewalls.'
To learn more about the new VM-Series integration with the Gateway Load Balancer, check out our technical deep dive blog.
And to get invaluable hands-on experience with this exciting integration, take VM-Series for a spin in your AWS environment with a trial from our AWS Marketplace listing.
Hi Guys! In this article, we will discuss how we can deploy the Palo Alto Virtual Firewall in VMWare Workstation. You must have to download Palo Alto virtual Firewall ovf file from your Palo Alto support portal. In this scenario, we will configure the Virtual Palo Alto Firewall in Linux as well as Windows environment. Before starting, it's required you have a minimum of 8GB of RAM with an i5 or i7 processor. So, let's start!
Also Read: How to deploy Palo Alto VM Firewall in GNS3
Step 1: Download Palo Alto Virtual Firewall
First of all, you have to download your virtual Palo Alto Firewall from your support portal. To do this, just visit here, and go to Updates >> Software Updates as per the given reference image below. By default, you did ‘t get any license associated with your virtual image. So, you have to buy the licenses as per your requirements.
Step 2: Download and Install VMWare Workstation
After downloading the Virtual Firewall image, you must have to download and install VMWare Workstation. If you already installed it, just skip this step. To download VMWare Workstation, visit the official website VMWare Workstation or download it from filehippo. By default, you get 30 days evaluation period, after that, you can purchase it. Once you have installed it, it will be looks like the below image:
Step 3: Configuring your Virtual Network Interfaces
Now, it's time to configure your Virtual Network Adaptors as per your requirements. By default, there are only two virtual network interfaces, i.e., VMNet1 and VMNet2. So, click on Windows Start Button and search for Virtual Network Editor. If you are using Linux (i.e. Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) you can type the below command to open Virtual Network Editor. Click on the Add Network and make your virtual interface host only. After that, you have to provide the IP address. For example, I am going to use 192.168.100.0/24 for the vmnet1 interface.
Step 4: Deploying the Palo Alto VM Image in VMWare Workstation
Now time to deploy Palo Alto virtual firewall in VMWare Workstation. Just open the VMWare Workstation and go to Files >> Open (Ctrl+O). Select the ovf file you have download from the support portal. This process will take some time, so have patience. After the successful completion of this process, just modify the assigned virtual network interfaces, memory, and processor. In my case, I'm giving 4GB RAM, 2 Processors, and 4 different virtual network interfaces.
Palo Alto Virtual Firewall only supports vmxnet3 type of virtual interfaces.
Let's change the Firewall resources by clicking on Edit virtual machine settings. You can check the below image for reference.
Step 5: Edit the configuration file of Palo Alto VM Firewall
Now, just start the VM Firewall you have just configured and power it off after 5 seconds. Now, right-click on Edit virtual machine settings. Iphone icon skins png. Go to Options >> Advanced >> File Location >> Configuration. Now, edit this file using any text editor like gedit or notepad. In this file, you have to search for e1000 and replace it with vmxnet3 and save the file.
Step 6: Configuring the Management Interface of Palo Alto VM Firewall
Now, we have just finished the process of deploying the Palo Alto firewall in VMWare Workstation. Now you have to configure an IP address to the Management Port. The first virtual interface will be the management interface. So, assign an IP address in the same range as we assigned in Step 3. This is the first look when you press the power-on button.
Hint: The default username is admin and password is admin.
In order to assign the IP address, you have to follow the given commands:
Step 7: Accessing the Palo Alto VM Firewall using GUI (Graphical User Interface)
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Now, it's time to testing our configuration and accessing the Palo Alto firewall using GUI. In order to do this, first, we will check the connectivity to our Firewall using the ping utility. After this, we will access the Palo Alto Firewall GUI using it's management interface IP address.
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In this article, we have discussed how we can deploy the Palo Alto Virtual Firewall in the VMWare workstation. It is required that you have a minimum of 8 GB of RAM and an i5 or i7 processor in order to deploy Palo Alto in VMWare. If you have any difficulties in deploying the firewall in VMware, you can comment in the comment box!
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