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How To Configure Palo Alto
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
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Summary:
The documentation page demonstrates a strong Windows bias by exclusively providing PowerShell-based automation examples for interacting with Palo Alto REST APIs and for Azure CLI usage. There are no equivalent Bash/shell or Linux-native scripting examples. The instructions assume the user is running commands in a PowerShell environment, which is native to Windows and only optionally available on Linux/macOS. This may create barriers for Linux users and does not reflect cross-platform parity.
Recommendations:
- Provide equivalent Bash/shell script examples for all PowerShell automation steps, especially for interacting with Palo Alto REST APIs and processing CSV files.
- Explicitly mention that PowerShell examples are cross-platform only if tested on Linux/macOS, or clarify any Windows-specific requirements.
- For Azure CLI commands, provide both PowerShell (with backticks for line continuation) and Bash (with backslashes) variants.
- Add a section or callout for Linux/macOS users, outlining any differences or prerequisites (e.g., installing PowerShell Core, using curl/jq instead of Invoke-RestMethod, etc.).
- Where possible, use platform-agnostic tools (e.g., curl, jq, Python scripts) for REST API interactions and CSV processing.
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Flagged Code Snippets
$url = "https://${PaloAltoIpAddress}/restapi/v9.1/Objects/ServiceGroups?location=vsys&vsys=vsys1&name=${paloAltoServiceGroupName}"
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Delete -Uri $url -Headers $paloAltoHeaders -SkipCertificateCheck
# Create a function to consume service definitions and submit a service group creation request
function New-PaloAltoServiceGroup {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
[PSCustomObject[]]
$RuleData,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$ServiceGroupName
)
begin {
[array] $names = @()
}
process {
$names += $RuleData.name
}
end {
$requestBody = @{ 'entry' = [ordered] @{
'@name' = $ServiceGroupName
'members' = @{ 'member' = $names }
'tag' = @{ 'member' = 'AzureSpringApps' }
}
}
$url = "https://${PaloAltoIpAddress}/restapi/v9.1/Objects/ServiceGroups?location=vsys&vsys=vsys1&name=${ServiceGroupName}"
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $url -SkipCertificateCheck -Headers $paloAltoHeaders -Body (ConvertTo-Json $requestBody) -Verbose
}
}
# Run that function for all services in AzureSpringAppsServices.csv.
Get-Content ./AzureSpringAppsServices.csv | ConvertFrom-Csv | New-PaloAltoServiceGroup -ServiceGroupName 'AzureSpringApps_SG'
$url = "https://${PaloAltoIpAddress}/api/?type=commit&cmd=<commit></commit>"
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $url -SkipCertificateCheck -Headers $paloAltoHeaders
$username=<username for PaloAlto>
$password=<password for PaloAlto>
$authResponse = irm "https://${PaloAltoIpAddress}/api/?type=keygen&user=${username}&password=${password}" -SkipCertificateCheck
$paloAltoHeaders = @{'X-PAN-KEY' = $authResponse.response.result.key; 'Content-Type' = 'application/json' }
$url = "https://${PaloAltoIpAddress}/restapi/v9.1/Policies/SecurityRules?location=vsys&vsys=vsys1&name=AzureSpringAppsRule"
# Delete the rule if it already exists
try {
$getResult = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers $paloAltoHeaders -Method Get -SkipCertificateCheck -Uri $url -Verbose
if ($getResult.'@status' -eq 'success') {
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Delete -Headers $paloAltoHeaders -SkipCertificateCheck -Uri $url
}
}
catch {}
# Create the rule from the JSON file
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -Method Post -Headers $paloAltoHeaders -Body (Get-Content SecurityRule.json) -SkipCertificateCheck
az network route-table route create `
--resource-group ${AppResourceGroupName} `
--name default `
--route-table-name ${AzureSpringAppsServiceSubnetRouteTableName} `
--address-prefix 0.0.0.0/0 `
--next-hop-type VirtualAppliance `
--next-hop-ip-address ${PaloAltoIpAddress} `
--verbose
az network route-table route create `
--resource-group ${AppResourceGroupName} `
--name default `
--route-table-name ${AzureSpringAppsAppSubnetRouteTableName} `
--address-prefix 0.0.0.0/0 `
--next-hop-type VirtualAppliance `
--next-hop-ip-address ${PaloAltoIpAddress} `
--verbose