How To Configure Palo Alto - Document Details

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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