Palo Alto Firewall Template V0.01

[alelova]

Thank you!

I've used preki template ( cacti_host_template_pan_fw.xml [167.28 KiB] ) monitoring PA-3050. Cacti installed on debian 6 squeeze from the repositories (Version 0.8.7g).

I modified in the "graph templates" section the CF type from LAST -> AVERAGE in the summary rows:
Item # 1 (pan_temp_cpu): CPU LINE1 AVERAGE
Item # 5 (pan_temp_dimm): DIMM LINE1 AVERAGE
.....

This avoid the CF type error:
ERROR: the RRD does not contain an RRA matching the chosen CF

[joshrabino]

Awesome work, glad to have these templates!

shoelessfarmer's template worked right out of the box for my 2050. Many thanks shoeless!

I do prefer preki's graph template but for some reason the graph templates do not build despite the data sources working just fine.. any suggestions?

[cdnvballer]

hi everyone,

I'm trying to use preki's template for a PAN-3020 , I'm not getting any of the PAN-specific info (i.e. CPU/TEMP/Sessions) to be graphed.
can anyone help on how to debug this?

manual snmpget successfully returns a value to me for given OIDs...

[cdnvballer]

nvm I got it..wasn't able to see that RRD error due to compatibility issue with graphviz-php... once that was remvoed, I was able to use graph management and enable debug mode..
saw the error, changed the graph templates for temp and session to use AVERAGE instead of LAST as posted earlier..all good now

[AkosBeginner1]

Hello Palo Alto users.

If you want to monitor whatever you want on a Palo Alto Firewall like this:

Global Counters from categories

Global Counters - custom categories

cacti_pa_xml_api_graph_example1.png (78.09 KiB) Viewed 6268 times

OR other global counters from aspects

Global Counters - custom aspects

cacti_pa_xml_api_graph_example2.png (66.89 KiB) Viewed 6268 times

Or vlan interfaces! That you cannot do with snmp on Palo Alto (till SW Version 6)

interface counters

cacti_pa_xml_api_graph_example3.png (36.59 KiB) Viewed 6268 times

Just mail me or read on itsecworks.com

Best Regards,
Akos

[Sjoerd]

For whoever is interested: I created a Cacti temple which uses the XML API to monitor a PaloAlto device.
I attached some examples, the host template and the perl script used by this template

[dogs1005]

Hello Palo Alto users.

If you want to monitor whatever you want on a Palo Alto Firewall like this:

Global Counters from categories

cacti_pa_xml_api_graph_example1.png

OR other global counters from aspects

cacti_pa_xml_api_graph_example2.png

Or vlan interfaces! That you cannot do with snmp on Palo Alto (till SW Version 6)

cacti_pa_xml_api_graph_example3.png

Just mail me or read on itsecworks.com

Best Regards,
Akos

Hi AkosBeginner1
Is there anyway you could share your templates please. These look just what i am after.

Best Regards

[Eol]

Since released back in 2012 some of these templates no longer work as Palo Alto has modified their OID's over the years. Attached is the PA-500 v1.1 template.

[yidikangjia]

Since released back in 2012 some of these templates no longer work as Palo Alto has modified their OID's over the years. Attached is the PA-500 v1.1 template.

Could you please share the template for cacti 0.8.8a ?

Thank you.

[silverbenz]

This one, which I adapted from the v1.1 version, is working for me on 0.8.8h. Your mileage may vary, but it's simple enough to change the template if you need to.

1. Look in the <cacti-install-location>/include/global_arrays.php file for the sections hash_version_codes and hash_type_codes.
2. The version code for 0.8.8a is "0024".
3. Look at this Cacti document for how to interpret the template hashes: https://docs.cacti.net/howto:determine_ ... te_version
4. Change the template hashes to match your version code. For example, hash_030025bf566c869ac6443b0c75d1c32b5a350e would become hash_030024bf566c869ac6443b0c75d1c32b5a350e
5. You may also need to remove any "Types" referenced in the template that don't exist in 0.8.8a.

I did the above to convert the template from Cacti 1.1.x (version code 0101) to Cacti 0.8.8h (version code 0025). I also had to remove a type reference that 0.8.8h didn't understand. The template then imported successfully and appears to be working fine.

Hope it helps.