Palo Alto Networks

All Palo Alto Networks firewalls provide an out-of-band management port (MGT) that you can use to perform the firewall administration functions. By using the MGT port, you separate the management functions of the firewall from the data processing functions, safeguarding access to the firewall and enhancing performance

Manage Configuration Backups

The candidate configuration is a copy of the running configuration plus any inactive changes that you made after the last commit. Backing up versions of the running or candidate configuration enables you to later restore those versions on the firewall.

Back Up a Configuration

Creating configuration backups enables you to later Restore a Configuration. This is useful when you want to revert the firewall to all the settings of an earlier configuration because you can perform the restoration as a single operation instead of manually reconfiguring each setting in the current configuration.

Note: When you edit a setting and click OK, the firewall updates the candidate configuration but does not save a backup snapshot.

STEP 1

Save a local backup snapshot of the candidate configuration if it contains changes that you want to preserve in the event the firewall reboots. These are changes you are not ready to commit—for example, changes you cannot finish in the current login session.

Perform one of the following tasks based on whether you want to overwrite the default snapshot (.snapshot.xml) or create a snapshot with a custom name:

1. Overwrite the default snapshot—Click Save at the top of the web interface.

2. Create a custom-named snapshot:

• Select Device > Setup > Operations and Save named configuration snapshot.
• Enter a Name for the snapshot or select an existing snapshot to overwrite.
• Click OK and Close.

STEP 2

Export a candidate configuration, a running configuration, or the firewall state information to a host external to the firewall.

Select Device > Setup > Operations and click an export option:

Export named configuration snapshot —Export the current running configuration, a named candidate configuration snapshot, or a previously imported configuration (candidate or running). The firewall exports the configuration as an XML file with the Name you specify.

Export configuration version —Select a Version of the running configuration to export as an XML file. The firewall creates a version whenever you commit configuration changes.

Export device state —Export the firewall state information as a bundle. Besides the running configuration, the state information includes device group and template settings pushed from Panorama. If the firewall is a GlobalProtect portal, the information also includes certificate information, a list of satellites, and satellite authentication information. If you replace a firewall or portal, you can restore the exported information on the replacement by importing the state bundle.

See also =

• PAN-OS (Palo Alto): PAN-OS Releases, show vpn, GlobalProtect, GlobalProtect logs, WildFire, show log, show session all, MDM, match, PAN-OS reports, HIP, Zone
• Ansible Palo Alto modules and roles
• Networking: bandwidth, latency, Jitter, Ethernet, UPnP, MPLS, Frame Relay, ATM, TCP/IP, ARP, WiFi, BGP, Networking timeline, Router, Proxy ARP, Services & Networking