• 3 Days

• Lecture and Hands-on Labs

Get hands-on and use Terraform to automate the PAN-OS operating system for Palo Alto Networks NGFWs and Panorama products. Students will learn to manage various aspects of a firewall's or a Panorama's config, such as data interfaces and security policies. Optional lecture may also cover Palo Alto Networks Terraform providers for Prisma Cloud, Bridgecrew Security Platform, or Palo Alto Networks Cloud Next-Gen Firewalls for AWS. All lessons focus on best practice techniques, including interacting with git, GitHub or GitLab, and writing prompts for AI LLM tools to generate relevant solutions.

• Automating the PAN-OS and Panorama APIs with Python and Ansible

• AI LLM prompt engineering for generating Ansible solutions

• Ansible collections for Palo Alto network appliances

• YAML formatting

• Playbook construction and order of execution

• Credential Management and Encryption with Ansible Vault and other credential management best practices

• Python and other client side software for exploring PAN-OS and Panorama APIs

• Exploring the PAN-OS

• Version controlling code with Git

• CI / CD Pipeline Scenarios common across Industry (GitHub Actions, GitLab, AWX Tower, and more)