Managed device in a device group but in no template stack
At a glance
Base severity
Area
Platform
Evidence level
Benchmark reference
Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
Panorama supplies this device its policy and none of its network or device configuration. Interfaces, zones, logging destinations and system settings are held locally, so half the device's configuration is outside the managed estate.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- Confirm whether the device is meant to receive network configuration from Panorama.
- Assign the device to the appropriate template stack.
- Where the network configuration is deliberately local, record that decision.
Command line
Panorama CLI
set template-stack <template-stack> devices <object-name>An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here commits or pushes. Review, commit, then push to your devices yourself.
Read it back
show template-stack <template-stack> devicesValues to fill in2
- <object-name>
- The object's name, as it appears on your firewall
- <template-stack>
- The template stack
Before you type it2
- The managed devices keep running their current policy until you push.
- A device in no template stack keeps whatever settings were configured on it directly.
How to confirm the fix
- Compare the device's local network configuration with what the stack would push before assigning it.
- Assign one device first and confirm its configuration is unchanged where you expect it to be.
Limits
- A device added after the export will not appear.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in Panorama Advanced
- PAN-MGT-007Object redefined in a device group that inherits one with the same name
- PAN-MGT-008Templates in one stack set the same value differently
- PAN-MGT-009Template stack member whose settings are all supplied above it
- PAN-MGT-010Template stack names a template that does not exist
- PAN-MGT-011Template variable used with no declaration
- PAN-MGT-012Template variable declared and never used
- PAN-MGT-013Device group with no managed devices assigned
- PAN-MGT-015Rule names a zone the template stack of its firewalls does not define
See it on your own firewall
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