Configured HA group does not synchronize configuration
At a glance
Base severity
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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
With configuration synchronization off, nothing keeps the two members aligned automatically. Whether they currently match depends entirely on somebody having mirrored every change by hand, and this file cannot show whether that happened: an export contains one peer and says nothing about the other's policy. What it does show is that the mechanism designed to guarantee the match is switched off, so the failover a customer is paying for rests on manual discipline rather than on the device.
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.
- Enable configuration synchronization on the HA group.
- Reconcile the two members before enabling it, because the first sync overwrites one side.
- Confirm which member is the sync source before committing.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI
set deviceconfig high-availability group configuration-synchronization enabled yesAn example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here commits. Review the candidate configuration, then commit it yourself.
Read it back
show deviceconfig high-availability groupBefore you type it1
- Apply this to both members of the pair.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm the group reports configuration synchronization enabled.
- Compare the running configuration of both members after the first sync.
Limits
- This reads the configured setting, not whether the peers currently match.
- A configuration export contains one peer. The other member's policy is outside this file, so no divergence is claimed here, only that nothing enforces the match.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in High Availability
- PAN-SEC-060Configured HA group has no path monitoring
- PAN-SEC-061Configured HA group monitors no links
- PAN-SEC-062Configured HA control link has no backup
- PAN-SEC-113Configured HA group is preemptive or shuts the passive link down
- ISE-MGT-005Primary Administration node has no secondary
- ISE-MGT-006Only one Policy Service node
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