Application Dependency Warnings with Allowed Enabler Application

Issue

After allowing dependent applications in a different security policy, a commit on the Palo Alto Networks firewall displays an application dependency warning:

Application Dependency Warning

Resolution

1. Create new services at Objects > Services, as shown in the example, by identifying the ports used by dependent-app under Objects > Applications:
   Applications
   Ports used by application Citrix:
   Citrix ports
   Ports used by application Socks (dependent-app):
   Socks ports
2. Go to Policy > Security and select desired policy. Click Service/URL Category.
3. Add the services created in the previous steps.
   Services
   Sample configuration committed successfully with no warnings:
   No warnings

For more information on enabler-app and dependent-app, refer to the following document: How to Check if an Application Needs to have Explicitly Allowed Dependency Apps

owner: hyadavall