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Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

CoryGearhart — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:11:30 GMT

Hello all,
I am running into an issue with importing configs where it just seems to sit and never progress. I am importing a config from a Palo on the same network, so it's not being blocked by the firewall. I show allows in the logs when I checked anyways.

So i exported the config, added the device on Expedition, and tried to upload the XML file, and it just sits there. I have let it sit for about an hour and nothing.

I also have an issue with generating the API key. It just loads a blank remote exception page. I have deleted and readded devices and XML roles/accounts on the firewall, and able to generate a key via CLI, but trying to setup the link on Expedition just fails.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Re: Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

lychiang — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:27:43 GMT

Hi @CoryGearhart Few things to check:

1. Make sure your expedition are running the latest version v1.2.50

2. Make sure the account you use to generate API key has read permission on API , use the local account in firewall .

3. Check if the management interface of the firewall has any acl that permit only specific IPs , if it is , you will need to add expedition IP in the allowed list

4. Review the /home/userSpace/devices/debug.txt on Expedition for error messages.

Re: Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

CoryGearhart — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:45:52 GMT

@lychiang
Expedition is on v 1.2.51
I made a role labeled XMLAdmin, with all settings under XML API set to enable, then i made a user account and specified that role:

When i ran the Curl command on the CLI on Expedition itself, the key is generated. So that part seems to be working as intended. I copy the key from there and try adding it under Expedition and get the blank exception page.

I am not very well versed in Linux, so any tips on how to review that would be appreciated.

Re: Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

CoryGearhart — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:22:24 GMT

Bumping this to see if anyone has any suggestions.

Re: Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

CoryGearhart — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:36:59 GMT

Here's what the debug.txt file states:

* Trying 10.40.100.220:443...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 10.40.100.220 (10.40.100.220) port 443 (#0)
* ALPN, offering h2
* ALPN, offering http/1.1
* successfully set certificate verify locations:
* CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
CApath: /etc/ssl/certs
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
* ALPN, server did not agree to a protocol
* Server certificate:
* subject: C=US; ST=CA; L=Santa Clara; O=Palo Alto Networks; CN=013201027270; emailAddress=support@paloaltonetworks.com
* start date: Jul 26 08:03:24 2022 GMT
* expire date: Jul 27 08:03:24 2023 GMT
* issuer: C=US; ST=CA; L=Santa Clara; O=Palo Alto Networks; CN=013201027270; emailAddress=support@paloaltonetworks.com
* SSL certificate verify result: unable to get local issuer certificate (20), continuing anyway.
> GET /api?type=keygen&user=XMLAdmin&password=xxxxxxxxx HTTP/1.1
Host: 10.40.100.220
Accept: */*

* Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:29:28 GMT
< Content-Type: application/xml; charset=UTF-8
< Content-Length: 200
< Connection: keep-alive
< X-FRAME-OPTIONS: SAMEORIGIN
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:;
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
< Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
< Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
< Pragma: no-cache
< Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=d98c61162ab831ffca9e33d7b48945c4; path=/; secure; HttpOnly
< Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS
<
* Connection #0 to host 10.40.100.220 left intact

Re: Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

lychiang — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:00:11 GMT

Are you able to generate the ApI key from Expedition GUI as shown in the screenshot ? That's the first step needs to be working. If it's not working, I will try below troubleshoot steps:

1. Ping from expedition CLI to the panorama and

2. Ping form panorama CLI to expedition

3. When you enter the login credential in the expedition GUI , click add , check on the panorama system log or authentication log see if there is connection attempt from expedition IP

Re: Trouble with Expedition Import Config and API Key Generation

CoryGearhart — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:43:35 GMT

Thanks for the suggestions. Here is what i show:

So I see successes from the Expedition GUI to the firewall.

I get the above when generating the key. Why this has me stumped. Everything points that this should be working.