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Active/Active Firewalls and Panorama Templates

L3 Networker

So I'm trying to keep firewall configuration as much in Panorama as possible. With Active/Passive I can accomplish this with one template per firewall pair.

 

With an active/active firewall pair will I need a template stack to do this? One template per firewall, then a template to cover both, in a template stack? Is there an easier way to do this, while still keeping configuration in Panorama?

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L4 Transporter

This one got me for awhile back when I did it.  You are correct.  You need to create separate templates ie - templateA & templateB.  Then create a stack for each as well - stackA & stackB.  The top template of each stack will be the templates mentioned above (highest priority, top to bottom).  Usually I only include things specific the each firewall in these (HA configs, Hostname, etc).  Once this is done, I will create a template for the pair/site/global.  It's really up to you how you want to organze this.  One thing to remember that had me hung up.  A stack does not mean a stack of firewalls (ie - switch stack).  It only means a stack of templates to be applied to a firewall.  Let me know if the below example helps.

 

Example:

 

templateA (contains template specific to firewallA, ie - HA configs, hostname, etc)

templateB (contains template specific to firewallB, ie - HA configs, hostname, etc)

 

templateSite (contains template specific to the site HA pair)

 

stackA (contains templateA + templateSite + anything others) -> applied to FirewallA (in order top to bottom)

stackB (contains templateB + templateSite + anything others) -> applied to FirewallB (in order top to bottom)

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L4 Transporter

This one got me for awhile back when I did it.  You are correct.  You need to create separate templates ie - templateA & templateB.  Then create a stack for each as well - stackA & stackB.  The top template of each stack will be the templates mentioned above (highest priority, top to bottom).  Usually I only include things specific the each firewall in these (HA configs, Hostname, etc).  Once this is done, I will create a template for the pair/site/global.  It's really up to you how you want to organze this.  One thing to remember that had me hung up.  A stack does not mean a stack of firewalls (ie - switch stack).  It only means a stack of templates to be applied to a firewall.  Let me know if the below example helps.

 

Example:

 

templateA (contains template specific to firewallA, ie - HA configs, hostname, etc)

templateB (contains template specific to firewallB, ie - HA configs, hostname, etc)

 

templateSite (contains template specific to the site HA pair)

 

stackA (contains templateA + templateSite + anything others) -> applied to FirewallA (in order top to bottom)

stackB (contains templateB + templateSite + anything others) -> applied to FirewallB (in order top to bottom)

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