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Feature Request - Automatic Configuration Backup

L4 Transporter

Hi all,

pls add a feature to allow automatic and scheduled (daily,weekly,monthly) configuration backups to be made to local HD, remote ftp/tftp/scp server.

kind rgds

Roland

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L1 Bithead

Hi, any update here and suggestion?

Where is the running-config.xml path in PANOS?

I use scp in Linux server, but it fail:

scp abc@paloaltofirewall:/opt/pancfg/mgmt/device-state /home/paloalto_cfg_backup

here is the path for running config:

/opt/pancfg/mgmt/factory/running-config.xml

Try it but seems still not working, here is the result:

................

debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received

debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent

debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received

debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive

debug1: Next authentication method: publickey

debug1: Trying private key: /home/cpcnet/.ssh/identity

debug1: Trying private key: /home/cpcnet/.ssh/id_rsa

debug1: Offering public key: /home/cpcnet/.ssh/id_dsa

debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-dss blen 434

debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA

debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).

debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]

debug1: Entering interactive session.

debug1: Sending command: scp -v -f /opt/pancfg/mgmt/factory/running-config.xml

It hang after "debug1: Sending command: scp -v -f /opt/pancfg/mgmt/factory/running-config.xml"

Any idea?

Hello,

If you install panxapi (part of the PAN-perl package, PAN-perl-20121110.tar.gz) you can do a backup of the configuration this way:

(From 'man panxapi')

Generate an API key.

          $ panxapi -l admin:admin -h 172.29.9.122 -k

          keygen: success

          API key: "0RgWc42Oi0vDx2WRUIUM6A=="

       Create a .panrc file with the API key.

          $ echo 'hostname=172.29.9.122' >.panrc

          $ echo 'api_key=0RgWc42Oi0vDx2WRUIUM6A==' >>.panrc

       Retrieve the active configuration and write it to a file.

          $ panxapi -srx >fw-backup.xml

          show: success

Of course this can then be put into a crontab job which automatically does a backup every day.

If you put it into a script you can also script it to put timestamps on the backup files.

This should also work (if you don't want to use .panrc): panxapi -l admin:password -h 172.29.9.122 -srx > fw-backup.xml

Jo Christian

/Jo Christian

Hi Christian,

Thanks for your suggestion, I will try it today.

By the way, my PAN is 5.0 and where can I download the version you suggested(PAN-perl-20121110.tar.gz)? I can only download older version.

Thanks,

Paul

Hello,

You will find it in this thread:

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-1910

Or on my dropbox: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1027606/PaloAlto/PAN-perl-20121110.tar.gz

Jo Christian

/Jo Christian

Hi Christian,

Thanks for your kindly help. I am doing implementation now.

Regards,

Paul

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