Introducing Expedition 2 Beta

[lychiang]

Dear valued customers,

We are excited to introduce the beta release of Expedition 2, a cutting-edge tool designed to facilitate firewall migration from various vendors and manage Palo Alto Networks firewalls/Panoramas configuration via API. Developed with a focus on automation, rich capabilities, and streamlined network management tasks, Expedition 2 aims to significantly enhance your network administration experience.

Expedition 2 offers numerous benefits, including automating firewall migration, simplifying security policy management, and enabling bulk operations across multiple devices.

While we are confident in Expedition 2's robust features and its ability to make network management more efficient, we acknowledge that this is a beta release. As such, there may be bugs and issues we need to resolve before the official launch. We encourage you to test the beta version of Expedition 2 and share your valuable feedback, which will help us improve the tool before its GA launch.

Please note that access to the beta version is restricted, and we kindly request you to fill out the online form available at the link below to receive access to the beta files:

https://forms.gle/Kv2WwqUMnsWrNpXp6 

The form will request some information from you, which will help us understand your requirements and expectations better. Once we receive your response, we will provide you with the necessary access to the beta files.

We believe that your feedback will help us improve our product and make it more user-friendly. We encourage you to test the beta version thoroughly and provide us with your honest feedback.

If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com.

We appreciate your time and consideration and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

Expedition Team

[mjj1587]

I have attempted to install this.  Unfortunately I am running into an issue where expedition-db container and expedition-parsers-db container keep restarting in a loop.  It is complaining saying "You need to specify one of MARIA_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD, MARIA_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD_HASH, MARIA_DB_ALLOW_EMPTY_ROOT_PASSWORD and MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD"

[lychiang]

Hi @mjj1587, have you modify the .env file before you run any command , you need to give a password to the mysql database variable , it's in the quick start up guide also in the Expedition 2 getting started guide. 

[mjj1587]

Yes, I did set the password to paloalto for the mysql database variable per the guide.

[mjj1587]

It almost seems like the .env file is not being read when I run "docker-compose up -d" because it gives me several warnings that the MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is not set along with several other environment variables.  But they are 100% set in the env file. 

[lychiang]

Ok, I know the problem, your .env file has been changed to env file, you can open up the env file in vscode and save it to .env , and it will ask you do you want to save the file to hidden system file, and just say yes.  then re-run the docker-compose up -d again

[mjj1587]

Ahh thank you!  This solved the problem!

[sdogan]

Hi Team,

Have beta install files been released?

Regards,

[lychiang]

Hi @sdogan Yes, once you filled out the google form in the article, you should received access to the beta software , if you did not , please write email to fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com 

[Apadilla]

Hi,

I'm running the beta, what is the process to report issues ?

[lychiang]

Hi @Apadilla Thank you for being part of the beta test program, please report issues to fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com Thank you!

[Apadilla]

Thanks !!!

[Naser87]

fantastic tool, enjoyed using it, however I noticed that I could only view a maximum of 15 entries in the interface or Zone pages, even though alot more exist within the configuration file itself, ( 15 entries and 1 of 1 pages ).

[dpuigdomenec]

Thanks for feedback @Naser87 

Please could you send us an email to fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com with an screenshot of your view? Also witch type of interfaces does your configuration have?

Many thanks for participating in the beta program.

Best regards, 

[Naser87]

@dpuigdomenec Hello and thank you for your comment, I have sent the details to the specified Email, again thank you for all your immense efforts and cutting-edge innovations, they are much appreciated.

[lychiang]

@BartChamness New guide called "Expedition 2.x Getting Started" is in the google drive we shared with you.

[BartChamness]

Perfect, thank you 🙂

[Torrealba]

Can't find any more information. I got this installed up and running but for some reason it doesn't load the NGFW XML config. not even the sample pa220 that comes with the scripts.  There was one attempt that loaded but doesn't show any objects not networks, nada.

Anyone else running into this? I sent feedback to fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com.

[dpuigdomenec]

Hi @Torrealba 

Thanks for reaching out.

We will follow-up your case by email.

Best,

David

[SteveCantwell]

I would like to agree that I am struggling (like @Torrealba ) with getting the load config with any imported. panw.xml file... I see something happen, but then not clickable, nothing updates/move, and I cannot understand the migration flow. 

Instead of email, I would like to have a zoom meeting scheduled, so that the team is see/experience what we are doing.
Is this ever a possibility?

Thanks.

[lychiang]

@SteveCantwell Sure , my team is happy to assist with a session, please send an email to fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com directly . Thank you!

[DenzilS]

Hi all, my Retrieve Contents > Running Config jobs are stuck in pending state and my agent is idle. Andy ideas?

[dpuigdomenec]

Hi @DenzilS 

Thanks for reaching out.

Please could you send an email to fwmigrate@paloaltonetworks.com so we could provide you with some troubleshooting steps and as well we could schedule some call if needed.

Thanks in advance,

David

[SteveCantwell]

Hello

I am attempting to read and understand what I need to do for Panser deployment.
I am not a developer and the steps provided do not work, right the first command

Running the docker version:

Please advise next steps (preferred would be a zoom call, to go through the installation, as it will give devs a chance to see what is/isn't working, and also help the partner (me) get a working installation.

What does tomorrow morning look like for the team?

[dpuigdomenec]

Hi @SteveCantwell 

Thanks for reaching out by email as well as using the live portal.

We will follow-up your case by email.

Best regards,

David 

[rsolazhernan]

Hello @lychiang and team,

Could you let me know regarding Expedition 2 beta and according to best practices... which Ubuntu server version should be considered for the installation?

Thanks!

[lychiang]

@rsolazhernan Expedition 2 is container based, all you need is docker or docker desktop, then it can run on any platform.