User-ID Group Mapping Settings - automatically fetching groups that start with name ABC_

[kosonju]

Hello! Our goal is to use AD groups in firewall policy rules that start with ABC_xxx_xxx. So I am wondering how we could achieve this without manually adding new groups to PaloAlto Group Include List.

I have already tried Custom Group filter with (CN=ABC_*) but this seem to find only users not groups (Link to KB https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClhTCAS)

Any ideas?

[BPry]

@kosonju,

I believe that wildcard entries only work when filtering through the available groups in the GUI, not actually including it in the group-include-list. I personally find it much easier to add groups directly in the XML file or through the API; I find it actually takes a bit longer doing it through the GUI. 

[Remo]

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@kosonju wrote:

Our goal is to use AD groups in firewall policy rules that start with ABC_xxx_xxx.

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What about a simple LDAP filter to automatically import all these groups that start with "ABC".

[asilliker · Accepted solution]

You want to specify your (cn=ABC_*) as a Group Objects search filter on the Server Profile tab of your group mapping settings. 

This will retrieve only the ABC_* groups without using the group include list. 

Keep in mind that if you have nested groups included in ABC_123_456 that do not meet the search filter (ie XYZ_456_786), the nested group members will not be incldued in the group membership. 

The Custom Group tab will search the user attributes based on the search filter to create dynamic groups not specified directly in the LDAP store, it is not used to limit groups returned from the directory.