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Private Cloud

Welcome to the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series on Private Cloud resource page. Here you will find information about VM-Series on Hypervisors like ESXi, KVM, HyperV and also private cloud environments like VMware NSX-T, Nutanix, Cisco ACI and more. This page will help you get started or find advanced architecture designs and other resources to help accelerate your VM-Series deployment in these environments. Engage the community and ask questions in the discussion forum below.
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Private Cloud

Welcome to the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series on Private Cloud resource page. Here you will find information about VM-Series on Hypervisors like ESXi, KVM, HyperV and also private cloud environments like VMware NSX-T, Nutanix, Cisco ACI and more. This page will help you get started or find advanced architecture designs and other resources to help accelerate your VM-Series deployment in these environments. Engage the community and ask questions in the discussion forum below.

How to Videos and Tutorials

Reference Architectures/How to Guides

Digital Learning Courses

Visit Palo Alto Networks' learning platform, Beacon, for free technical knowledge and educational resources related to all of our products.

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Templates, Scripts and Deployment Resources

Ansible playbooks

Example Ansible playbooks to automate the deployment and scaling up/down of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series

The following use cases can be accomplished via this ansible playbooks.

  • Deploy Standalone PA-VM Using deploy.yml playbooks, you can deploy standalone PA-VM.
  • Scale UP or Scale Down the PA-VM Using scaleUp.yml and scaleUp.yml you can scale up or scale down the PA-VM model. For example, you can scale up from VM-50 to VM-100 or from VM-100 to VM-50.
  • Remove the deployment. Using remove.yml you can remove the deployment.
  • Deploy and remove PA-VM Active/Passive HA Cluster. Using deployHA.yml and removeHA.yml you can deploy active/passive HA cluster. The playbook will also make sure every PA-VM run in separate host by applying VM/Host affinity rule.
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1treelanedrv
03-28-2025

IPsec tunnel doesn't connect - no errors seen

Hi everyone, do you have any idea why this tunnel will not establish? I'm trying to connect with a partner company. The IPsec config is identical a... — Read more

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03-27-2025

Palo Alto VM-Series Software Firewall Keeps Shutting Down in Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.2 LTS KVM Contains a hyperlink

Subject: Palo Alto VM-Series Software Firewall Keeps Shutting Down in Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.2 LTS KVM Good day from Singapore, I have asked ChatGPT A... — Read more

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AndreaConsadori
AndreaConsadori
03-25-2025

PA-VM on ESXi 8.0.2 'interface configured but down' Contains a hyperlink

I'm grateful to the person who wrote this article, and I'm sharing it here so that others don't go crazy like I did. PA-VM on ESXi 'interface config... — Read more

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03-21-2025

AWS HA IP-Secondary Not Working Contains a hyperlink

Hi I am having issues with 2 Palo Alto's setup as an HA Pair using IP-Secondary failover, where the Secondary IP Address does not move between the t... — Read more

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MeCJay12
03-04-2025

Commit Failure Enabling DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation Contains an image

Hello! I have a Panorama running 11.2.2-h1 managing an A/P HA pair of VM firewalls running 11.1.6-h3. I'm trying to configure the firewalls' interface... — Read more

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11-23-2021 — Head to LIVEcommunity's new Private Cloud page for blogs, articles, videos, and more related to Palo Alto Networks' Private Cloud. — Read more

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06-16-2021 — Secure traffic in hyperscale data centers and service provider networks with the combined power of VM-Series virtual NGFWs and your SmartNIC. — Read more

Labels: 5G Announcement Data Center Hyper Scale Network Perimeter Next-Generation Firewalls Private Cloud Smart NIC VM-Series
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02-09-2021 — Learn why our new credit-based firewall licensing is designed to provide even more flexibility with virtual firewalls and container firewalls. — Read more

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12-11-2019 — The Panorama plugin for Nutanix is now available. Read about how Panorama can now integrate with Prism Central. Panorama plugin for Nutanix — Read more

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