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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

Access Palo Alto Networks learning platform to gain free technical insights and educational materials across our full suite of products.

Please note: SSO login is necessary to access the content.

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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procom
procom
07-29-2025

Upgrade DP Cores on VM

Hello everyone, I'm writing to ask if you've experienced something similar with your VM-Series We had a VM with 4 vCPUs (3 DP cores), and we've now ... — Read more

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K.Mishra548222
K.Mishra548222
07-28-2025

VM series KVM image on eveng login issue

I have 30 day free trail Vm series KVM image and it is installed on Eveng setup on Esxi server. I access Eveng and up the pan- os node but it stuck on... — Read more

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Malick
Malick
06-26-2025

Palo Alto VM removal

Hello guys, could anyone guide me through the following process: 1) How do we remove old firewalls from Panorama and from Palo Alto support web s... — Read more

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A.Singh364644
A.Singh364644
10-27-2025

GCP Load balancer showing in Unhealthy state.

Hi Team, Flow:- On-Prem---->GCP(Interconnect) ---->External-LB---->Palo Alto---->Internal-LB---->GCVE. This is the flow/architectur... — Read more

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RafaelGarcia
RafaelGarcia
06-24-2025

Invalid configuration error migrating Panorama from AWS VM to ESXi VM

Hello, We have an issue migrating Panorama from an AWS VM to an on-premises VM in VMware ESXi. We have followed the guide for VM migration, exporting ... — 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

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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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