Palo Alto Firewall Commands (4.0 – 5.0)

Palo Alto

// Base Help

lab@infostruction> ?
clear Clear runtime parameters
configure Manipulate software configuration information
debug Debug and diagnose
exit Exit this session
grep Searches file for lines containing a pattern match
less Examine debug file content
ping Ping hosts and networks
quit Exit this session
request Make system-level requests
scp Use ssh to copy file to another host
set Set operational parameters
show Show operational parameters
ssh Start a secure shell to another host
tail Print the last 10 lines of debug file content
username@hostname>

lab@infostruction# set ?
> deviceconfig deviceconfig
> mgt-config mgt-config
> network network configuration
> shared shared
> vsys vsys

// Device configuration and RMA
default login & password is admin/admin
scp import configuration 22 user@host:/path/to/file
set deviceconfig system hostname ip-address netmask default-gateway dns-setting server primary
set password

// Administration
check pending-changes **Check for uncommitted changes
show config
show config-locks
request commit-lock remove admin
save/load (saved config) -> set (candidate config) -> commit (active config)
edit, up, top **Change hierarchy

// Privilege Levels
superreader Has complete read-only access to the firewall.
vsysadmin Has full access to a selected virtual system on the firewall.
vsysreader Has read-only access to a selected virtual system on the firewall.
deviceadmin Has full access to a selected device, except for defining new accounts or virtual systems.
devicereader Has read-only access to a selected device.

// Health Commands
show counter global | match drop
show interface ethernetX/X
show system state filter * | match over **Packet overruns.
show session info **High concurrent sessions
show running resource-monitor **CPU (app-id, decoders, session setup teardown)
debug dataplane pool statistics **Work Queue and Segment reassembly.
show counter global filter aspect resource **Resource counters, TCP window information.
show system statistics **System Counters
show system info **Show system information
show network interface ethernet **Show Interface configuration
show arp
netstat all

// Failover – High Availability
request high-availability state suspend                     // Fail the master firewall and set to ineligible.
request high-availability state functional                    // Set current device to functional/eligible.
request high-availability sync-to-remote                  // Force config and session sync to peer
show high-availability state                        // Show current H/A status
show high-availability all                             // Show high-availability information on current device.
show high-availability link                            // Show H/A state of devices
show high-availability state-synchronisation         // View the sync state to the peer device
show high-availability control-link                     // Show H/A link statistics

// HA Upgrade Process
request high-availability state suspend – passive firewall
Upgrade passive to 4.1.7
request high-availability state suspend – Current old version active firewall
request high-availability state functional – Newly upgraded firewall (Outage until this command completes)
Upgrade old active firewall to 4.1.7
request high-availability state functional – Newly upgraded firewall

Notes:

HA processes can take up to 5 minutes to start up after reboot

// Troubleshooting
test nat-policy-match source destination protocol 6 destination-port
test security-policy-match source destination protocol 6 destination-port
test url **Provides URL category
show routing
show arp
show session

// Packet Capture
From the CLI:

Packet Filter

debug dataplane packet-diag set filter match source
debug dataplane packet-diag set filter match destination
debug dataplane packet-diag set filter on
debug dataplane packet-diag show setting

Packet Capture

debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage drop file
debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage transmit file
debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage receive file
debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage firewall file
debug dataplane packet-diag set capture on

Clear Packer Filter or capture

debug dataplane packet-diag set filter off
debug dataplane packet-diag set capture off
debug dataplane packet-diag clear filter all
debug dataplane packet-diag clear capture all

View PCAPs

view-pcap follow yes filter-pcap

Export the PCAPs

scp export filter-pcap from to
= user1@192.168.1.1:c:/1/scp
tftp export filter-pcap from to

// VPN Troubleshooting
show vpn flow  **View active tunnels
show vpn flow tunnel-id   **View additional information on tunnels based on ID
show vpn ike-sa
show vpn ipsec-sa
clear vpn ike-sa
clear vpn ipsec-sa
test vpn ike-sa gateway
test vpn ipsec-sa tunnel

// Debug Commands
debug authd
debug cli
debug dhcpd
debug high-availability agent
debug ike
debug log-collector
debug management-server
debug master-service
debug ssl-vpn
debug user-id