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Palo Alto Firewall (SNMP)

Description

This connector monitors Palo Alto Firewall. It relies on the Palo Alto Firewall SNMP Agent 11.0.

enterprise[3] firewall[4] hardware[5]

Target

Typical platform: Palo Alto Firewall[6]

Operating system: Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: Palo Alto Firewall SNMP Agent 11.0

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t management -c +PaloAltoFirewall --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: management
        connectors: [ +PaloAltoFirewall ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The Palo Alto Firewall (SNMP) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

  • An SNMP Get on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.1.0 must return a non-empty value

Metrics

Type Collected Metrics Specific Attributes
enclosure
  • hw.enclosure.energy
  • hw.enclosure.power
  • hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
  • vendor
fan
  • hw.power{hw.type="fan"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}
  • id
  • name
file_system
  • system.filesystem.usage{system.filesystem.state="free"}
  • system.filesystem.usage{system.filesystem.state="used"}
  • system.filesystem.utilization{system.filesystem.state="free"}
  • system.filesystem.utilization{system.filesystem.state="used"}
  • name
  • system.device
  • type
gpg
  • firewall.palo_alto.gpg.tunnels.limit
  • firewall.palo_alto.gpg.tunnels.usage
  • firewall.palo_alto.gpg.utilization
  • id
  • name
memory
  • hw.memory.limit
  • hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}
  • system.memory.limit
  • id
  • name
palo_alto_network
  • firewall.network.connections{protocol="other_ip"}
  • firewall.network.connections{protocol="tcp"}
  • firewall.network.connections{protocol="udp"}
  • id
  • name
panorama
  • firewall.palo_alto.panorama.status{state="connected|not-connected"}
  • id
  • name
power_supply
  • hw.power_supply.limit
  • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}
  • id
  • name
session
  • firewall.sessions.limit
  • firewall.sessions.utilization
  • firewall.sessions{protocol="icmp"}
  • firewall.sessions{protocol="ssl"}
  • firewall.sessions{protocol="tcp"}
  • firewall.sessions{protocol="ucp"}
  • id
vsys
  • firewall.palo_alto.vsys.connections{protocol="other"}
  • firewall.palo_alto.vsys.connections{protocol="tcp"}
  • firewall.palo_alto.vsys.connections{protocol="udp"}
  • firewall.palo_alto.vsys.sessions
  • firewall.palo_alto.vsys.sessions.limit
  • firewall.palo_alto.vsys.sessions.utilization
  • id
  • name
zone
  • firewall.zone.connections{protocol="other_ip"}
  • firewall.zone.connections{protocol="tcp"}
  • firewall.zone.connections{protocol="udp"}
  • id
  • name
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Links:
  • [1] ../metricshub-connectors-directory.html
  • [2] ../metricshub-connectors-full-listing.html
  • [3] tags/enterprise.html
  • [4] tags/firewall.html
  • [5] tags/hardware.html
  • [6] platforms/palo-alto-firewall.html
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