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Bulk Change to apply SPG Workflow


In this section we present a workflow example for bulk change apply Security Profile group to all allowed security rules in a PAN-OS configuration.

Below flowchart demo the workflow and the related API calls in each of the steps:

Step 1. Obtain the API Keys

Refer to Obtaining the API Keys section to obtain a valid API key stored in the hed variable.

Step 2. Start the Expedition Agent

Refer to Managing Expedition's Agent section to start the agent and be able to perform imports into a project.

Step 3. Add PAN-OS Device

Making a POST call to the Device route, we can create a Device with a desired name. Notice that we attach the credentials hed in the CURL headers to present our credentials and verify we have permission to create a device.

API syntax for creating a new device :

MethodRouteRequest Body Parameters
POSThttps://localhost/api/v1/device{"name": devicename, "serial": serialnumber,"hostname": panosip,"type": devicetype,"description": pandescription,
}
Examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/device{"name":"mypanorama", "serial":"123456789","hostname":"pan1","type":"vm-panorama""description":"Project for testing"}
info

The supported device "type" are below:

        "m100",
"m500",
"m600",
"vm-panorama",
"pa200",
"pa220",
"pa500",
"pa800",
"pa3000",
"pa3200",
"pa4000",
"pa5000",
"pa5200",
"pa7000",
"vm-series"
print("*****Add a new PAN-OS device\n")
panosip = '1.1.1.1'
serialnumber = '123412'
devicetype = "pa220"
pandescription = 'test'
url = "https://" + ip + "/api/v1/device"
data = {
"name": devicename,
"serial": serialnumber,
"hostname": panosip,
"type": devicetype,
"description": pandescription,
}
r = requests.post(url, data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
success = json.dumps(response["success"])
if success == "true":
print("New device created successfully" + " \n")
DeviceId = json.dumps(response['data']['id'])
print("Your Device-ID is " + str(DeviceId) + " \n")
else:
print("Unable to create the device")
print("*****Upload PAN-OS config into device*****\n")

Step 4. Upload PAN-OS config into device

After device has been created , the next step will be uploading your pan-os config to associate with the device.

API syntax for upload PAN-OS config into device :

MethodRoutePath Parameters
POST"https://localhost/api/v1/device/{device_id}/upload_config""device_id": "device_id"
Example"https://localhost/api/v1/device/23/upload_config"23
print("*****Upload PAN-OS config into device*****\n")
file = '/Users/user1/Downloads/panoramabase.xml'
panosconfig = open(file, "rb")
files = {"config": panosconfig}
url = 'https://' + ip + '/api/v1/device/{0}/upload_config'.format(int(DeviceId))
r = requests.post(url, files=files, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
success = json.dumps(response["success"])
if success == "true":
print("Pan-OS config uploaded to the device successfully\n")
else:
result = json.dumps(response["messages"][0]["message"])
print(result)

Step 5. Create an Expedition Project

In the large amount of automation cases, we will require having an Expedition project. Making a POST call to the project route, we can create a project with a desired name.

API syntax for creating a new project:

MethodEndPointParameters
POSThttps://localhost/api/v1/projectin url
{ "project":"project1", "description":"Project for testing" }
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project{"project":"MyLittleProject", "description":"A migration project"}
print("*****Create a new Expedition Project*****\n")
projectName = input("Please enter project name: (Needs to start with letters): ")
print(" \n")
data = {"name": projectName, "device_id[0]": DeviceId}
url="https://" + ip + "/api/v1/project"
r = requests.post(url,data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
success = json.dumps(response["success"])
if success == "true":
print("New project created successfully" + " \n")
projectId = json.dumps(response['data']['id'])
print("Your project-ID is", str(projectId) + " \n")
print("\n")

Step 6. Import the PAN-OS configuration of your device to the project

This step will associate the device with project. The API response will contain a job ID , you can then use API call to check job status. Please refer to checking job status Checking Job Status section

API syntax for the step:

MethodEndPointParameters
POSThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/project_id/import/devicein url
"project_id":"project_id"
in_body
{"device_id":"device_id" }
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/import/device{"device_id":"23""}
print("*****Import the PAN-OS configuration of your device to the project\n")
url = "https://" + ip + "/api/v1/project/{0}/import/device".format(int(projectId))
print(url)
data = {"device_id": DeviceId}
r = requests.post(url, data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
jobId = json.dumps(response["data"]["job_id"])
jobFinished = False
print("CHECK configuration upload status...........")
r = requests.get(
"https://" + ip + "/api/v1/job/" + jobId + "?complete=true",
verify=False,
headers=hed,
)
response = r.json()
jobState = json.dumps(response["data"]["state"])
percentage = float(jobState) * 100
print(
"Import PAN-OS configuration from devie to Project: "
+ str(round(percentage, 2))
+ "%\n"
)
# Wait until job is done
while jobState != "1":
sleep(5)
r = requests.get(
"https://" + ip + "/api/v1/job/" + jobId + "?complete=true",
verify=False,
headers=hed,
)
response = r.json()
jobState = json.dumps(response["data"]["state"])
percentage = float(jobState) * 100
print(
"PAN-OS configuration has been imported to Project: "
+ str(round(percentage, 2))
+ "%\n"
)
response = r.json()
statusmessage = json.dumps(response["data"]["task"][0]["statusMessage"])
print(statusmessage)

Step 7. Get Source ID of the config file

In this step, we will make a API call to get source_id of the config file that's been imported to the project. After this API call, you will parse the response that contains source_id. The source_id represent the pan-os config file that you would like to work on, and it will be used in the subsequent API calls.

API syntax for the step:

MethodRouteParameters
GEThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/{project_id}/sourcein url
"project_id":project_Id
in_body
{"device_id":device_Id}
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/source{"device_id": 23}
print("Get Source_ID of the config file")
url = "https://" + ip + "/api/v1/project/" + projectId + "/source"
r = requests.get(url, data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
print(response)
source_id = json.dumps(response["data"]["source"][0]["id"])
print("PAN-OS config source_id is: " + source_id)

Step 8. Create a filter for all allowed security rules

In this step, we will create a filter for all security rules that have action "allowed" . Please refer to the Expedition-API Filters section for details on filters. In this specific example, we are sending the request body contains below data, In the json response, you will get a filter_id , this filter_id will be used in the subsequent steps.

data = {
"name": "all allowed rules",
"filter": "[security_rule] action equals \"allow\"",
}

API syntax for the step:

MethodRouteParameters
POSThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/{project_id}/tools/filterin url
"project_id":project_Id
in_body
{"name":filter_name,"filter":filter}
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/tools/filter{"name": "all allowed rules", "filter" : "[security_rule] action equals \"allow\""}
def Filter():
print("create a filter to list all allowed rules")
url = "https://" + ip + "/api/v1/project/" + projectId + "/tools/filter"
data = {
"name": "all allowed rules",
"filter": "[security_rule] action equals \"allow\"",
}
r = requests.post(url, data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
print(response)
global filterID
filterID = json.dumps(response["data"]["last_history_entry"]["filter_id"])
print("your filter ID is " + filterID)

Step 9. Execute the filter

After create a filter, we will execute the filter based on filter_Id , in the request body, you will need to provide "source_id" obtained from the previous step as required parameter.

API syntax for the step:

MethodRouteParameters
POSThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/{project_id}/tools/filter/{filter_id}/executein url
"project_id":project_Id, "filter_id":filter_Id
in_body
{"source_id": source_id of the PAN-OS config file}
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/tools/filter/1/execute{"source_id": "23564"}
def ExecuteFilter():
print("execute the filter")
data = {"source_id": source_id}
url = (
"https://"
+ ip
+ "/api/v1/project/"
+ projectId
+ "/tools/filter/"
+ filterID
+ "/execute"
)
r = requests.post(url, data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
print(response)
jobId = json.dumps(response["data"]["job_id"])
jobFinished = False
print("CHECK filter execute status...........")
r = requests.get(
"https://" + ip + "/api/v1/job/" + jobId + "?complete=true",
verify=False,
headers=hed,
)
response = r.json()
print(response)
jobState = json.dumps(response["data"]["state"])
percentage = float(jobState) * 100
print("Execute filter........: " + str(round(percentage, 2)) + "%\n")

# Wait until job is done
while jobState != "1":
sleep(5)
r = requests.get(
"https://" + ip + "/api/v1/job/" + jobId + "?complete=true",
verify=False,
headers=hed,
)
response = r.json()
print(response)
jobState = json.dumps(response["data"]["state"])
print(jobState)
percentage = float(jobState) * 100
print("Filter execute...... " + str(round(percentage, 2)) + "%\n")
response = r.json()
print(response)
statusmessage = json.dumps(response["data"]["task"][0]["statusMessage"])
print(statusmessage)

Step 10. Print the filter execution result

After the filter is executed , we can view the result using below API call. The result should contain all the objects that matches with the filter. From the response, you will parse the collection_Id to be used in the subsequent API call.

API syntax for the step:

MethodRouteParameters
GEThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/{project_id}/tools/filter/{filter_id}/resultin url
"project_id":project_Id, "filter_id":filter_Id
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/tools/filter/1/result
print("Print the Filter Execution Result")
url = (
"https://"
+ ip
+ "/api/v1/project/"
+ projectId
+ "/tools/filter/"
+ filterID
+ "/result"
)
r = requests.get(url, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
print(response)
global Collection_ID
Collection_ID = json.dumps(response["data"]["id"])

Step 11. Get Security Profile Group ID

In order to apply the security profile group to the security policy, we will need to find out the object ID of the security profile group first. In the example, we will parse the first object ID from the response.

API syntax for the step:

MethodRouteParameters
GEThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/{project_id}/object/profile_groupin url
"project_id":project_Id
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/object/profile_group
print("Get Security Profile group")
url = "https://" + ip + "/api/v1/project/" + projectId + "/object/profile_group"
r = requests.get(url,verify=False, headers=hed)
response=r.json()
print(response)
SPG_ID=json.dumps(response["data"]["profile_group"][0]["id"])
print(SPG_ID)

Step 12. Bulk Change Apply SPG to all allowed rules

The final step we perform a bulk change to apply the security profile group to all allowed rules.

API syntax for the step:

MethodRouteParameters
PUThttps://localhost/api/v1/project/{project_id}/policy/securityin url
"project_id":project_Id
in_body
{"add[profile][0]": object_id of the SPG, "id": collection_id}
examplehttps://localhost/api/v1/project/22/policy/security{"add[profile][0]": "11714", "id":"20793"}
print("Bulk Change Apply SPG to all allowed rules")
url = "https://" + ip + "/api/v1/project/" + projectId + "/policy/security"
print(url)
data = {"add[profile][0]": int(SPG_ID), "id": int(Collection_ID)}
print(data)
r = requests.put(url, data=data, verify=False, headers=hed)
response = r.json()
print(response)