PowerAlto4

PowerAlto4 is a PowerShell module used to interact with Palo Alto Firewalls as well as Panorama.

Installation

As Classes (introduced in PowerShell 5) are heavily used in PowerAlto4, PowerShell 5 or PowerShell Core is required to run this module.

Install-Module PowerAlto4

Usage

Basic usage of this module consists of connecting to a device and then running API calls. The initial connection can be performed with a PSCredential object or with an API key.

Connecting

# Connecting with a PSCredential
Get-PaDevice -DeviceAddress pa.example.com -Credential (Get-Credential)

# Connecting with an API key
Get-PaDevice -DeviceAddress pa.example.com -ApiKey 'mysupersecretapikey'

Generic API Calls

The following generic cmdlets are available to make config, operational, report, and commit api calls.

  • Invoke-PaApiConfig
  • Invoke-PaApiOperation
  • Invoke-PaApiReport
  • Invoke-PaCommit

Specific API Calls

More specific cmdlets are available for commonly performed tasks.

  • Get-PaAddress
  • Get-PaAddressGroup
  • Get-PaConfigDiff
  • Get-PaCustomReport
  • Get-PaDevice
  • Get-PaInterface
  • Get-PaJob
  • Get-PaNatPolicy
  • Get-PaReportJob
  • Get-PaSecurityPolicy
  • Get-PaTag
  • Get-PaUrlCategory
  • Invoke-PaCustomReport
  • Move-PaSecurityPolicy
  • New-PaTag
  • Remove-PaAddress
  • Remove-PaAddressGroup
  • Remove-PaSecurityPolicy
  • Remove-PaTag
  • Set-PaAddress
  • Set-PaAddressGroup
  • Set-PaCustomReport
  • Set-PaSecurityPolicy
  • Set-PaTag
  • Set-PaTargetDeviceGroup
  • Set-PaTargetVsys
  • Set-PaUrlCategory