panos_object - create/read/update/delete object in PAN-OS or Panorama

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status
  • Author

Synopsis

• Policy objects form the match criteria for policy rules and many other functions in PAN-OS. These may include address object, address groups, service objects, service groups, and tag.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• pan-python can be obtained from PyPi https://pypi.org/project/pan-python/
• pandevice can be obtained from PyPi https://pypi.org/project/pandevice/

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: search for shared address object
  panos_object:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    username: '{{ username }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'
    operation: 'find'
    address: 'DevNet'

- name: create an address group in devicegroup using API key
  panos_object:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    api_key: '{{ api_key }}'
    operation: 'add'
    addressgroup: 'Prod_DB_Svrs'
    static_value: ['prod-db1', 'prod-db2', 'prod-db3']
    description: 'Production DMZ database servers'
    tag_name: 'DMZ'
    devicegroup: 'DMZ Firewalls'

- name: create a global service for TCP 3306
  panos_object:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    api_key: '{{ api_key }}'
    operation: 'add'
    serviceobject: 'mysql-3306'
    destination_port: '3306'
    protocol: 'tcp'
    description: 'MySQL on tcp/3306'

- name: create a global tag
  panos_object:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    username: '{{ username }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'
    operation: 'add'
    tag_name: 'ProjectX'
    color: 'yellow'
    description: 'Associated with Project X'

- name: delete an address object from a devicegroup using API key
  panos_object:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    api_key: '{{ api_key }}'
    operation: 'delete'
    addressobject: 'Win2K test'

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

• Bob Hagen (@rnh556)