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How to export configuration from Palo Alto Firewall Device

Palo Alto Firewall Device Guide

Using HTTP(S)

We would recommend using HTTPS rather than HTTP for transferring your devices configuration as the latter provides no encryption. The procedure for getting the configuration from the device using HTTP(S) is as follows:

  1. Using your favorite web browser, connect to the HTTP(S) service provided by your Palo Alto device for remote management. You can do this by entering "https://" (recommended) or "http://" followed by your devices IP address.

  2. Logon using your administration username and password.

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  3. Click the Device tab and then the Operations tab.

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  4. Click Export named configuration snapshot and then choose the configuration that you would like to export. Unless you wish to audit a specific configuration we recommend exporting the ".merged_running_config.xml" for auditing purposes.

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  5. Finally click Ok to save your device configuration.

Note: Unfortunately, the full version (patch number - 8.0.5) is not available in Palo Alto configuration files. To workaround this, when adding a Palo Alto device, click the Edit pencil and manually set the OS version to the correct version. This version number can be found under Software Version in your Palo Alto General Information window.