ansible-role-spatula

This Ansible role applies security best practice templates to Palo Alto Networks devices.
ansible-role
panos

spatula

This Ansible role applies security best practice templates to Palo Alto Networks devices.

Purpose

This role leverages the Iron Skillet best practice templates to ensure that PAN-OS firewalls are configured in accordance with Palo Alto Networks best practice recommendations. These templates are downloaded from the following GitHub repo when the playbook is executed and applied to each device or to a Panorama management console.

A Best Practices Assessment may be run following the application of these templates in order to gauge the effectiveness of the resulting configuration.

Requirements

This role utilizes the Python libraries listed below. All are available via PyPI and may be installed using the pip installer. The use of virtualenv is recommended in order to avoid system library conflicts.

  • pandevice - Framework for interacting with Palo Alto Networks devices via API
  • pan-python - Multi-tool set for Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Panorama, WildFire and AutoFocus
  • xmltodict - Convert between XML string and Python dict
  • passlib - Comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 30 schemes

Role Variables

The variables used in this role are listed in the table below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml). Variables in lowercase are playbook variables while UPPERCASE variables are used for Jinja2 variable substitution in the configuration templates. Some variables are marked as Panorama only while others are applicable to both Panorama and firewalls.

Variable Type Default Panorama Panos Description
device_type panorama,panos panorama x x Panorama or firewall config
template_version panos_v9.0,panos_v8.1,panos_v8.0 panos_v9.0 x x Template version
CONFIG_PANORAMA_IP yes,no yes x Panorama management interface config
PANORAMA_TYPE static,cloud static x Panorama management IP type
PANORAMA_NAME string panorama01 x Panorama hostname
PANORAMA_IP string 192.168.55.7 x Panorama IP
PANORAMA_MASK string 255.255.255.0 x Panorama netmask
PANORAMA_DG string 192.168.55.2 x Panorama default gateway
CONFIG_EXPORT_IP string 192.0.2.3 x IP address for scheduled config exports
STACK string sample_stack x Template stack for Panorama
DEVICE_GROUP string sample_devicegroup x Device-group name for Panorama
FW_NAME string panos-01 x x Firewall hostname
MGMT_TYPE dhcp-client,static dhcp-client x x Firewall management IP type
MGMT_IP string 192.0.2.6 x x Firewall management IP
MGMT_MASK string 255.255.255.0 x x Firewall management netmask
MGMT_DG string 192.0.2.7 x x Firewall management default gateway
NTP_1 string 0.pool.ntp.org x x Network Time Protocol Server
NTP_2 string 1.pool.ntp.org x x Network Time Protocol Server 2
ADMINISTRATOR_USERNAME string admin x x Admin username
ADMINISTRATOR_PASSWORD password admin x x Admin password
DNS_1 string 8.8.8.8 x x Primary DNS server
DNS_2 string 8.8.4.4 x x Secondary dns server
SINKHOLE_IPV4 string 72.5.65.111 x x Sinkhole address IPv4
SINKHOLE_IPV6 string 2600:5200::1 x x Sinkhole address IPv6
INTERNET_ZONE string untrust x x Untrust zone to filter out in reports
EMAIL_PROFILE_GATEWAY string 192.0.2.1 x x Email gateway address for critical alerts
EMAIL_PROFILE_FROM string sentfrom@yourdomain.com x x From address in email alerts
EMAIL_PROFILE_TO string sendto@yourdomain.com x x To address in email alerts
SYSLOG_SERVER string 192.0.2.2 x x Syslog server IP address
API_KEY_LIFETIME string 525600 x x Lifetime for the API key in minutes
INCLUDE_PAN_EDL yes,no yes x x Include the predefined Palo Alto Networks external lists security rules

Dependencies

This role is dependent on the official Palo Alto Networks Ansible modules, which are contained in the following Galaxy role:

The Palo Alto Networks Ansible modules utilize a provider dict for passing inventory and authentication credentials. This dict may be defined once in the playbook with values for the variables ip_address, username, and password passed in via any supported method.

vars:
  credentials:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    username: '{{ username }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'

Example Playbooks

The following are examples of Ansible playbooks that leverage this role to apply security best practice templates to Panorama and a firewall:

Panorama:

---
- name: Stage Panorama with best practice templates for PAN-OS 9.0
  hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  vars:
    credentials:
      ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
      username: '{{ username }}'
      password: '{{ password }}'
    device_type: 'panorama'
    template_version: 'panos_v9.0'
  vars_files:
    - panorama_vars.yml
      
  roles:
    - role: PaloAltoNetworks.spatula

Firewall:

---
- name: Stage firewall with best practice templates for PAN-OS 8.1
  hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  vars:
    credentials:
      ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
      username: '{{ admin }}'
      password: '{{ password }}'
    device_type: 'panos'
    template_version: 'panos_v8.1'
  vars_files:
    - fw_vars.yml
      
  roles:
    - role: PaloAltoNetworks.spatula

License

Apache 2.0

Author Information

Role created by Robert Hagen (@stealthllama).

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