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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anupam Bharali, San Jose, CA (US);
Kunal Kundu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhi Ning Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Deploying policy configuration across multiple security devices through hierarchical configuration templates is disclosed. In some embodiments, deploying policy configuration across multiple security devices through hierarchical configuration templates for configuring a plurality of security devices includes receiving at a first security device a hierarchy of templates from a central management server, in which the hierarchy of templates includes configuration information for a group of security devices, and in which the first security device is included in the group of security devices; and reconciling on the first security device's configuration information included in the hierarchy of templates and device specific configuration based on local configuration information, in which the first security device performs an object level reconciliation to maintain device configuration consistency.