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Setting a Service Route for Services to Use a Dataplane's Inter... - Knowledge Base - Palo Alto Networks

Setting a Service Route for Services to Use a Dataplane's Interface from the Web UI and CLI

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Created On 09/25/18 17:30 PM - Last Modified 04/19/23 21:08 PM


Symptom


The path from the interface to the service on a server is known as a service route. By default, the firewall uses the management interface to communicate to various servers, including DNS, Email, Palo Alto Updates, User-ID agent, Syslog, Panorama, dynamic updates, URL updates, licenses, and AutoFocus. etc.
Sometimes, it is necessary to use an alternative path other than Firewall management IP due to many restrictions. 

Some of them are, the management interface doesn't have clear access to the public internet( mgmt can only be accessed from the rust network), the connection is slow, or only selective services need to be configured by an alternative path. 



Environment


  • PAN-OS
  • Service route


Cause


Sometimes, it is necessary to use an alternative path other than Firewall management IP due to many restrictions. Some of them are, the management interface needs clear access to the public internet( mgmt can only be accessed from the rust network), the connection needs to be faster, or only selective services need to be configured by an alternative path. 

This is useful for DNS queries to avoid the known issue of when suspicious DNS Queries are sourced from the Management IP of the Firewall or Panorama. 



Resolution


GUI:

Use Device > Setup > Services > Service Route Configuration > Customize and configure the appropriate service routes.

service route configuration.png

 

To configure service routes for non-predefined services, the destination addresses can be manually entered in the Destination section:

destination service route.png

In the example above, the service routes for 192.168.27.33 and 192.168.27.34 are configured to source from 192.168.27.254 on a dataplane interface and the management interface, respectively.

 

On the CLI

Run the command set deviceconfig system route service to show the options for the command.

> configure
# set deviceconfig system route service
  autofocus                    AutoFocus Cloud
  crl-status                   CRL servers
  deployments                  Panorama pushed updates
  dns                          DNS server(s)
  edl-updates                  External Dynamic List update server
  email                        SMTP gateway(s)
  hsm                          Hardware Security Module server(s)
  http                         HTTP Forwarding server(s)
  kerberos                     Kerberos server
  ldap                         LDAP server
  mdm                          MDM servers
  mfa                          Multi-Factor Authentication
  netflow                      Netflow server(s)
  ntp                          NTP server(s)
  paloalto-networks-services   Palo Alto Networks Services
  panorama                     Panorama server
  proxy                        Proxy server
  radius                       RADIUS server
  scep                         SCEP
  snmp                         SNMP server(s)
  syslog                       Syslog server(s)
  tacplus                      TACACS+ server
  uid-agent                    UID agent(s)
  url-updates                  URL update server
  vmmonitor                    VM monitor
  wildfire-private             WildFire Appliance
  <value>                      Service name
 
 

 Select the service and source address. Example given below. The source address listed is the address configured on the dataplane interfaces.

 

# set deviceconfig system route service paloalto-networks-services source address 
  10.0.0.1/24         ip 10.0.0.1/24
  172.16.0.1/24       ip 172.16.0.1/24
  192.168.0.230/24    ip 192.168.0.230/24
  192.168.27.254/24   ip 192.168.27.254/24
  192.168.27.5        mgmt 192.168.27.5
  198.51.100.1/24     ip 198.51.100.1/24
  <value>             Source IP address to use to reach destination
 

Example command to set a service route for receiving Palo Alto Networks updates using one of the available dataplane interfaces:

# set deviceconfig system route service paloalto-networks-services source address 198.51.100.1/24
 

Non-predefined service routes can also be configured through CLI. For example:

# set deviceconfig system route destination 192.168.27.33 source address 192.168.27.254/24
 

Note: Explicit policies are required in the security rules to log and allow traffic.

 



Additional Information


Depending on the code version on Firewall, the output of command set deviceconfig system route service may list different services.

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