Configuring High Availability for a Data Center Using Palo Alto Next Generation Firewall
Waithaka, Stephen (2020)
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202004185315
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202004185315
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The purpose and goals of this final year project were to investigate the configurations and methods used by firewalls for implementing high availability in a data center. This is de-scribed in a few phases. The first phase was to research common firewall configurations and existing configurations for high availability on firewalls. Based on the findings, the fire-walls were configured and tested for high availability. Palo Alto next-generation firewalls were chosen for this thesis. The second phase examines the benefits of the chosen deployment method for high availability.
This study was implemented in a home laboratory environment where high availability was configured on a pair of identical firewalls. The configurations and high availability functionality were tested in phases and verified to be working. A set of recommendations are listed at the end of this thesis on factors to be considered before deploying the firewalls to an existing data center.
This project was initially implemented and tested on a network laboratory but was re-located due to changes in campus location. Key objectives of this project included implementing high availability using the two firewalls and configuring them in readiness for deployment to an existing datacenter.
This study was implemented in a home laboratory environment where high availability was configured on a pair of identical firewalls. The configurations and high availability functionality were tested in phases and verified to be working. A set of recommendations are listed at the end of this thesis on factors to be considered before deploying the firewalls to an existing data center.
This project was initially implemented and tested on a network laboratory but was re-located due to changes in campus location. Key objectives of this project included implementing high availability using the two firewalls and configuring them in readiness for deployment to an existing datacenter.