Shortcut functions for coding and working with PAN devices

Retrieve PAN API key from file in user home directory

Get API key from .panconfkeystore file in user home directory. Input file format has one entry per line.

<apikey>:<ip>

Code example

import retrievepankey
apikey = retrievepankey.read_key_file("192.168.1.1")    

Retrieve device info from file in user home directory

Use shortcut name in scripts to retrieve info about device.

Will return device 'ip' field by default

Input file format for 'fetch_deviceinfo_file()' is below. The function reads in a YAML format from .pandevice file, in user home directory, by default. All sub fields (serial, ip, type, etc) can be customized and returned. If there is no match, the input string to the function is returned.

DEMOFW1:
  serial: 09870100089
  ip: 192.168.50.100
  type: panos
  panorama: 192.168.100.100
  panorama2: 192.168.100.101
  hapair: 192.168.50.101
DEMOFW2:
  serial: 098001000597
  ip: 192.168.50.101
  type: panos
  panorama: 192.168.100.100
  panorama2: 192.168.100.101
  hapair: 192.168.50.101

Code example

import retrievepankey

firewallip = retrievepankey.fetch_deviceinfo_file("DEMO-FW")
panoip = retrievepankey.fetch_deviceinfo_file("DEMO-FW", field='panorama')