Terraform Examples

8 Terraform configurations for provisioning and managing Palo Alto Networks infrastructure across PAN-OS, Strata Cloud Manager, GCP, and vCenter.

Project Categories

Category	Count	Description
PAN-OS Provider	4	Firewall configuration with provider v1 and v2
Strata Cloud Manager	2	SCM address objects, groups, tags, services
GCP VM-Series	1	VM-Series NGFW deployment on Google Cloud
vCenter Deployment	1	Debian VM deployment on vSphere

Common Workflow

All Terraform projects follow the same workflow:

# 1. Copy and fill in variables
cp terraform.tfvars.example terraform.tfvars

# 2. Initialize providers and modules
terraform init

# 3. Preview changes
terraform plan

# 4. Apply configuration
terraform apply

# 5. Tear down when done
terraform destroy

Credentials

Store credentials in terraform.tfvars (git-ignored) or use environment variables. Never commit real credentials.

Providers Used

Provider	Version	Used For
paloaltonetworks/panos v1	1.11.1	PAN-OS firewall configuration (basic-config, dynamic-address-groups)
paloaltonetworks/panos v2	latest	PAN-OS NGFW and Panorama (firewall-config, provider-v2-example)
scm	latest	Strata Cloud Manager resources
google	latest	GCP infrastructure for VM-Series
vsphere	latest	vCenter VM deployment