Objects Configuration Objects

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Address Objects
3. Service Objects
4. Application Objects
5. Group Objects
6. Profile Objects
7. Miscellaneous Objects

Overview

This section covers the configuration objects provided by the Palo Alto Networks Strata Cloud Manager SDK. Each configuration object corresponds to a resource in the Strata Cloud Manager and provides methods for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations.

Address Objects

• Address - IP addresses, ranges, and FQDNs for use in security policies
• Address Group - Collections of addresses for simplified policy management

Service Objects

• Service - Port and protocol definitions for network service access
• Service Group - Collections of services for simplified policy management

Application Objects

• Application - Custom application definitions for fine-grained control
• Application Filters - Filters to identify applications based on characteristics
• Application Group - Collections of applications for simplified policy management

Group Objects

• Dynamic User Group - User groups based on dynamic membership criteria
• External Dynamic Lists - Lists of IPs, URLs, or domains from external sources

Profile Objects

• HIP Object - Host Information Profile objects for endpoint matching
• HIP Profile - Host Information Profile definitions for security policy enforcement
• HTTP Server Profiles - HTTP server configurations for log forwarding
• Log Forwarding Profile - Profiles for forwarding logs to external systems

Miscellaneous Objects

• Tag - Tags for resource organization and policy application

Common Features

All configuration objects provide standard operations:

• Create new objects
• Read existing objects
• Update object properties
• Delete objects
• List and filter objects with pagination support

The objects also enforce:

• Container validation (folder/device/snippet)
• Data validation with detailed error messages
• Consistent API patterns across all object types

Usage Example

from scm.client import ScmClient
# Initialize clientclient = ScmClient(
client_id="your_client_id",
client_secret="your_client_secret",
tsg_id="your_tsg_id"
)
# Access any object type directly through the client# Create an address objectclient.address.create({
"name": "webserver",
"ip_netmask": "10.0.1.100",
"description": "Primary web server",
"folder": "Shared"
})
# List address objects with filteringresults = client.address.list(
folder="Shared",
exact_match=True
)
# Print the resultsfor address in results:
print(f"Address: {address.name}, Value: {address.ip_netmask}")

Select an object from the sections above to view detailed documentation, including methods, parameters, and examples.