How to Monitor Number of Palo Alto VPN (Global Protect) Users
How to Monitor Number of Palo Alto VPN (Global Protect) Users
Step 1: Login to Nectus and go to Monitoring -> Network Monitoring Settings -> Custom SNMP Trackers.
Step 2: Click on the Create button to create a new SNMP Custom Tracker that will be collecting number of connected VPN users every 5min.
Palo Alto SNMP OID that returns number of connected users: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.5.1.3.0
Step 3: Enable the tracker, provide the tracker name, SNMP OID, unit name and data type.
Alerting option can be enabled with predefined threshold values.
Step 4: If not created in advance, create the SNMP Device View by clicking the + (plus) button.
Provide the view name and select the Palo Alto Firewalls from available device list for monitoring.
Click “Ok” to finish tracker creation.
Step 5: For reporting, Go to the Reports -> “Top” reports -> Top Custom SNMP Trackers
Step 6: Select the appropriate report and tracker name to get the max. and min. values.
Click on the Graph button to get the tracker trend in visual form.
Done.