Quick Reference Guide PDF
Quick Reference Guide PDF
Getting Started
Create Your User Account
A login is required to use the Support Portal. To create a login:
1. Go to support.paloaltonetworks.com
2. Click on the Register link.
3. Information from your sales order is required to register. Users who purchase VMs through
AWS Marketplace will need an Instance ID.
4. Enter your informaiton and accept the Terms of Use.
See also:
• How to Create Your User Account (https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-6273)
• Creating a New User Account on the Support Portal
(https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/videos/1450)
• Differences between Super and Standard User Roles
(https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/videos/1451)
See also:
1. How to Register a Device, Spare, Traps or VM-Series Auth-Code
(https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-6274)
2. Registering Devices (https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/videos/1458)
3. How to Activate Authorization Codes (https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-6275)
4. How to Authorize and Install VM-Series Auth Codes (https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-
6276)
Online Tools & Helpful Links
Online Tools
Applipedia (https://applipedia.paloaltonetworks.com/)
PAN-DB URL Categorization (http://urlfiltering.paloaltonetworks.com/testASite.aspx)
Security Advisories (https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/)
Threat DB (https://threatvault.paloaltonetworks.com/)
WildFire Portal (https://wildfire.paloaltonetworks.com/)
Helpful Links
To participate in the Community go to https:// live.paloaltonetworks.com and log in with your Support Portal
credentials.
Gather Information
To assist the technical support engineer in resolving your issue, provide the following information in the case:
• Severity of the issue: Critical, High, Medium or Low
• Software product and version
• Meaningful case subject
• In detail, a description of the issue with symptoms and troubleshooting steps taken
As applicable, include the following data:
• Tech Support file
• Screenshots of error messages from the Palo Alto Networks device or other network devices
• Network topology diagram
• Log files
• Packet captures
See also:
• How to Generate and Upload a Tech Support File for Support
(https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-3276)
• How to Export Logs (https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-2772)
• How to Run a Packet Capture (https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-2313)
If you are experiencing a critical issue, where the product is down or critically impacting your production
environment, create an online support case then call Support.