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fw ctl pstat Command Requires Admin Rights

Known affected platforms: all

Result: Without the output from this command, no memory utilization data will be available.

ARP Table Contains Only Master VSYS 0 Entries

Known affected software versions: R80.30 and R80.40

Result: The show arp dynamic all command on VSx mistakenly shows ARP entries only for the master VSYS 0, regardless of the active VSYS. This is a confirmed bug on Check Point firewalls.

Discovery of Security Policies

  • Dynamic objects and negated services are not supported.
  • Settings → Discovery & Snapshots → Discovery Settings → Vendors API in the IP Fabric GUI: If the base URL points to a multi-domain server address, the domains must be specified.

Identity Awareness support

Starting with version 6.5, IP Fabric supports collecting data from the pdpd daemon. Since the pdp command isn’t available by default in CLISH, an extended command must be defined first (on appliances where the PDP daemon is running).

Starting with version 7.0, we are using the pepd daemon to collect additional information.

The extended command can be defined from CLISH, but the path depends on the OS version currently installed. For example, if the OS version is R80.40, the command would be:

> add command ipf_pdp path /opt/CPsuite-R80.40/fw1/bin/pdp description "PDP for IP Fabric"
> add command ipf_pep path /opt/CPsuite-R80.40/fw1/bin/pep description "PEP for IP Fabric"
> save config

Alternatively, you can define the extended command from expert mode by using the environment variable $FWDIR. The -s option saves the configuration:

# clish -s -c "add command ipf_pdp path $FWDIR/bin/pdp description \"PDP for IP Fabric\""
# clish -s -c "add command pep path $FWDIR/bin/pep description \"PEP for IP Fabric\""

Don’t forget to update the related role and add the ipf_pdp and ipf_pep extended commands to it if needed. See the official Check Point documentation.

IP Fabric uses the ipf_pdp monitor all and ipf_pep show user all commands to collect information about active users. Log in to the Check Point Gaia appliance with the credentials used by IP Fabric discovery and run the command to verify the configuration.

Required Permissions for Successful Discovery Over CLI

To successfully discover a Check Point Gateway, the correct role must be assigned to the user. IP Fabric requires role features to be set as read-only, except for “Virtual-System”, where read-write is needed (only if VSX firewalls are in your network; otherwise, read-only is sufficient).

Check Point - Edit Role - ipfRole

Running some commands requires elevated permissions. See the example below:

gaia> show cluster state

/tmp/.CPprofile.sh: line 1: /opt/CPshrd-R81.10/scripts/cpprofile_functions.sh: Permission denied

The show cluster * commands call the cphaprob utility, which has the following permissions and ownership:

[Expert@gaia:0]# ls -al `which cphaprob`
-rwxr-x--- 1 admin bin 303196 Jan 27  2020 /opt/CPsuite-R81.10/fw1/bin/cphaprob

So ensure that the user used for IP Fabric discovery has sufficient permissions configured – the user should be in the group bin (recommended) or be admin (have UID 0; less recommended).

How To Setup Role From Web GUI

  1. Open the Check Point Gaia web interface.

  2. In the left menu, navigate to User Management → Roles.

  3. Click Add and fill in the name. In the Features tab, select all items and mark them as Read-Only. The following permissions from the Extended Commands tab are needed (only if Gaia acts as a management server): fwm, ipf_pdp, and ipf_pep.

  4. If you have a VSX firewall in your network, you must set the Virtual-System feature to Read-Write (we call set virtual-system \<ID> to switch to the proper virtual system). This allows IP Fabric to change context but cannot be used for anything else.

  5. Assign the role to the user used for IP Fabric discovery.

Info

Not all features are needed for IP Fabric, but as we add support for new features, this may change. Here is a list of currently required features for a minimal working setup (IP Fabric 4.0, Gaia R81):

Advanced VRRP, ARP, BGP, Cluster, Display Configuration, Domain Name, Host Name, Management Interface, Netflow Export, Network Interfaces, Network Management, NTP, OSPF, Route, Routing Monitor, SNMP, System Configuration, Virtual-System, VRRP, VSX.