Changes

You can view changes and associated Policy Planner tickets by clicking the corresponding tabs: Rules, Networks, Services.

Only the Associated Tickets field has active hyperlinks. All other fields are view-only.

Rules

Rule Changes List
Value Description
Device The name of the device being used for automation.
Rule Summary Rule: The number the rule has in the firewall policy.

Policy: The policy for the rule.

Source The IP address or addresses from which incoming firewall traffic is allowed.
Destination

The IP address or addresses to which outgoing firewall traffic is allowed.
Service The protocol and port for the rule.
Rule Action The action the firewall is set to perform when the rule is used, which can be ACCEPT or DROP. F5 devices can also have Accept Decisively enabled.
Action The action the firewall is set to perform when the rule is used, which can be CREATE, MODIFY, or DELETE.
Associated Tickets The associated Policy Planner ticket. Clicking a linked ticket number will open the ticket.
Date The ticket created date and time.
Status A status of the request as it moves through the workflow process.

Note:When a new “rule modify” change request is queued, if one or more change requests for the same rule already exist, regardless of the type of change (add or remove) and where the requests originated from (rule rec, auto design, manual, Policy Optimizer), all changes will be merged into a single rule change. Any multiple source, destination, and service changes will be listed for the new rule on the Rule Changes dashboard.

 

Networks

Network Changes List
Value Description
Device The name of the device being used for automation.
Name The name of the network.
Addresses The IP address for the network object.
Members Any device groups that use this rule.
Action The action the firewall is set to perform when the rule is used, which can be CREATE, MODIFY, or DELETE.
Associated Tickets The associated Policy Planner ticket. Clicking a linked ticket number will open the ticket.
Date

The ticket created date and time. The time stamp is prefixed with the following text options:

  • Next Enforcement = Queued

  • Created = Pending

  • Pushed = Running / Fail / Staged / In Progress / Implemented / Partial
Status A status of the request as it moves through the workflow process.

Services

Service Changes List
Value Description
Device The name of the device being used for automation.
Name The name of the service.
Services The protocol (TCP/UDP) and port used for the service.
Members Any device groups that use this rule.
Action The action the firewall is set to perform when the rule is used, which can be CREATE, MODIFY, or DELETE.
Associated Tickets The associated Policy Planner ticket. Clicking a linked ticket number will open the ticket.
Date The ticket created date and time.
Status A status of the request as it moves through the workflow process.