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Configure Palo Alto Firewalls in a Home Lab

by Craig Stansbury

Without a way to practice what you are learning when watching a Pluralsight course, it is much harder to grasp the concepts. This course will teach you how to create a home networking lab to follow along with the Palo Alto Firewall Skillpath.

What you'll learn

Without a way to practice what you are learning when watching a Palo Alto Firewall course, it is much harder to fully grasp the concepts and verify what you have learned. In this course, Configure Palo Alto Firewalls in a Home Lab, you’ll learn the skills needed in order to create your own home lab to practice configuring a Palo Alto firewall. First, you’ll explore how to obtain Palo Alto software. Next, you’ll discover how to deploy the Palo Alto firewall into your home lab. Finally, you’ll learn how to deploy other components in your lab such as servers, routers, and desktops. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of creating your own home lab to practice and follow along with the concepts learned in the Palo Alto Firewall Skillpath.

About the author

Craig has over 10 years of IT experience, including working on Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco Routes and Switches, Microsoft Servers, and VMWare ESXi. Craig started in IT in the United States Marine Corps and began teaching his Marines all the design and implementation concepts that they needed to know. He loves when his students have the "lightbulb moment" and are able to understand the concepts he is teaching them. Aside from teaching, Craig also owns a business that consults with enterprises to h... more

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