Setup Agentless User-ID

  • Create a new domain user and assign the user to the following builtin groups.
Distributed COM Users
Event Log Readers
Server Operators
  • Domain Administrator Privileges are not required
  • Login to Each Domain Controller you wish to use for User-ID and perform the following under MMC > WMI Control
  • Add the WMI Control Snapin for the local computers and right click on WMI Control (local) and select properties
  • Edit the Security settings for CIMV2 by adding your new domain user with the following:
Enable Account
Remote Enable
  • Repeat for all domain controllers you wish to monitor
  • Under Device > User Identification > User Mapping select the cog next to “Palo Alto Networks User-ID Agent Setup”
  • Enter the created user accounts credentials
  • Under the server monitoring tab add your Domain Controllers
  • Commit your changes
  • Verify User ID by entering the following in SSH Command Line
show user ip-user-mapping all
  • This will return the users currently associated with User ID