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An organization is adopting an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach to manage its entire network environment, including its Palo Alto Networks firewalls. The organization has chosen Ansible as its…

The correct answer is D. By defining firewall configurations in playbooks that can be version-controlled and executed. Ansible enables Infrastructure as Code by allowing firewall configurations to be defined declaratively in playbooks, stored in version control systems, and executed repeatedly to produce consistent, repeatable, and auditable deployments across environments.

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Question

An organization is adopting an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach to manage its entire network environment, including its Palo Alto Networks firewalls. The organization has chosen Ansible as its primary tool for this initiative. How does Ansible enable an IaC model for managing this organization's firewalls?

Options

  • ABy providing real-time threat intelligence feeds directly to the firewalls' data plane
  • BBy providing a graphical user interface that simplifies the creation of security policies through a
  • CBy automatically discovering and mapping all network devices to generate a baseline configuration
  • DBy defining firewall configurations in playbooks that can be version-controlled and executed

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    93% (27)

Explanation

Ansible enables Infrastructure as Code by allowing firewall configurations to be defined declaratively in playbooks, stored in version control systems, and executed repeatedly to produce consistent, repeatable, and auditable deployments across environments.

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#Infrastructure as Code (IaC)#Ansible#Network Automation#Configuration Management

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