title: Palo Alto: Interfaces (XML API)
agents: palo_alto_api
catalog: hw/network/palo_alto
license: GPLv3
distribution: kuhn-ruess
description:
 This check monitors the network interfaces of a Palo Alto Networks firewall as
 read from {show interface} through the PAN-OS XML API. It reports the link
 state and, based on the interface byte and error counters, the inbound and
 outbound bandwidth and the error/discard rates.

 The service goes {CRIT} (configurable) when an interface is not up. Optional
 upper levels can be configured for the error/discard rates. By default tunnel,
 vlan and loopback interfaces are excluded in the special agent rule.

item:
 The interface name, e.g. {ethernet1/1}.

discovery:
 One service is created for each hardware interface that is up at discovery
 time. Interfaces that are down at discovery (e.g. nothing connected) are
 skipped; an interface that goes down after discovery stays monitored and
 alerts as configured.
