The term generally refers to a web-based, guided environment that mimics the configuration and policy creation experience of a real Palo Alto firewall—without requiring a live virtual machine or hardware appliance. Its primary purpose is , not production traffic inspection.
→ Palo Alto VM-Series (trial or lab license) + EVE-NG / GNS3 Best for certification (PCNSE) → Palo Alto Beacon (official, structured labs) Best for quick testing → Strata Cloud Manager (limited, cloud-only) palo alto firewall simulator