Wednesday, 17 June 2026

update palo alto firewall via CLI

When updating from the web gui in a rush its a bit painful

  • Do dynamic updates check
  • Go to Software
  • Unclick Base releases
  • wait
  • Unclick preferred releases 
  • wait
  • check for updates
  • download the version you need
  • install


CLI commands

request system software check (optional, lists all updates without filters)

request system software download version 11.2.7-h16  (download the version we need)

request system software install version 11.2.7-h16 (install the version we need)