Check Point

Check Point

Technical knowledge, commands, configuration notes and troubleshooting guidance for Check Point.

Management and automation

• Automate Check Point management with mgmt_cli and Web API

Gaia

• Useful Check Point CLI commands
• How to grep Gaia configuration
• Configure Check Point proxy ARP for manual NAT
• FW Monitor examples
• Listing all tables on a gateway
• Inspect and export Check Point gateway connections
• How to move to a new RSA ACE server
• Top talkers
• Extend a Check Point log volume
• Using dynamic DNS based rules with Dynamic Objects
• Dynamic block rules for IPS events
• Export logs via Syslog
• Install Check Point Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator with CPUSE
• Check Point performance monitoring
• Performance Tuning
• Troubleshooting Tips
• Troubleshooting VPN
• Troubleshooting Identity Awareness
• Tune Check Point ClusterXL policy installation timeout

Secure Platform

• Changing a users default shell
• Enable users for SCP
• How to check if state sync is working on a Nokia vrrp cluster
• Deleting logs older than nnn days
• Creating email alerts within SmartCentre
• List public IPs in use (List NATs bound to interface)

VSX and MDS

• Check Point VSX and MDS useful CLI commands
• Connectivity from VS0 and subsequent VS’s when communicating with the proxy for updates
• fw monitor to a vsx host
• Reset a VPN via script

Endpoint

• Useful commands and log files
• Check Point Endpoint cpda.log blade mask values
• Checking client/server synchronisation
• Endpoint Security Management/Policy Server Synchronization
• Enable Debug Mode in SmartEndpoint

Legacy / NG FP3

• License Node Limited Exceeded
• How to Renew an expired VPN Certificate

More articles

• Debug Endpoint Client Errors
• Fw monitor to a vsx host
• View the Endpoint database

Official and external resources

• Corporate website
• Open Platform for Security
• CPUG: The Check Point User Group
• CheckMates
• Common Check Point Commands
• Best Practices