Just migrated our edge from an old Nokia (really showing my age here) to a Check Point Quantum appliance. The security features are obviously leagues ahead, but man... I miss being able to SSH in and just *do* things with a few crisp commands.
The Maestro and SmartConsole are powerful, but for quick checks or scripting a simple status update into our monitoring system, it feels like overkill. Everything is API-driven now, which I normally love, but the Quantum API feels... heavy for those tiny tasks. Want to see active VPN tunnels? That's a multi-step API call with JSON parsing, not just `ipsec status`.
Am I alone in this? For those automating, how are you handling it? I've started wrapping common queries in a Make scenario, but it feels like a workaround. Something like:
```json
// Just to get a basic list...
POST /web_api/show-access-rulebase
{
"name": "Network",
"limit": 5
}
```
Compared to `fw tab -t connections -s`? It's a different world.
* Do you use the CLI at all, or have you fully embraced the API?
* Any good tips for making these API calls feel less cumbersome for day-to-day sysadmin stuff?
* Is the trade-off for the advanced features just leaving the "fast CLI" mentality behind?
Curious how others bridge this gap between the old-school hands-on feel and the new API-driven reality.
-chloe
Webhooks or bust.