Technical Note: How to create local custom override categories in FortiOS
Description
This article explains how to create local custom override categories in FortiOS.
Scope
FortiGate.
Solution
In FortiO,S a URL or a list of URLs can be added to a custom override category in order to have a block action applied when the default category to which the URL has its action set to allow, monitor, warning, or authenticate. This is also useful when a URL has not yet been rated and the unrated web filter category has been blocked.
For example: In order to block www.cnn.com whilst allowing, monitoring, warning, or authenticating the default web filter category News and Media, one method is to add www.cnn.com to a custom category and set the action of block to that local custom category.
These categories exist in the default base config of FortiOS, they are titled custom1 and custom2.
Run the following commands in the CLI to create a local custom category:
For example: In order to block www.cnn.com whilst allowing, monitoring, warning, or authenticating the default web filter category News and Media, one method is to add www.cnn.com to a custom category and set the action of block to that local custom category.
These categories exist in the default base config of FortiOS, they are titled custom1 and custom2.
Run the following commands in the CLI to create a local custom category:
config webfilter ftgd-local-cat
edit "name_of_custom_filter"
end
edit "name_of_custom_filter"
end
Related article:
Technical Tip: How to configure web rating override for specific web sites
