Troubleshooting Tip: Issue with copying filters in web-filter profile from another converted/migrated configuration file

[dbhavsar]

Description	This article describes how to copy the filters in web-filter profile from another converted/migrated configuration file.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	Once the filters are pasted in web-filter profile, the following error will appear: FW01 # config webfilter profile FW01 (profile) # edit default FW01 (default) # config ftgd-wf FW01 (ftgd-wf) # show config ftgd-wf unset options config filters edit 12 set category 26   <--- already exists set action block next edit 23 set category 91 set action block next end end FW01 (ftgd-wf) # config filters FW01 (filters) # edit 16 FW01 (16) # set category 26 Invalid category ID '26': Duplicate or Group 'Fortiguard' not included. node_check_object fail! for category 26 value parse error before '26' Command fail. Return code -89 Category already exists in one of the entries so it will not be possibleto paste the migrated config. Before pasting the filters, it is necessary to delete [purge] the existing filter entries from all the web-filter profiles using the below command: FW01 # config webfilter profile FW01 (profile) # edit default FW01 (default) # config ftgd-wf FW01 (ftgd-wf) # config filters FW01 (filters) # purge all This operation will clear all table! Do you want to continue? (y/n)y FW01 (filters) # FW01 (filters) # edit 16 new entry '16' added FW01 (16) # set category 26 FW01 (16) # set action block FW01 (16) # end FW01 (ftgd-wf) # end FW01 (default) # end FW01 # Once the filters are deleted [purged], it will be possible to paste the filters from the converted/migrated config: Note: If there are multiple web-filter profiles, it is recommended to delete all the filter entries from all the profiles.