Create the URL Filtering Profile

Use the following procedure to create a standalone URL filtering profile:

Procedure

Step 1

Navigate to Policies > Profiles > URL Filtering.

Step 2

Click Create.

Step 3

Provide a unique Name.

Step 4

(Optional) Enter a Description. This may help differenatiate between other profiles with similar names.

Step 5

Click Add to create a new row.

Step 6

Specify individual URLs (e.g., https://www.google.com):

  • Each URL is specified as a PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression).

  • Each URL must be specified as a full path.

  • Consider escaping the decimal "." character else it will be treated as a single character wildcard.

Step 7

Specify Categories (e.g., Gambling, Sports, Social Networking).

Step 8

Specify the HTTP methods to which the policy is applied.

Step 9

Select on of the following as a subset of methods:

  • Delete

  • Get

  • Head

  • Options

  • Patch

  • Post

  • Put

Step 10

Specify All for all methods.

Step 11

Specify the policy Action for the user-specified URLs/Categories, Uncategorized and ANY rows:

  • Allow Log - Allow the requests and log an event.

  • Allow No Log - Allow the requests and do not log an event.

  • Deny Log - Deny the requests and log an event.

  • Deny No Log - Deny the requests and do not log an event.

Step 12

Specify the Return Status Code.

Step 13

Specify an integer value greater than or equal to 100 and less than 600. The value represents the HTTP status that will be returned to the client making the request. A common return code is 503.

Step 14

Click Save.

What to do next

Attach the profile to a policy rule set. See Rule Sets and Rule Set Groups for more information.