Categories
In order to make sorting through the services easier, there is a field to categorize the services. Because selecting a category is part of the process for creating a new service, the configuration of categories will be explained first.
The services can be sorted into the following groups:
- General
- Web Access
- File Access
- Network Services
- Authentication
- Remote Access
- Tunneling
- VoIP, Messaging and Other Applications
- Web Proxy
- Uncategorized
The categories are for organization purposes so there is not many settings when creating a new one.
Creating a new service category
- Go to Policy & Objects > Services.
- Select Create New. A drop down menu is displayed. Select Category
- Input a Name for the category.
- Input any additional information in the Comments field.
- Press OK.
Example
You plan on adding a number of devices such as web cameras that will allow the monitoring of the physical security of your datacenter. A number of non-standard services will have to be created and you would like to keep them grouped together under the heading of “Surveillance”
Example of a new category in the GUI
- Go to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services and select Create New > Category.
- Fill out the fields with the following information
Field Value Name Surveillance Comments For DataCenter Surveillance Devices - Select OK.
Example of a New Category in the CLI
Enter the following CLI command:
config firewall service category
edit Surveillance
set comment "For DataCenter Surveillance Devices"
end
To verify that the category was added correctly:
- Go to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services. Select the Category Settings icon . A listing of the categories should be displayed.
- Enter the following CLI command:
config firewall service category
show
This should bring up all\categories. Check to see that the new one is displayed.