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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
  • Email
  • 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

  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Services.
  2. Select Create New. A drop down menu is displayed. Select Category
  3. Input a Name for the category.
  4. Input any additional information in the Comments field.
  5. 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
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services and select Create New > Category.
  2. Fill out the fields with the following information
    FieldValue
    NameSurveillance
    CommentsFor DataCenter Surveillance Devices
  3. 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:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services. Select the Category Settings icon . A listing of the categories should be displayed.
  2. Enter the following CLI command:
  3. config firewall service category

    show

    This should bring up all\categories. Check to see that the new one is displayed.

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
  • Email
  • 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

  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Services.
  2. Select Create New. A drop down menu is displayed. Select Category
  3. Input a Name for the category.
  4. Input any additional information in the Comments field.
  5. 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
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services and select Create New > Category.
  2. Fill out the fields with the following information
    FieldValue
    NameSurveillance
    CommentsFor DataCenter Surveillance Devices
  3. 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:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services. Select the Category Settings icon . A listing of the categories should be displayed.
  2. Enter the following CLI command:
  3. config firewall service category

    show

    This should bring up all\categories. Check to see that the new one is displayed.