Use an application category as an SD-WAN rule destination

An application category can be selected as an SD-WAN service rule destination criterion. Previously, only application groups or individual applications could be selected.

config system sdwan
    config service
        edit <id>
            set internet-service enable
            set internet-service-app-ctrl-category <id_1> <id_2> ... <id_n> 
        next
    end
end

To view the detected application categories details based on category ID, use diagnose sys sdwan internet-service-app-ctrl-category-list <id>.

Example

In this example, traffic steering is applied to traffic detected as video/audio (category ID 5) or email (category ID 21) and applies the lowest cost (SLA) strategy to this traffic. When costs are tied, the priority goes to member 1, dmz.

To configure application categories as an SD-WAN rule destination in the GUI:

1. Enable the feature visibility:

   1. Go to System > Feature Visibility.

   2. In the Additional Features section, enable Application Detection Based SD-WAN.

   3. Click Apply.

   To enable GUI visibility of application detection based SD-WAN in the CLI: config system global set gui-app-detection-sdwan enable end

2. Configure the SD-WAN members:

   1. Go to Network > SD-WAN, select the SD-WAN Zones tab, and click Create New > SD-WAN Member.

   2. Set the Interface to dmz, and set the Gateway to 172.16.208.2.

   3. Click OK.

   4. Repeat these steps to create another member for the vlan100 interface with gateway 172.16.206.2.

3. Configure the performance SLA (health check):

   1. Go to Network > SD-WAN, and select the Performance SLAs tab, and click Create New.

   2. Configure the following settings:

      Name	1
      Protocol	DNS
      Server	8.8.8.8
      SLA Target	Enable

   3. Click OK.

4. Configure the SD-WAN rule to use the video/audio and email application categories:

   1. Go to Network > SD-WAN, select the SD-WAN Rules tab, and click Create New.

   2. In the Destination section, click the + in the Application field.

   3. Click Category, and select Video/Audio and Email.

      

   4. Configure the other settings as needed.

   5. Click OK.

5. Configure the firewall policy:

   1. Go to Policy & Objects > Firewall Policy and click Create New.

   2. Configure the following settings:

      Incoming Interface	port5
      Outgoing Interface	virtual-wan-link
      Source	172.16.205.0
      Destination	all
      Schedule	always
      Service	ALL
      Action	ACCEPT
      Application Control	g-default
      SSL Inspection	certificate-inspection

   3. Click OK.

To configure application categories as an SD-WAN rule destination in the CLI:

1. Configure the SD-WAN settings:

   config system sdwan
       set status enable
       config zone
           edit "virtual-wan-link"
           next
       end
       config members
           edit 1
               set interface "dmz"
               set gateway 172.16.208.2
           next
           edit 2
               set interface "vlan100"
               set gateway 172.16.206.2
           next
       end
       config health-check
           edit "1"
               set server "8.8.8.8"
               set protocol dns
               set members 0
               config sla
                   edit 1
                   next
               end
           next
       end
   end

2. Configure the SD-WAN rule to use application categories 5 and 21:

   config system sdwan
       config service
           edit 1
               set name "1"
               set mode sla
               set src "172.16.205.0"
               set internet-service enable
               set internet-service-app-ctrl-category 5 21
               config sla
                   edit "1"
                       set id 1
                   next
               end
               set priority-members 1 2
           next
       end
   end

3. Configure the firewall policy:

   config firewall policy
       edit 1
           set srcintf "port5"
           set dstintf "virtual-wan-link"
           set action accept
           set srcaddr 172.16.205.0
           set dstaddr "all"
           set schedule "always"
           set service "ALL"
           set utm-status enable
           set ssl-ssh-profile "certificate-inspection"
           set application-list "g-default"
       next
   end

To test the configuration:

1. Verify that the traffic is sent over dmz:

   # diagnose firewall proute list
   list route policy info(vf=root):
   id=2133590017(0x7f2c0001) vwl_service=1(1) vwl_mbr_seq=1 2 dscp_tag=0xff 0xff flags=0x0 tos=0x00 tos_mask=0x00 protocol=0 sport=0-65535 iif=0 dport=1-65535 path(2) oif=5(dmz) oif=95(vlan100)
   source(1): 172.16.205.0-172.16.205.255
   destination wildcard(1): 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
   internet service(2): (null)(0,5,0,0,0) (null)(0,21,0,0,0)
   hit_count=469 last_used=2021-12-15 15:06:05

2. View some videos and emails on the PC, then verify the detected application details for each category:

   # diagnose sys sdwan internet-service-app-ctrl-category-list 5
   YouTube(31077 4294838537): 142.250.217.110 6 443 Wed Dec 15 15:39:50 2021
   YouTube(31077 4294838537): 173.194.152.89 6 443 Wed Dec 15 15:37:20 2021
   YouTube(31077 4294838537): 173.194.152.170 6 443 Wed Dec 15 15:37:37 2021
   YouTube(31077 4294838537): 209.52.146.205 6 443 Wed Dec 15 15:37:19 2021

   # diagnose sys sdwan internet-service-app-ctrl-category-list 21
   Gmail(15817 4294836957): 172.217.14.197 6 443 Wed Dec 15 15:39:47 2021

3. Verify that the captured email traffic is sent over dmz:

   # diagnose sniffer packet any 'host 172.217.14.197' 4
   interfaces=[any]
   filters=[host 172.217.14.197]
   5.079814 dmz out 172.16.205.100.60592 -> 172.217.14.197.443: psh 2961561240 ack 2277134591

4. Edit the SD-WAN rule so that dmz has a higher cost and vlan100 is preferred.
5. Verify that the traffic is now sent over vlan100:

   # diagnose firewall proute list
   list route policy info(vf=root):
   id=2134048769(0x7f330001) vwl_service=1(1) vwl_mbr_seq=2 1 dscp_tag=0xff 0xff flags=0x0 tos=0x00 tos_mask=0x00 protocol=0 sport=0-65535 iif=0 dport=1-65535 path(2) oif=95(vlan100) oif=5(dmz)
   source(1): 172.16.205.0-172.16.205.255
   destination wildcard(1): 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
   internet service(2): (null)(0,5,0,0,0) (null)(0,21,0,0,0)
   hit_count=635 last_used=2021-12-15 15:55:43

   # diagnose sniffer packet any 'host 172.217.14.197' 4
   interfaces=[any]
   filters=[host 172.217.14.197]
   304.625168 vlan100 in 172.16.205.100.60592 -> 172.217.14.197.443: psh 2961572711 ack 2277139565