How to Export URL Filtering Profile from one Firewall to Another
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Type the below commands to view all the configurations on your firewall in the CLI.
Tarang@chnlab-fw72(active)> set cli config-output-format set
Tarang@chnlab-fw72(active)> configure
Entering configuration mode
[edit]
Tarang@chnlab-fw72(active)# show
This will show you all the configurations on the box in cli view
set deviceconfig system ip-address 10.50.243.72
set deviceconfig system netmask 255.255.255.0
set deviceconfig system update-server updates.paloaltonetworks.com
set deviceconfig system update-schedule threats recurring weekly day-of-week wednesday
set deviceconfig system update-schedule threats recurring weekly at 01:02
Note: If you have created any custom URL category first import the same by the below method before importing the Url filtering profiles
I created a Custom url filtering profile named as my_custom if you will search the custom category in my case I have set the action as overried for this custom URL
[ type / and then Enter the name of the Custom URL for example /my_custom ]
Copy the above 2 commands one by one and paste the same on firewall B
follow the below procedure for URL filtering profiles
Tarang@chnlab-fw72(active)# show
type / and then Enter the name of the URL filtering profile
The URL filtering profile which I want to Import is Students
/Students
This is the output of firewall A
Copy this part
Paste on a Notepad++
set profiles url-filtering Students block [ abortion abused-drugs adult alcohol-and-tobacco auctions
business-and-economy computer-and-internet-info content-delivery-networks dating dynamic-dns educat
ional-institutions entertainment-and-arts financial-services gambling games government hacking healt
h-and-medicine home-and-garden hunting-and-fishing internet-communications-and-telephony internet-po
rtals job-search legal malware military motor-vehicles music news not-resolved nudity online-storage
-and-backup parked peer-to-peer personal-sites-and-blogs philosophy-and-political-advocacy phishing
private-ip-addresses proxy-avoidance-and-anonymizers questionable real-estate recreation-and-hobbies
reference-and-research religion search-engines sex-education shareware-and-freeware shopping social
-networking society sports stock-advice-and-tools streaming-media swimsuits-and-intimate-apparel tra
ining-and-tools translation travel unknown weapons web-advertisements web-based-email web-hosting ]
Make have to rearrange the above paragraph in one line
You can see business-and-economy is in second line click before b and press a back space to bring in one line
set profiles url-filtering Students block [ abortion abused-drugs adult alcohol-and-tobacco auctions business-and-economy computer-and-internet-info content-delivery-networks dating dynamic-dns educat
ional-institutions entertainment-and-arts financial-services gambling games government hacking healt
h-and-medicine home-and-garden hunting-and-fishing internet-communications-and-telephony internet-po
rtals job-search legal malware military motor-vehicles music news not-resolved nudity online-storage
-and-backup parked peer-to-peer personal-sites-and-blogs philosophy-and-political-advocacy phishing
private-ip-addresses proxy-avoidance-and-anonymizers questionable real-estate recreation-and-hobbies
reference-and-research religion search-engines sex-education shareware-and-freeware shopping social
-networking society sports stock-advice-and-tools streaming-media swimsuits-and-intimate-apparel tra
ining-and-tools translation travel unknown weapons web-advertisements web-based-email web-hosting ]
you can see ional-institutions is in second line / click End button to go on the end of the line press right arrow and then back space you have to repeat this procedure to bring the above format in one line
like :
Copy and paste the same on the firewall B
This the output from the other firewall ( firewall B ) on which we have pasted the above commands
The url fitering profile is successfully imported on firewall B
type these commands on firewall A and close the cli
Note: If you are getting any error while pasting the Url filtering prolies which is related to the custom URL category, you can also delete the same on a notepad++ (delete the name of custom category) before pasting on the CLI of firewall B.
Thank you.