Saving the Bluecoat source configuration files

Before starting the conversion wizard, save a copy of your Bluecoat configuration file to the computer where FortiConverter is installed.

To save the source configuration files

1. In the web UI, go to Backup & Firmware.
2. Click Import Export.
3. Select Export full configurations in block Export.
4. Click Export and save the configuration file, which should be XML-formatted.

Specify web access layers by adding key strings

FortiConverter is able to merge SSL intercept layer, authentication layer and forwarding layer into the web access layer in Bluecoat and convert them into the proxy policy list in FortiGate.

To perform the layer merge, it is required to add the keyword "Web Access Layer" into the name of web access layers inside the config file. Since FortiConverter cannot always correctly identify web access layers in the config, it is necessary to manually specify them in the layer name. For example:

Originally, the definition of web access layer name is:

;; Tab: [User WAL]

Please add the keyword "Web Access Layer" into the layer name:

;; Tab: [User WAL Web Access Layer]

When FortiConverter finds the keyword in the layer name, the layer will be marked as a web access layer.

For more description about the layer merge, please see the section Bluecoat Layer Merge.