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config system external-resource

config system external-resource

Configure external resource.

config system external-resource

Description: Configure external resource.

edit <name>

set uuid {uuid}

set status [enable|disable]

set type [category|address|...]

set category {integer}

set username {string}

set password {password}

set comments {var-string}

set resource {string}

set user-agent {string}

set refresh-rate {integer}

set source-ip {ipv4-address}

set interface-select-method [auto|sdwan|...]

set interface {string}

next

end

config system external-resource

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

uuid

Universally Unique Identifier (UUID; automatically assigned but can be manually reset).

uuid

Not Specified

00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

status

Enable/disable user resource.

option

-

enable

Option

Description

enable

Enable user resource.

disable

Disable user resource.

type

User resource type.

option

-

category

Option

Description

category

FortiGuard category.

address

Firewall IP address.

domain

Domain Name.

malware

Malware hash.

category

User resource category.

integer

Minimum value: 192 Maximum value: 221

0

username

HTTP basic authentication user name.

string

Maximum length: 64

password

HTTP basic authentication password.

password

Not Specified

comments

Comment.

var-string

Maximum length: 255

resource

URI of external resource.

string

Maximum length: 511

user-agent

HTTP User-Agent header .

string

Maximum length: 127

curl/7.58.0

refresh-rate

Time interval to refresh external resource .

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 43200

5

source-ip

Source IPv4 address used to communicate with server.

ipv4-address

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

interface-select-method

Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.

option

-

auto

Option

Description

auto

Set outgoing interface automatically.

sdwan

Set outgoing interface by SD-WAN or policy routing rules.

specify

Set outgoing interface manually.

interface

Specify outgoing interface to reach server.

string

Maximum length: 15

config system external-resource

Configure external resource.

config system external-resource

Description: Configure external resource.

edit <name>

set uuid {uuid}

set status [enable|disable]

set type [category|address|...]

set category {integer}

set username {string}

set password {password}

set comments {var-string}

set resource {string}

set user-agent {string}

set refresh-rate {integer}

set source-ip {ipv4-address}

set interface-select-method [auto|sdwan|...]

set interface {string}

next

end

config system external-resource

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

uuid

Universally Unique Identifier (UUID; automatically assigned but can be manually reset).

uuid

Not Specified

00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

status

Enable/disable user resource.

option

-

enable

Option

Description

enable

Enable user resource.

disable

Disable user resource.

type

User resource type.

option

-

category

Option

Description

category

FortiGuard category.

address

Firewall IP address.

domain

Domain Name.

malware

Malware hash.

category

User resource category.

integer

Minimum value: 192 Maximum value: 221

0

username

HTTP basic authentication user name.

string

Maximum length: 64

password

HTTP basic authentication password.

password

Not Specified

comments

Comment.

var-string

Maximum length: 255

resource

URI of external resource.

string

Maximum length: 511

user-agent

HTTP User-Agent header .

string

Maximum length: 127

curl/7.58.0

refresh-rate

Time interval to refresh external resource .

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 43200

5

source-ip

Source IPv4 address used to communicate with server.

ipv4-address

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

interface-select-method

Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.

option

-

auto

Option

Description

auto

Set outgoing interface automatically.

sdwan

Set outgoing interface by SD-WAN or policy routing rules.

specify

Set outgoing interface manually.

interface

Specify outgoing interface to reach server.

string

Maximum length: 15