Create or edit an ICAP profile

Select Create New to open the New ICAP Profile window.

To open the Edit ICAP Profile window, select an ICAP profile and then click Edit.

Configure the following settings in the New ICAP Profile window or Edit ICAP Profile window and then click OK:

Name	Specify a name for the ICAP profile. After you create an ICAP profile, you cannot change the name.
Request Processing	Enable or disable request processing. When enabled, you can further configure the following options: Server—Select an existing server from the list or create a new server. Path—Path to the processing component on the server, such as `/proprietary_code/content-filter/`. Method—Allowed HTTP methods that will be sent to ICAP server for further processing. Click the Add button to add more methods to the list. Click the Delete button on the right of a method to delete it from the list. On failure—Action to take if the ICAP server cannot be contacted when processing an HTTP request. Error—HTTP or FTP traffic reports an error and is blocked when the ICAP server is down. Bypass—HTTP or FTP traffic can still pass through when the ICAP server is down.
Response Processing	Enable or disable response processing. When enabled, you can further configure the following options: Server—Select an existing server from the list or create a new server. Path—Path to the processing component on the server, such as `/proprietary_code/content-filter/`. On failure—Action to take if the ICAP server cannot be contacted when processing an HTTP response. Error—HTTP or FTP traffic reports an error and is blocked when the ICAP server is down. Bypass—HTTP or FTP traffic can still pass through when the ICAP server is down.
Streaming Media Bypass	Specify whether to bypass offloading of streaming media to the ICAP server. When enabled, streaming media is not offloaded to the ICAP server.
Preview	Enable preview of data to the ICAP server. When enabled, you can further configure the Preview Data Length, which is the preview data length to be sent to the ICAP server.
Allow 204 Response	Specify whether to allow 204 response. When enabled, you can further configure the 204 Size Limit.
Scan Size Limit 7.0.10	Specify the ICAP server scan size limit for a single request within the range of 0-4096 (MB). The default is 0 MB, which means unlimited.
Protocol	Select the FTP protocol: FTP or SSH. You can select both. When a protocol is enabled, you can further configure the following options: Server—Select an existing server from the list or create a new server. On failure—Action to take if the FTP server cannot be contacted when processing an FTP request. Error—FTP traffic reports an error and is blocked when the FTP server is down. Bypass—FTP traffic can still pass through when the FTP server is down. Path—Path to the processing component on the server, such as `/proprietary_code/content-filter/`.
Headers	View existing ICAP headers or create a new ICAP header using the Create New button. When creating a new ICAP header, specify the following options in the Create Header window: Name—Name of the HTTP forwarded header. Header Content—HTTP header content. Base64 Encoding—Enable or disable base64 encoding of HTTP content.

TCP connection pool for connections to ICAP server

A TCP connection pool can maintain local-out TCP connections to the external ICAP server due to a backend update in the FortiProxy unit. TCP connections will not be terminated once data has been exchanged with the ICAP server, but instead are reused in the next ICAP session to maximize efficiency.

Use case

In this scenario, an ICAP profile is used as a UTM profile in an explicit web proxy policy, and a client visits web servers through this proxy policy.

After the WAD is initialized, when a HTTP request is sent from the client to the server through the FortiProxy unit with an ICAP profile applied to the matched proxy policy, a TCP connection is established between the FortiProxy unit and the ICAP server to exchange data.

When an ICAP session is finished, the TCP connection is kept in the WAD connection pool. When another ICAP session needs to be established, the WAD will check if there are any idle connections available in the connection pool. If an idle connection is available, it will be reused; otherwise, a new TCP connection is established for the ICAP session. This process can be checked in the WAD debug log.

ICAP server response extension headers

ICAP server responses can be configured to include X-Virus-ID, X-Infection-Found, and X-Violation-Found extension headers.

config icap local-server
    edit 1
        config icap-service
            edit 1
                set extension-headers {X-Virus-id X-Infection-Found X-Violation-Found}
            next
        end
    next
end

X-Virus-id	Enable X-Virus-ID ICAP extension header.
X-Infection-Found	Enable X-Infection-Found ICAP extension header.
X-Violation-Found	Enable X-Violation-Found ICAP extension header.

X-Scan-Progress-Interval header in the FortiProxy ICAP client

You can specify that the X-Scan-Progress-Interval header is used in the FortiProxy ICAP client and specify the scan progress interval value:

config icap profile
    edit <profile_name>
        set response {enable | disable}
        set response-server <name_of_ICAP_server>
        set response-path <HTTP_response_processing_service>
        set extension-feature scan-progress
        set scan-progress-interval <5-30 seconds (default = 10)>
    next
end

Timeout configuration for the FortiProxy ICAP client

You can configure the number of seconds that the ICAP client waits for a response from the ICAP server:

config icap profile
    edit <profile_name>
        set timeout <30-3600 seconds (default = 30)>
    next
end

Create or edit an ICAP profile

Select Create New to open the New ICAP Profile window.

To open the Edit ICAP Profile window, select an ICAP profile and then click Edit.

Configure the following settings in the New ICAP Profile window or Edit ICAP Profile window and then click OK:

Name	Specify a name for the ICAP profile. After you create an ICAP profile, you cannot change the name.
Request Processing	Enable or disable request processing. When enabled, you can further configure the following options: Server—Select an existing server from the list or create a new server. Path—Path to the processing component on the server, such as `/proprietary_code/content-filter/`. Method—Allowed HTTP methods that will be sent to ICAP server for further processing. Click the Add button to add more methods to the list. Click the Delete button on the right of a method to delete it from the list. On failure—Action to take if the ICAP server cannot be contacted when processing an HTTP request. Error—HTTP or FTP traffic reports an error and is blocked when the ICAP server is down. Bypass—HTTP or FTP traffic can still pass through when the ICAP server is down.
Response Processing	Enable or disable response processing. When enabled, you can further configure the following options: Server—Select an existing server from the list or create a new server. Path—Path to the processing component on the server, such as `/proprietary_code/content-filter/`. On failure—Action to take if the ICAP server cannot be contacted when processing an HTTP response. Error—HTTP or FTP traffic reports an error and is blocked when the ICAP server is down. Bypass—HTTP or FTP traffic can still pass through when the ICAP server is down.
Streaming Media Bypass	Specify whether to bypass offloading of streaming media to the ICAP server. When enabled, streaming media is not offloaded to the ICAP server.
Preview	Enable preview of data to the ICAP server. When enabled, you can further configure the Preview Data Length, which is the preview data length to be sent to the ICAP server.
Allow 204 Response	Specify whether to allow 204 response. When enabled, you can further configure the 204 Size Limit.
Scan Size Limit 7.0.10	Specify the ICAP server scan size limit for a single request within the range of 0-4096 (MB). The default is 0 MB, which means unlimited.
Protocol	Select the FTP protocol: FTP or SSH. You can select both. When a protocol is enabled, you can further configure the following options: Server—Select an existing server from the list or create a new server. On failure—Action to take if the FTP server cannot be contacted when processing an FTP request. Error—FTP traffic reports an error and is blocked when the FTP server is down. Bypass—FTP traffic can still pass through when the FTP server is down. Path—Path to the processing component on the server, such as `/proprietary_code/content-filter/`.
Headers	View existing ICAP headers or create a new ICAP header using the Create New button. When creating a new ICAP header, specify the following options in the Create Header window: Name—Name of the HTTP forwarded header. Header Content—HTTP header content. Base64 Encoding—Enable or disable base64 encoding of HTTP content.

TCP connection pool for connections to ICAP server

Use case

In this scenario, an ICAP profile is used as a UTM profile in an explicit web proxy policy, and a client visits web servers through this proxy policy.

ICAP server response extension headers

ICAP server responses can be configured to include X-Virus-ID, X-Infection-Found, and X-Violation-Found extension headers.

config icap local-server
    edit 1
        config icap-service
            edit 1
                set extension-headers {X-Virus-id X-Infection-Found X-Violation-Found}
            next
        end
    next
end

X-Virus-id	Enable X-Virus-ID ICAP extension header.
X-Infection-Found	Enable X-Infection-Found ICAP extension header.
X-Violation-Found	Enable X-Violation-Found ICAP extension header.

X-Scan-Progress-Interval header in the FortiProxy ICAP client

You can specify that the X-Scan-Progress-Interval header is used in the FortiProxy ICAP client and specify the scan progress interval value:

config icap profile
    edit <profile_name>
        set response {enable | disable}
        set response-server <name_of_ICAP_server>
        set response-path <HTTP_response_processing_service>
        set extension-feature scan-progress
        set scan-progress-interval <5-30 seconds (default = 10)>
    next
end

Timeout configuration for the FortiProxy ICAP client

You can configure the number of seconds that the ICAP client waits for a response from the ICAP server:

config icap profile
    edit <profile_name>
        set timeout <30-3600 seconds (default = 30)>
    next
end

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Create or edit an ICAP profile

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Use case

ICAP server response extension headers

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Timeout configuration for the FortiProxy ICAP client

Create or edit an ICAP profile

Create or edit an ICAP profile

TCP connection pool for connections to ICAP server

Use case

ICAP server response extension headers

X-Scan-Progress-Interval header in the FortiProxy ICAP client