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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 {var-string}
        set proxy {string}
        set proxy-port {integer}
        set proxy-username {string}
        set proxy-password {password}
        set server-identity-check [none|basic|...]
        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

name

External resource name.

string

Maximum length: 35

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.

url

URL List.

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.

var-string

Maximum length: 255

proxy

Proxy server host(ip or domain name).

string

Maximum length: 255

proxy-port

Port number that the proxy server expects to receive HTTP sessions on.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

8080

proxy-username

HTTP proxy basic authentication user name.

string

Maximum length: 64

proxy-password

HTTP proxy basic authentication password.

password

Not Specified

server-identity-check

Certificate verification option.

option

-

none

Option

Description

none

No certificate verification.

basic

Check server certifcate only.

full

Check server certificate and verify the domain matches in the server certificate.

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

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 {var-string}
        set proxy {string}
        set proxy-port {integer}
        set proxy-username {string}
        set proxy-password {password}
        set server-identity-check [none|basic|...]
        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

name

External resource name.

string

Maximum length: 35

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.

url

URL List.

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.

var-string

Maximum length: 255

proxy

Proxy server host(ip or domain name).

string

Maximum length: 255

proxy-port

Port number that the proxy server expects to receive HTTP sessions on.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

8080

proxy-username

HTTP proxy basic authentication user name.

string

Maximum length: 64

proxy-password

HTTP proxy basic authentication password.

password

Not Specified

server-identity-check

Certificate verification option.

option

-

none

Option

Description

none

No certificate verification.

basic

Check server certifcate only.

full

Check server certificate and verify the domain matches in the server certificate.

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