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Server URL

Server URL

The URL match list is used to exempt URLs from caching and to enable forwarding specific URLs to a web proxy server. URLs, URL patterns, and numeric IP addresses can be added to the match list.

For example, if your users access web sites that are not compatible with FortiProxy web caching, you can add the URLs of these web sites to the web caching exempt list, and all traffic accepted by a web cache policy for these websites will not be cached.

To see the available URL match entries, go to Proxy Settings > Server URL.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings or rows to change the order.

The following options are available:

Create New

Create a URL match entry. See Create or edit a URL match entry.

Edit

Edit a URL match entry. See Create or edit a URL match entry.

Delete

Remove a URL match entry from the list.

Search

Enter a search term to find in the list.

Name

The name for the URL match entry.

Type

URL match type, which can be one of the following:

  • simple—The URL match entry is a simple URL.

  • wildcard—The URL match entry is defined as a set of URLs with a wildcard in it.

  • list—The URL match entry is defined as a list of URLs.

URL

The URL pattern or list to match.

Cache Exemption

Whether the URL is exempt from caching.

Forward Server

Name of the forwarding server that the URL is forwarded to. To create a forwarding server, see Create or edit a forwarding server.

Explicit Web Proxy

Explicit proxy that the URL match entry applies to.

Status

The status is either enable or disable.

Scope

Scope that the URL match entry applies to. For example, it can be the VDOM where the URL match entry is created.

Ref.

Displays the number of times the object is referenced to other objects.

To view the location of the referenced object, select the number in Ref., and the Object Usage window appears displaying the various locations of the referenced object.

Comments

Optional description of the URL match entry.

Server URL

Server URL

The URL match list is used to exempt URLs from caching and to enable forwarding specific URLs to a web proxy server. URLs, URL patterns, and numeric IP addresses can be added to the match list.

For example, if your users access web sites that are not compatible with FortiProxy web caching, you can add the URLs of these web sites to the web caching exempt list, and all traffic accepted by a web cache policy for these websites will not be cached.

To see the available URL match entries, go to Proxy Settings > Server URL.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings or rows to change the order.

The following options are available:

Create New

Create a URL match entry. See Create or edit a URL match entry.

Edit

Edit a URL match entry. See Create or edit a URL match entry.

Delete

Remove a URL match entry from the list.

Search

Enter a search term to find in the list.

Name

The name for the URL match entry.

Type

URL match type, which can be one of the following:

  • simple—The URL match entry is a simple URL.

  • wildcard—The URL match entry is defined as a set of URLs with a wildcard in it.

  • list—The URL match entry is defined as a list of URLs.

URL

The URL pattern or list to match.

Cache Exemption

Whether the URL is exempt from caching.

Forward Server

Name of the forwarding server that the URL is forwarded to. To create a forwarding server, see Create or edit a forwarding server.

Explicit Web Proxy

Explicit proxy that the URL match entry applies to.

Status

The status is either enable or disable.

Scope

Scope that the URL match entry applies to. For example, it can be the VDOM where the URL match entry is created.

Ref.

Displays the number of times the object is referenced to other objects.

To view the location of the referenced object, select the number in Ref., and the Object Usage window appears displaying the various locations of the referenced object.

Comments

Optional description of the URL match entry.