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|domain|...]
        set update-method [feed|push]
        set category {integer}
        set username {string}
        set password {varlen_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|specify]
        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.
domain	Domain Name.
malware	Malware hash.
address	Firewall IP address.
data	Data file.
url	URL List.

update-method

External resource update method.

option

feed

Option	Description
feed	FortiGate unit will pull update from the external resource.
push	External Resource update is pushed to the FortiGate unit through the FortiGate unit's RESTAPI/CLI.

category

User resource category.

integer

Minimum value: 192 Maximum value: 221

username

HTTP basic authentication user name.

string

Maximum length: 64

password

HTTP basic authentication password.

varlen_password

Not Specified

comments

Comment.

var-string

Maximum length: 255

resource

URL of external resource.

string

Maximum length: 511

user-agent

HTTP User-Agent header (default = 'curl/7.58.0').

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 (1 - 65535, default = 8080).

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 (1 - 43200 min, default = 5 min).

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 43200

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.
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|domain|...]
        set update-method [feed|push]
        set category {integer}
        set username {string}
        set password {varlen_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|specify]
        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.
domain	Domain Name.
malware	Malware hash.
address	Firewall IP address.
data	Data file.
url	URL List.

update-method

External resource update method.

option

feed

Option	Description
feed	FortiGate unit will pull update from the external resource.
push	External Resource update is pushed to the FortiGate unit through the FortiGate unit's RESTAPI/CLI.

category

User resource category.

integer

Minimum value: 192 Maximum value: 221

username

HTTP basic authentication user name.

string

Maximum length: 64

password

HTTP basic authentication password.

varlen_password

Not Specified

comments

Comment.

var-string

Maximum length: 255

resource

URL of external resource.

string

Maximum length: 511

user-agent

HTTP User-Agent header (default = 'curl/7.58.0').

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 (1 - 65535, default = 8080).

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 (1 - 43200 min, default = 5 min).

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 43200

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.
specify	Set outgoing interface manually.

interface

Specify outgoing interface to reach server.

string

Maximum length: 15

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