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    system external-resource

    Configure external resource.

      config system external-resource
      Description: Configure external resource.
      edit <name>
          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 Name Description Type Size
    status Enable/disable user resource.
    enable: Enable user resource.
    disable: Disable user resource.
    		 option -
    type User resource type.
    category: FortiGuard category.
    address: Firewall IP address.
    domain: Domain Name.
    malware: Malware hash.
    		 option -
    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. password Not Specified
    comments Comment. var-string Maximum length: 255
    resource URI of external resource. string Maximum length: 511
    user-agent Override HTTP User-Agent header used when retrieving this external resource. string Maximum length: 127
    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
    interface-select-method Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.
    auto: Set outgoing interface automatically.
    sdwan: Set outgoing interface by SD-WAN or policy routing rules.
    specify: Set outgoing interface manually.
    		 option -
    interface Specify outgoing interface to reach server. string Maximum length: 15
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    system external-resource

    Configure external resource.

      config system external-resource
      Description: Configure external resource.
      edit <name>
          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 Name Description Type Size
    status Enable/disable user resource.
    enable: Enable user resource.
    disable: Disable user resource.
    		 option -
    type User resource type.
    category: FortiGuard category.
    address: Firewall IP address.
    domain: Domain Name.
    malware: Malware hash.
    		 option -
    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. password Not Specified
    comments Comment. var-string Maximum length: 255
    resource URI of external resource. string Maximum length: 511
    user-agent Override HTTP User-Agent header used when retrieving this external resource. string Maximum length: 127
    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
    interface-select-method Specify how to select outgoing interface to reach server.
    auto: Set outgoing interface automatically.
    sdwan: Set outgoing interface by SD-WAN or policy routing rules.
    specify: Set outgoing interface manually.
    		 option -
    interface Specify outgoing interface to reach server. string Maximum length: 15
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