Configure URL Filtering Rules

Before you begin

First create the user profiles to be associated with your URL filtering rules.

About this task

Extreme Networks routers support HTTP URL filtering rules, which define URL filtering by allowed list, blocked list, and category. Use this task to create a new URL rule, add filters to that rule, and then associate the rule with a User Profile.

Procedure

Select the add icon.
Enter a name for the rule.
Enter an optional description.
Select an existing URL filter from the table.
To create a new URL filter, select the add icon above the table.

Note
Allowed lists and blocked lists can be applied to both HTTP and HTTPS, but there are some differences. For HTTPS, you can only get the domain name (for example, www.google.com ), so if you configure the URL as www.google.com/xxxx, HTTPS cannot match it, but if you configure the URL as www.google.com or *.google.com, then HTTPS can match it. This does not apply to HTTP.
Select the Whitelist subtab.
1. Manually enter up to 32 allowed URLs.
2. You can also import a .cvs file containing up to 32 URLs by dragging the file into the field or searching for an existing .cvs file.
  The file format must be as follows:
```
cloud-whitelist1.aerohive.com
cloud-w2.aerohive.com
cloud-w3.aerohive.com
cloud-w4.aerohive.com
cloud-w5.aerohive.com
cloud-w6.aerohive.com

cloud-blacklist1.aerohive.com
cloud-b2.aerohive.com
cloud-b4.aerohive.com
cloud-b6.aerohive.com
```
Select the Blacklist subtab.
1. Manually enter up to 32 allowed URLs.
  You can also import a .cvs file containing up to 32 URLs by dragging the file into the field or searching for an existing .cvs file.
Select the Categories subtab.
Choose the categories this rule blocks.
Schedule when this filter is actively applied to the rule.
1. Select an existing Schedule.
2. Select Add to create a new Schedule.
  - Enter a name and an optional description.
  - Select one time or recurring.
  - For one time, enter a start and end date and time.
  - For recurring, choose to have this report generated daily, or customize using the day and time range option. You can also add multiple time ranges to this schedule. To limit the recurrence of this schedule, select the calendar icons to insert dates into the Start and End fields.
3. Select Save Schedule.
Select Save Detail.
Continue adding filters if needed.
Select Save URL Rule.
Select user profiles to associate with this rule or create new profiles.
To create a new user profile, see Add a User Profile.

What to do next

Add this URL Filtering Rule to a network policy Router Settings.