Groups tab

This tab consists of two separate parts:

  • The list of web service groups on the left side of the screen,
  • The properties and members of the selected group on the right side of the screen.

List of groups grid

This grid contains:

  • Predefined groups containing official web services (cloud computing, Microsoft, etc.),
  • Custom groups, if any, meant to contain official and custom web services. Such groups are manually created by the administrator.

The following are a group's characteristics:

Name Name given to the group.
Usage

When the color of the icon is:

  • Green, the group in question is used in the firewall's configuration.
  • Black, the group in question is not used in the firewall's configuration.
Number of members Shows the number of web services that make up the group.
Comments Shows optional comments entered when the group was created or edited (only for custom groups).

When you scroll over a group, a tooltip shows its properties:

  • Name: the name of the group, e.g., Microsoft,
  • Read only: indicates whether the group can be renamed or deleted. Official web service groups are always in read-only mode,
  • Members of the group: lists the web services included in the group.

Possible operations on the List of groups grid

Enter a filter Enter a sequence of letters found in the name of the web service groups you are looking for, to restrict the display to these groups.
Select all By clicking on this button, all service groups found in the grid will be selected.
Add

This button makes it possible to create a new blank custom group:

  1. Click on Add.
  2. Enter the Group name (no spaces allowed).
  3. Add Comments if necessary.
  4. Click on Apply.
Rename

This action is allowed only for custom groups.

  1. Select the custom group that you wish to rename.
  2. Click on Rename.
  3. Enter the new Group name.
  4. Click on Apply.
Delete

This action is allowed only for custom groups.

  1. Enter the custom group(s) that you want to delete (select several by pressing [Ctrl]).
  2. Click on Remove.
  3. Confirm by clicking on OK.
Check usage

This button allows you to check whether a web service group listed in the grid is used in the firewall's configuration:

  1. Select the group.
  2. Click on Check usage.
    The configuration modules that use this group are shown in the menu on the left.

Editing the properties and members of a service group

Double-click on the group you want to edit. Only custom groups can be edited.

The properties and members of the selected group will appear on the right side of the screen.

Group properties

Comments Enter comments for the group if necessary.
These comments are immediately applied (they appear automatically in the service group grid).

Members of the group grid

Enter a filter Enter a sequence of letters found in the names of the web service group members you are looking for, to restrict the display to these members.
Select all

By clicking on this button, all members found in the group will be selected so that a common action can be applied to all of them (Delete).
Add

This button makes it possible to add web services (official and custom) or web service groups to the custom group being edited:

  1. Click on Add.
    The list of web services and service groups defined on the firewall appears. Services already in the group will be highlighted in yellow and the checkbox next to their name is selected.

NOTE
Groups containing a service already in the group being edited cannot be added.

  1. Select the checkboxes next to the Web services or groups that you want to add.
    Changes are applied immediately.
Delete

This action is allowed only for custom groups.

  1. Enter the web services or web service groups that you want to delete from the group being edited (select several by pressing [Ctrl]).
  2. Click on Remove.
    Changes are applied immediately.