What is the correct process tor creating a custom URL category?

In the PAN-OS web interface, custom URL categories are created as reusable objects. The correct navigation path to define these objects is under the Objects tab, specifically within the Custom Objects section. From there, you select URL Category and then click Add to create a new custom list of URLs. This custom category can then be used in a URL Filtering security profile to define policy actions (e.g., allow, alert, block) for the sites listed within it.

A. Objects > Security Profiles > URL Category > Add: The Security Profiles section is used to create URL Filtering profiles that utilize URL categories, not for defining the custom categories themselves.

B. Objects > Custom Objects > URL Filtering > Add: The sub-menu under Custom Objects is URL Category, not URL Filtering. URL Filtering refers to the security profile type.

C. Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering > Add: This path is for creating a URL Filtering profile, which is a separate configuration object from a custom URL category.

1. Palo Alto Networks. (2023). PAN-OS® Administrator’s Guide Version 11.0. "Objects > Custom Objects > URL Category". The guide states

"To define a custom URL category

select Objects > Custom Objects > URL Category and Add a new category." This section details the exact steps for creation.

2. Palo Alto Networks. (2021). PAN-OS® Administrator’s Guide Version 10.1. "Create a Custom URL Category". This document provides the same procedural path: "Select Objects > Custom Objects > URL Category. Click Add and enter a descriptive Name for the category."