4 Configuration
The Configuration tab provides an interface for setting web security, browsing policy options, and
performing appliance network configuration and administrative tasks.
Note
The post-installation tasks do not appear on a Web Appliance that is joined to a Management
Appliance, and the only item on the Quick Tasks sidebar is Configure Central Management
The Configuration tab sidebar lists all of the available configuration pages. They are as follows:
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Use the Accounts pages to create and manage appliance administrator accounts and to set
user notification page preferences.
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Use the Group Policy pages to set specialized URL filtering for groups and individuals,
including setting modified URL web access policy during specific times or additional policies
for specific purposes.
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Use the Global Policy pages to change the Web Appliance URL filtering behavior.
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Use the System pages to update, back up. and restore the appliance’s system and to change
its configuration.
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Use the Network pages to change the configuration of the appliance’s connection to, and
identity within, your organization’s network and to check network connectivity.
After installation or a major upgrade, the Configuration Homepage displays a list of
post-installation tasks that you should perform to ensure that the appliance performs optimally in
your environment. The title of each task links to the configuration page where these configuration
tasks should be performed. The post-installation tasks are:
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on page 75: Use this page to configure how URL requests to sites
categorized by content type and download types are handled by the appliance.
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on page 84: Use this page to choose whether the default policy is
applied to everyone or to selected groups of users.
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on page 89: Use this page to set additional policies that can be
used as exceptions to the Default Policy and the Special Hours Policy and which are executed
as part of the Web Appliance’s application of acceptable browsing policy.
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on page 123: Use this page to configure the appliance’s access to your
server.
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on page 128: Use this page to configure the appliance’s access to your
server.
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on page 108: Use this page to configure the Web Appliance to examine
HTTPS certificates and automatically accept valid, known certificates.
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on page 65: Use this page to modify the appearance of the notification
pages that the Web Appliance displays to users when they try to access virus-infected files,
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