Palo Alto: How To Create Custom URL Categories

This document describes the steps to create a Custom URL Category list, use the list in a URL Filtering profile, and then applying the profile in a security policy.

1.  For PAN-OS 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, go to Objects > Custom URL Category and click Add

For PAN OS 6.0, 'Custom URL Category' has been renamed as 'URL Category' and moved under Objects > Custom Objects:

2.  Fill in the Name, Description, and the URLs of the category members (one per line).
Note: A list of URLs can also be imported from a file.

To apply the the custom category to a URL filtering profile:
1.  Go to Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering and click Add.
2.  Name the profile and select the custom category.
Note: The newly created category appears in the Category list with an asterisk next to it.

3.  Optionally, add URLs to the Allow/Block lists as appropriate.

To apply the URL filtering profile in a security policy:
1.  Go to Policies > Security
2.  Select or create a security policy
3.  Select the custom profile for URL Filtering, under Profile Setting:

4.  Commit

The Palo Alto Networks firewall will process the filter as follows:

• Block list
• Allow list
• Custom category
• Pre-defined category

Reference:
How To Create Custom URL Categories
https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-1500