How to Switch from Application Rules to Policy Profiles

Before You Begin

Switching from application rules to policy rules will not affect any of your access rules. However, if you have enabled application-based provider selection or other application-related details in an access rule, resetting the application rule set replaces the configured object with the default settings. For this reason, make sure you save the rule to a file or repository if you want to revert to the old rule set later.

Generally, it is recommended to create a backup of your configuration before switching from application rules to policy profiles in case you want to do the following:

Use the configuration as a configuration reference for setting up policy profiles
Switch back to application rules later

On a Control Center, you can also create a copy of your configuration to a repository.

For more information, see Backups and Recovery and Repositories.

Switch from Application Rules to Policy Profiles

Step 1. (optional) On a Control Center, create a copy of your application rule set to the repository.

For more information, see Repositories.

Step 2. Enable policy profiles in the rule set setup.

On the CloudGen Firewall, go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Assigned Services > Firewall > Forwarding Rules.
Click Lock.
1. (optional) Depending on whether you have already confirmed switching to policy profiles, you might be presented with a confirmation screen each time you click Lock before editing access rules.
  1. If you do not want to confirm this for your current session, click No.
  2. If you do not want the dialog window to be displayed again, select Do not ask me again and then click No.
In the left menu, expand Settings and select Setup... .
The Ruleset Setup window is displayed.
From the Application Control drop-down list, select Policy Profiles.
Click OK.

Note the difference between the configuration nodes in the configuration tree:

Configuration Nodes with Application Rules	Configuration Nodes with Policy Profiles

Configuration Nodes with Application Rules	Configuration Nodes with Policy Profiles

You can now configure policies according to your requirements. For more information, see How to Configure Policy Profiles.