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Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:17:40 GMT

I created a custom URL category and then tried to delete it and got this on the validate, any ideas please?

Operation Validate

Status Failed

Details member corp-blocking-exclusions is an invalid reference

Invalid block

Invalid url-filtering corp default

Invalid url-filtering

Invalid profiles

Invalid vsys vsys1

Invalid vsys

Invalid configuration for localhost.localdomain

Invalid devices

Any ideas please?

This is on 3.1.1, doesn't appear to matter if the category is set to block/allow or anything else in the URL profiles.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

nrice — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:00:00 GMT

This is a bug that was fixed in 3.1.2.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:24:00 GMT

OK I've just upgraded to 3.1.2 and still can't delete these custom categories, when I try to I get:

Delete failed for the following:

corp-blocking-exclusions: The specified object(s) cannot be deleted because of references in one of the following object(s):

custom-url-category url-filtering corp default

I've tried with the url filtering profile set to allow and block for that custom url category and it makes no difference - what am I missing please?

Thanks.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

nrice — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:56:00 GMT

You have to delete any filters using the custom category before you can delete the category. Similarly, if you have a policy using a filter in which there is a custom category, you have to delete the policy as well.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:43:12 GMT

OK sorry can you explain that a bit more step by step please?

I created some URL categories and put some URLs in them.

They automatically show up in all my URL Filtering Profiles, I've not specifically added them.

What exactly do I need to do to delete the custom categories please?

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

nrice — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:27:29 GMT

The error message you received indicates that URLs assigned to your custom category were used in block or allow lists in a URL filter called " corp default" . If you delete the "corp default" URL filter, (won't work to just delete the URLs in the "corp default" filter), you should be able to delete your custom category.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:40:26 GMT

So you're saying if I have a URL filtering profile "Corp Default" that had www.domain.com in its allow list section, and I then remove www.domain.com from the allow list and add it to a custom URL category, I can't delete that custom URL category without deleting the entire original "Corp Default" URL profile, which is used on all manner of access rules...?

Have I misunderstood, because if that's correct surely that can't be by design as it just seems plain broken?

I presume I could clone "Corp Default" to at least save a little of the duplication work needed here?

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

nrice — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:53:03 GMT

Engineering is looking into allowing the deletion of categories irrespective of references and then automatically cleaning up the references. In the meantime, you need to delete either the policy or profile in which the URLs listed in the custom category are used.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:58:00 GMT

Hi,

Is there any update on if/when this feature will be available please?

Thanks.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

nrice — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:17:08 GMT

Looks like end of this month time frame.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:46:41 GMT

Cool thanks. Sounds like maybe in 3.1.4 then (I'm assuming 3.1.3 is finalised and awaiting release).

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

networkadmin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:13:49 GMT

Are we any nearer to being able to do this please?

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

nrice — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:50:23 GMT

Engineering is targeting 3.1.4 due out mid-August, though it is not finalized that it will be in that release.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

jpenalba — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:15:19 GMT

I have a Palo Alto in 3.1.4 and this error still persist.

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

SimonT — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:10:38 GMT

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-remove-a-custom-url-category-from-url-filtering-profile/td-p/41891

Issue still persist in 11.1.5! Any ideas on deleting 200+ old custom URL categories?

Re: Error deleting custom URL categories?

BPry — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:48:09 GMT

@SimonT,

Export the firewall's configuration in XML format, modify that XML to remove all of the categories that you no longer want to ensure that all references are gone, upload, load, and commit that updated configuration file.