Use tags to identify the purpose of a rule or configuration object and to help you
better organize your rulebase.
Create and apply tags.
To tag a zone, you must create a tag with the same name as the zone. When
the zone is attached in security rules, the tag color automatically
displays as the background color against the zone name.
Select
Objects
Tags
.
On Panorama or a multiple virtual system firewall, select the
Device Group
or the
Virtual
System
to make the tag available.
Add
a tag and enter a
Name
to identify the tag or select a zone
Name
to create a tag for a zone. The maximum
length is 127 characters.
(
Optional
) Select
Shared
to create the
object in a shared location for access as a shared object in Panorama or
for use across all virtual systems in a multiple virtual system
firewall.
(
Optional
) Assign a
Color
from the 17
predefined colors. By default,
Color
is
None
.
Click
OK
and
Commit
to
save your changes.
Apply tags to policy.
Select
Policies
and any rulebase under it.
Add
a security rule and use the tagged objects you
created in Step 1.
Verify that the tags are in use.
Apply tags to an address object, address group, service, or service
group.
Create the object.
For example, to create a service group, select
Objects
Service Groups
Add
.
Select a tag (
Tags
) or enter a name in the field
to create a new tag.
To edit a tag or add color to the tag, see Modify Tags.
Modify Tags
Select
Objects
Tags
to perform any of the following operations with tags:
Click the
Name
to edit the properties of a
tag.
Select a tag in the table and
Delete
the
tag from the firewall.
Clone
a tag to duplicate it with the same
properties. A numerical suffix is added to the tag name (for
example, FTP-1).