Create and Apply Tags

Create tags.
To tag a zone, you must create a tag with the same name as the zone. When the zone is attached in policy 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 policy 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.