Defining Shared URL Groups in MyKerio

Overview

This article shares information about defining shared URL groups in MyKerio by covering the following topics: 

• Purpose of Shared URL Groups
• Adding New URL Groups
• Importing Existing Kerio Control URL Groups

Note: This functionality is only available for appliances using Kerio Control 9.0 or newer versions. Learn more about sharing definitions using MyKerio.

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Purpose of Shared URL Groups

URL groups enable you to define content rules in Kerio Control. For example, to disable access to a group of web pages, you can define a URL group and assign permissions to the group, rather than defining permissions for each individual URL.

A URL group rule is processed faster than a larger number of separate rules for individual URLs.

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Adding New URL Groups

Follow these steps to create a new URL definition group and then add any new items:

1. In MyKerio, go to Shared Definitions > URL Groups.
2. If you have more than one organization, select the appropriate one.
   
   
   
   
3. In the toolbar, click the plus icon (+).
4. In the Add URL Group dialog box, type a name for the group.
5. Click Add. MyKerio creates a new URL group, and you can add items.
6. Click the plus icon (+) on the row with the URL group.
   
   
   
   
7. In the Add URL dialog box, add a URL or another URL group. A URL can be specified by using:
   • The full address of a server, document, or web page without protocol specification (http://);
   • Substrings with wildcard characters * or ?, where an asterisk stands for any number of characters while a question mark represents one character; or
   • Regular expressions.
     
     Note: Learn more about using wildcards and regular expressions in URLs.
8. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description for the URL, especially when using a regular expression. Click Add.
   
   
   
   
   • Confirmation: You can see the new URL groups in the MyKerio organization and all Kerio Control appliances that are included in that organization.

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Importing Existing Kerio Control URL Groups

To import shared URL groups from Kerio Control to MyKerio, you must first select the organization where the appliance is included and then import URL groups. Imported groups are automatically shared with other Kerio Control appliances. 

Follow these steps to import:

1. In MyKerio, go to Shared Definitions > URL Groups.
2. Select the organization.
3. Click the import icon  in the toolbar.
4. In the Import Shared Definitions dialog box, select the appliance from the drop-down list.
5. Select the groups you want to share.
6. Click Import.
   • Confirmation: You can see the imported URL groups in the MyKerio organization and all Kerio Control appliances that are included in that organization.