Overview

This article provides the steps to whitelist specific websites for specific users in both GFI WebMonitor 2013 and GFI WebMonitor 2015 or later.

Process

To whitelists websites for a particular user in GFI WebMonitor, follow the below instructions based on the current version you are running:

GFI WebMonitor 2013

1. Open the GFI WebMonitor Configuration.
2. Expand the WebFilter Edition node, and then click on Web Filtering Policies node.
3. Click the Add Policy button to create a new Web Filtering Policy for the particular users.
4. Click the General tab and define the name of the new policy.
5. From the Web Filtering tab, configure the appropriate categories for the specific Users/Group/IP.
6. Click the Exceptions tab and add any sites you wish to whitelist under the Excluded Sites section.
7. Click the Applies To tab and add the Users/Groups/IP you want to be affected by this policy.
8. Click the Save Settings button to save the new Web Filtering Policy.

GFI WebMonitor 2015 or later

1. Open the GFI WebMonitor Management Console.
2. Expand the Manage tab and select Policies.
3. Click the Add Policy button.
4. Add a name for the policy under the Add Policy Name.
5. Add the Applies to "Users, Groups, IPs" to the policy, and add the users you would like to whitelist sites for.
6. Click on the Exceptions tab and add any sites you wish to whitelist under the Excluded Sites section.
7. In the Allow, Block, Warn, Monitor, set the value to Allow.
8. Click Save to save and apply the policy.

Important notes 

• If the specific User/Group/IP is already configured in another Web Filtering rule, the below warning will be received. In this case, whitelist the website in the rule that is already configured for that specific user.
  
  <User/Group/IP> already exists in another rule.
  
  
• The procedures above apply to the GFI WebMonitor WebFilter Edition and the GFI WebMonitor UnifiedProtection Edition.