Create a Generic Text Connector

This task discusses how to create an ad hoc list of IP addresses you maintain manually and retrieve at an interval you select (30 seconds by default). You can update the list of addresses anytime you want.

Before you begin

Create text files with IP addresses and put it on a web server that is accessible from the CDO. IP addresses can include CIDR notation. The text file must have only one IP address per line.

For example, you might have a list of IP addresses for an "allow list" in access control rules and another list of IP addresses for a "block list" in access control rules.

You can specify up to 10,000 IP addresses per text file.

Note	Do not include a scheme (`http://` or `https://`) in your IP addresses.

Procedure

Step 1	Log in to CDO.
Step 2	Click Tools & Services > Dynamic Attributes Connector > Connectors.
Step 3	Do any of the following: Add a new connector: click Add icon (), then click the name of the connector. Edit a connector: click Edit icon (). Delete a connector: click Delete icon ().
Step 4	Enter a Name and an optional description.
Step 5	(Optional.) In the Pull Interval field, change the frequency, in seconds, at which the dynamic attributes connector retrieves IP addresses from the text file. The default is 30 seconds. The minimum value for Pull Interval is 1 second. You can set the maximum to any value you want. We recommend against setting the minimum to a low value because it can generate a lot of traffic, and, when applicable, can result in your being billed for the traffic.
Step 6	In the URLs field, enter each URL from which to retrieve IP addresses, one URL per line.
Step 7	(Optional.) Click Add another URL to add an additional URL to monitor.
Step 8	(Optional.) In the Certificate field, paste your server's certificate chain
Step 9	Click Test and make sure the test succeeds before you save the connector.
Step 10	Click Save.
Step 11	Make sure Ok is displayed in the Status column.