Warning  (TRITON AP-WEB only) Changing the policy mode is not supported on X-Series appliances that have been upgraded to version 8.3 from version 8.2 or earlier. When the "set mode" command is used to change the policy mode, an error is returned. The last line of the error output is: ERROR: [the time]: ApplianceModeChanger::main(): Unable to switch appliance modes. The policy mode can be changed on version 8.3 X-Series appliances sourced from the factory or that have been re-imaged with version 8.3. All appliances can use the "set mode" command to change the policy source location (the IP address of the policy source host machine).

Important  Content Gateway must be restarted after the policy mode is changed.

Action and Syntax	Details
Sets the policy mode to full (also known as full policy source). set mode full	(Web only) The primary instance of Policy Server also runs on the policy source machine.
Sets the policy mode to user directory and filtering (sometimes referred to as policy lite). set mode user --policy-source <off_box_ip_address>	(Web only) A user directory and filtering appliance is a lightweight version of the policy source machine. Example: set mode user --policy-source 10.10.10.10
Sets the policy mode to filtering only. set mode filter --policy-server <off_box_ip_address>	(Web only) A filtering only appliance is configured to point to a Policy Server. This works best when the appliance is close to the Policy Server and on the same network. Example: set mode filter --policy-server 10.10.10.10