Filtering Service support for YouTube in Schools

Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

Educational institutions with a software deployment of Websense Web Security or Web Filter can use a Filtering Service configuration parameter to enable YouTube for Schools. This YouTube service provides access to educational videos from inside the school network, even when other YouTube content is blocked.


	Note In Web Security Gateway and Gateway Anywhere software or appliance deployments, you can enable YouTube for Schools via Content Gateway, rather than via Filtering Service.

Once you have enrolled in the program and received a school account code or ID, first:

In the Web Security manager, navigate to the Settings > General > Filtering page, and verify that Enable search filtering is selected at the bottom of the page.

You must enable search filtering to use the YouTube in Schools feature.

If search filtering was not previously enabled, click OK and Save and Deploy to cache and implement the change.

Make sure that the YouTube is permitted for the clients that will be granted YouTube in Schools access.

When that configuration is complete, perform the following steps for each Filtering Service instance in your deployment:

Navigate to the Websense bin directory on the Filtering Service machine (C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin\ or /opt/Websense/bin/, by default).

Make a backup copy of the eimserver.ini file in another location.

Open the original eimserver.ini file and add the following lines:

[SafeSearchCustomValues]
YouTubeEDUFilter=<school_account_code>

Replace <school_account_code> with the actual code or ID received from YouTube.

Save and close the file.

Restart Filtering Service:

Windows: Use the Windows Services tool to restart Websense Filtering Service.

Linux: Use the /opt/Websense/WebsenseDaemonControl command to restart Filtering Service.