Network discovery

Description

The Network discovery tool will be in charge to scan the networks to find the hosts and retrieve information about user accounts. Network discovery can detect system accounts as well.

First of all, you need to create the networks that you want to scan. Visit the Networks page for more information. Then, on the Network discovery page, you need to configure for each network, the accounts and passwords of potential administrators to connect to the host and retrieve the information. And finally, you need to start the process execution or you can schedule the execution of the network discovery task.

The operating system of machines can be Windows or Linux and it is not necessary to install any additional software on those machines. 

Once the machines and accounts, both user and system, have been discovered, the critical accounts must be located in the password vault. You can visit the Password vault page for more information.

Screen overview

Standard attributes

Network attributes

Basic 

Those attributes are readOnly, you can update them on the Networks page.

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Server

Accounts to probe

When you register a new account, that will be created as an unmanaged account. 

Schedule

For each value of month, day, hour, minute, or day of the week:

Current execution

Last execution

Previous executions

List the information about the previous executions:

Machine attributes

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Actions

Network discovery query

Add new account repository

Allows you to create a new agent.

You must select the System type and the login name and password. When the agent is created, if the connection is successful, the reconciliation process will be executed.

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Agent definition

Allows you to browse to the agent definition.

Accounts

Allows you to browse the accounts page and the accounts, which belong to this system, will be displayed

Add new entry point

Allows you to create a new entry point. 

You must select the Entry point type and the pale to locate it. Once the entry point is created, you can connect to the target system. Bear in mind, that if you need to create an account to connect, when you set the password to this account, the system (agent) must be in No ReadOnly mode.

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Entry point definition

Allows you to browse to the entry point definition.

Network discovery detail

Apply changes

Allows you to save the data of network detail. To save the data it will be mandatory to fill in the required fields.

Undo

Allows you to undo any changes made.

Accounts to probe
Add

Allows you to add a new administrator potential account to connect to the machines of the network.  To add a new account, first of all, you need to click the add button (+) and close the accounts to probe list. Then you will need to choose if you want to add an existing account or register a new account.


save the data of a new network or update the data of a specific network. To save the data it will be mandatory to fill in the required fields

Delete

Allows you to delete one or more accounts of the accounts to probe. You need to select one or more records and next click the button with the subtraction symbol (-).


Schedule 

Start now

Allows you to launch the task execution.

Previous execution

 Logs

Allows you to download the log files of previous executions.

Machine

 Delete

Allows you to delete the machine and the PAM connectors for the device. Soffid will display a message to confirm the deletion process.


Revision #15
Created 21 July 2021 08:05:14 by pgarcia@soffid.com
Updated 19 July 2023 09:30:18 by pgarcia@soffid.com