Cloud Agents have a default configuration with various settings, and this controls how they behave. These settings are saved as profiles on the Configuration Profiles tab. You can create custom configuration profiles and assign them to hosts using tags.
To create a new configuration profile, click New Profile and perform the following steps
1) Add basic details for the configuration profile. See Basic Details.
2) Select Cloud Agent hosts to which the configuration profile should be assigned. See Assign Cloud Agent Hosts.
3) Configure the settings for running VM, PC, and SCA scans. See Scan Configuration.
4) Configure the settings to enable and configure Qualys applications for data collection and remediation. See Application Configuration.
5) Configure agent scan merge settings. See Agent Scan Merge.
6) Configure reduced activity period settings. See Reduced Activity Period.
7) Configure performance settings. See Performance Settings.
8) Review the settings and create the configuration profile. See Review and Confirm.
The new configuration profile can be assigned to the host assets. See Assign Profiles to Agent Hosts.