Installation and Uninstallation

When the SwCA application is activated for a Cloud Agent, the following files are downloaded from the Qualys CDN server and installed on the asset:

• For Linux assets—. qualys-swca-datacollector package. You can view the SwCA application installed as the qualys-swca-datacollector package in the software package manager of the operating system.
• For Windows assets— SwCAScanner.exe file. During the SwCA scanning process, the SwCAScanner.exe appears among the running processes of the operating system.

For list of Qualys CDN URLs, see the Prerequisites section.

When the SwCA application is deactivated for the Cloud Agent, the qualys-swca-datacollector package is uninstallaed from the Linux asset, and the SwCAScanner.exe file is removed from the Windows assets.