Configure Connection to Qualys Applications

Once you install the Qualys Core app, you need to configure a connection with Qualys.

Qualys Core supports domain separation, which separates data between service providers, partners, and sub-organizations. This support allows Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs), and Qualys Partners to customize business process definitions and user interfaces for each domain—a form of delegated administration.

Perform the following steps to configure the connection to Qualys applications:

1. Go to Qualys Core > Configuration > Connectors to add a new connector and click New.

   

2. Enter the required details to create the connector:

   • Name - Provide a name for the connector.
   • Active - Select this option to activate the connector that you create.
   • Endpoint - Enter primary URL for the Qualys server that this connector connects to get data from Qualys. To identify the endpoint URL, refer to the API URLs in https://www.qualys.com/platform-identification/.
   • MID Server - The MID server can work as a proxy serveror middleman between ServiceNow and Qualys pod, wherein the ServiceNow instance work with limited reachability to outside sources. This is an optional field. To know how to set up MID server, refer to MID Server.
   • VMDR Healthy, FIM Healthy, and PM Healthy checkboxes indicate whether this connector's last test connection with respective applications was successful.

      These check boxes are not available while configuring a new connector. Once create a connector and click Test the connector, the check boxes are selected based on the successful connection. 

   • Authentication

     

   • Credentials - Select the appropriate credentials you have created for authentication. For details on how to create basic auth credentials
   • Settings

     Enter the required details for rescanning a host.

     

     • Default Scanner Appliance - Select the default scanner for rescanning from the Qualys Scanner Appliances list.

     • Default Option Profiles - Select the default option profile while rescanning from the Qualys Option Profiles list.

       The list scanner appliance and option profile is available only when the import configurations are run and cannot be selected while creating a new connector. Contact your Qualys representative to set up the default scanner appliance and option profile.

     • Web Portal URL—Enter the Qualys platform URL. Using this URL, you can view the patch deployment job directly in the Qualys Patch Management application. See Reports and Dashboards.
       To identify the endpoint URL, refer to the API URLs in https://www.qualys.com/platform-identification/

3. Click Submit to create the connector.
4. After configuring and saving the connector, click the connector you have created from the Connectors list, and click Test the Connector from the Related Links.

   

If the connection is healthy, proceed to import data. Use the error message and the system logs to resolve the error.

Related Topic

Associate Import Configuration to Connector