Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance in IBM Cloud
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This document briefly describes how to deploy the Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance in IBM Cloud. Once deployed, this scanner functions as a standard Virtual Scanner and can scan based on an IP address or CIDR block.
Prerequisites
The following pre-requisites must be met for Virtual Scanner Appliance deployment in IBM:
- You need an active Qualys subscription.
The Virtual Scanner option must be turned on for your account. If this option is not enabled, contact Qualys Support or your Technical Account Manager (TAM). - You need a scanner personalization code (14 digits) obtained from your Qualys account.
- Your Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance must have access to the Qualys Cloud Platform via HTTPS on port 443.
- Your Qualys account must have a Manager or a sub-user role with the Manage virtual scanner appliances permission.
This permission may be granted to Unit Managers. Your subscription may be configured to allow this permission to be granted to Scanners.
- You need to share the Qualys Scanner image with your IBM account using a private image shared by Qualys.
Contact Qualys support to have the image shared with your IBM account.
Limitations
The following features are not supported and are disabled in all cloud (private and public) platforms:
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WAN/Split Network Settings
The scanner user interface does not support a WAN Interface option for configuring split network settings. It supports LAN/single network settings, which enable the scanner to perform scans and connect to Qualys servers. - NATIVE VLAN
- STATIC VLAN (IPV4 AND IPV6)
- STATIC ROUTES (IPV4 AND IPV6)
- IPV6 ON LAN
Quick Steps
Deploy Qualys Virtual Scanner in the IBM cloud platform using the following steps:
- Add your Virtual Scanner
- Deploy Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance in IBM Cloud
- Access your Qualys Scanner on Private Network