Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance in Proxmox Platform
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This document briefly describes how to deploy the Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance in the Proxmox hypervisor. Once deployed, this scanner can function as a standard Virtual Scanner.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure the following prerequisites are met:
- 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). - 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 a scanner personalization code (14 digits) obtained from your Qualys account.
Limitations
The following features are not supported and are disabled in all platforms:
- Cloud-Init Drive added on Proxmox virtual scanner appliance.
- 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
VLAN on LAN option for configuring Native VLAN is not supported