Configure Your Network

You'll need to give your network a friendly name and assign it one or more scanner appliances.

How do I create a new network?

To create a new network:

1. Navigate to VM/VMDR > Assets > Network > New > Network.
   The New Network window is displayed.
   
   
   
2. Enter a title for the network.
3. In the left pane, click Scanner Appliances.
   
   
   
4. In Appliances, select the scanner appliance to be used for scanning the network.
5. In the left pane click Comments.
   
   
   
6. Enter any comments (if required) related to the new network.
7. Click Save.
   The network is created successfully.
8. Once the network is created, you can either create a new asset groups or discover assets for the newly created network. 
   OR
   Click Close and add asset later.
   

Don't see the Networks tab? That means Network Support has not been enabled for your account. Please contact Support or your Account Manager if you're interested in this feature.

Tell me about assigning scanner appliances

- The scanner appliances you assign to the network will be used to scan the IP addresses in the network.

- Each scanner appliance can be included in only one network. That means when you add a scanner appliance to a network, it will be removed from its previous network and any asset groups that it belonged to.

- Be sure the scanner appliances you add to the network will be able to phone home to the Qualys Cloud Platform and can access the IP addresses that you will be scanning.

Go here to learn more about scanner appliances, including how to add and configure them.

I saved my network. What's next?

You're ready to start scanning your network. All IPs in your account are available for scanning.

We recommend you associate assets with your network. Simply create asset groups and associate each asset group with 1 network. Once you save an asset group, you will not be able to change its network.