New API - Default Scan Settings 

On this page, select the default scan settings for this API. 

Option Profile

Select the option profile for the list for scanning this API. This option profile is selected automatically when a scan is launched. 

Scanner Appliance

If you have an external-facing application, select External. Perimeter applications can be scanned by Qualys Cloud scanners. 

- If you have an application on your internal network, select Individual, and select scanner from the list of scanners. 

- If you want to allocate multiple scanners. select Tags (Scanner Pool), and select tags from the list of tags. The scanner appliances with any of the selected tags are added to the scanner pool and can be assigned at the scan run time.

Cancel Scan Options 

You can choose to cancel the scan automatically after a defined period of time or at a specified time. 

By default, the scan runs until it completes or the maximum scan time is reached. 

- To cancel the scan after a certain duration, select Cancel Scan After, and enter number of hours after which the scan should be canceled. 

- To cancel the scan at a specified time, select Cancel Scan At, and select the time or enter the time. 

Note that canceled scans may return partial, incomplete results.

Next Step: New API - Additional Configuration