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Discovering Users, SSH Keys, and SSH Configurations

Host scans update information about the target hosts, their users, and their SSH keys. Scans may be started manually, or scheduled to be performed periodically.

  • To configure automatic scan scheduling, set the host settings Full-scan interval, Authorized-key-scan interval, Configuration-scan interval, and/or Key-activity-scan interval.

    For more information about host settings, see Host Settings.

  • You can manually start a host scan via the Hosts page, by performing a Scan or a Key Activity Scan action.

Host scans can be started manually via the command-line client as well. Example syntax for various scan types:

  • Configuration scan (detailed in edit-hosts):

    $ ssh-mgr-client scan-hosts-configs -F "hostname=server.example.com"

  • Authorized-keys scan (detailed in deploy-hosts):

    $ ssh-mgr-client scan-hosts-authorized-keys \
    -F "hostname=server.example.com"

  • Key-activity scan (detailed in scan-hosts-key-activity):

    $ ssh-mgr-client scan-hosts-key-activity -F "hostname=server.example.com"

  • Full scan (detailed in scan-hosts):

    $ ssh-mgr-client scan-hosts -F "hostname=server.example.com"