Automatically scan machine assets

This page describes how you can let StratoProbe identify the machine assets in your infrastructure with the IP range scan feature.

IP range scan allows you to scan the IP addresses of your infrastructure and automatically add assets to your credential. StratoProbe first pings all the IP addresses in the ranges provided, and then begins to authenticate to those IP addresses using the credentials provided for WMI for Windows or SSH for Linux.

StratoProbe then attempts to access each asset sequentially using the credentials provided. After the login succeeds, each asset is placed under the first successful credential.

When the scan completes, StratoProbe starts collecting data from the assets that have successful credentials matches.

You can access the IP range scan feature by clicking Add assets > Machine > Scan IP address ranges from the top of the screen. To use this feature, you need to agree with the terms and conditions.

Requirements

The IP range scan sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) requests with the ping command. To be able to use IP range scan, make sure that your firewall rules allow ICMP requests from StratoProbe.

Adding IP address ranges to scan

You can manually add IP ranges to scan, or upload them in bulk with a CSV file.

To manually add an IP range, follow these steps:

  1. From the Scan IP address ranges page, select Add IP address ranges > Enter ranges.
  2. Enter the initial and final IP addresses of the range in the fields provided. Note that you can add at most a /16 subnet or 65,536 IP addresses to a single range.
  3. To define additional ranges, click Add IP range and repeat the process.
  4. Click Start IP scan, then, from the pop-up window, click Start scan.

Start IP range scan with StratoProbe

After you enter your IP address ranges, they appear in the IP address ranges list. Scanning starts automatically.

To import a set of IP ranges in bulk, follow these steps:

  1. From the Scan IP address ranges page, select Add IP address ranges > Upload CSV of ranges.
  2. Click Download IP address range template and fill in the CSV template with the IP ranges that you want to scan.
  3. After you're finished, from the Upload section select IP address range file from the dropdown menu and upload the filled-in CSV file into StratoProbe.
  4. Click Save, then, from the pop-up window, click Dismiss.

Import CSV file with assets in StratoProbe

If you want to import a list of specific IP addresses for your assets, rather than relying on the IP range scan, follow these steps:

  1. From the Scan IP address ranges page, select Add IP address ranges > Upload CSV of ranges.
  2. Click Download IP address template and fill in the CSV template with the IP ranges that you want to scan.
  3. After you're finished, from the Upload section select IP address file from the dropdown menu and upload the filled-in CSV file into StratoProbe.
  4. Click Save to finish.

Starting or stopping a scan

All IP ranges automatically start scanning after you create them. To find your assets, you can start or stop scanning individual IP ranges or all ranges at once. Select one or more IP address ranges, then click Start IP scan or Stop IP scan from the top of the page.

Start or stop a asset scan with StratoProbe

The Status of your IP ranges changes to Scheduled to collect or Stopped, and the list of IP ranges displays the number of IP addresses that were scanned and other statistics about your assets.

Viewing and exporting the results

To view the results of a scan for a specific IP address range, select the range from the list, then click Edit. The IP addresses found by StratoProbe appear in the Scan details section.

The Scan status section shows the following statistics about the scan.

  • Total scanned. The number of IP addresses scanned.
  • Successful. The number of IP addresses that StratoProbe was able to ping, log in to, and add to a credential for collection.
  • Authentication failed. The number of IP addresses that StratoProbe was able to ping, but was not able to log in to with any of the credential sets provided.
  • Duplicate. The number of IP addresses that StratoProbe was able to ping and log in to, but where the asset's hostname and domain already exist in one of the credentials for collection.

When StratoProbe finishes the scan, you can export the results in bulk in a CSV file. Select from the list the IP ranges you want to export, then click Download results to download the report.

Download the scan results in StratoProbe

You can use the information in the results report to identify additional credentials that you might need to add. Failures to correctly identify assets can be due to incorrect credentials or to firewall rules blocking the scan. To troubleshoot possible errors, see Troubleshooting data collection.

Editing and removing assets

To edit the information about an individual asset, follow these steps:

  1. From the list of assets in the group, select the asset you want to modify, then click Edit asset.
  2. From the Edit page, modify the asset name, IP address, OS type, or asset credentials.
  3. Click Save to confirm your changes.

If you don't want to send the information about a specific asset to the StratoZone portal, you can delete it from the list. To remove one or more assets from the list, select the checkbox, then click Delete asset.

Delete resources scanned with StratoProbe

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