IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - System
Registering Enterprise Scanner to Connect to the SiteProtector System
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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Registering Enterprise Scanner to Connect to the SiteProtector
System
Introduction
You must register your agent with the SiteProtector system before you can run scans. Use
Proventia Manager to register and authenticate your agent. You can also change the initial
configuration settings that you configured with the Proventia Setup Assistant.
Prerequisites
Before you register with the SiteProtector system, make sure you have done the following:
●
Acquired the license for your agent. See “Acquiring Your Enterprise Scanner
Licenses” on page 207.
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Installed the latest X-Press Updates (XPUs). See Chapter 16, "Updating Enterprise
Scanner" on page 211.
Connection method
Use a Web browser over a secure connection to the appliance’s management interface to
connect to the Proventia Manager for Enterprise Scanner.
Requirements
You must meet the following requirements to connect to the Proventia Manager:
Procedure
To configure the agent to connect to the SiteProtector system:
1. Open a browser on a computer that has network access to the management network
interface of the agent.
2. In the Address box, type
https://
followed by the DNS name or the IP address
assigned to the management network interface in the Proventia Setup Assistant.
3. Accept any messages about security certificates.
Important:
You must accept the certificates that the agent sends. These certificates
establish a secure session between you and your agent.
4. When you see the Connect to
your_appliance_name
window, type the Proventia
Manager User name (
admin
) and the Password you created for that user name in the
Proventia Setup Assistant.
The Proventia Manager Home window appears.
5. Click System on the navigation pane, and then click Management
→
Registration
.
Note:
It may take a while for Java to initialize the first time you do this.
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Requirement
You must be able to connect with the appliance from your computer with a Web browser over
an HTTPS connection.
Credentials that allow the following:
•
communication with the SiteProtector Agent Manager
•
authentication with the SiteProtector system for access to more secure information, such
as credentials defined in the Assessment Credentials policy
Note: This can be any account that is a member of the SiteProtector Administrators
group. You may use the same credentials for both if the account is set up correctly.
Table 13: Requirements for logging in to the Proventia Manager