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Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring keeps an inventory of the devices on the local networks behind your assets, such as printers, cameras, NAS units, and other hardware that doesn't run XplicitTrust. The list stays current as devices come and go, and you can have a summary of the changes emailed to you.

The scanning is done by a headless asset on the network you want to cover (e.g. a Linux host, a Proxmox server, or a supported router). An asset only sees the network it is connected to, so you need one on each segment you want to monitor.

Enabling it

Two things need to be switched on:

  1. Open Account → Settings → Network Monitoring and enable it for the tenant. The scan schedule and the digest report are set on the same page.
  2. Open the asset that should run the scans, turn on Network Monitoring, and choose the interfaces to scan.

The asset starts finding devices on those networks once both are enabled.

Network Inventory

Discovered devices appear under Network Inventory in the main menu — a current list of everything found across your monitored networks. Select a device to see more about it. The menu entry shows up once Network Monitoring is available for your tenant.

Digest report

From Account → Settings → Network Monitoring you can also have a digest emailed to you at a regular interval, listing the devices and services that have appeared or disappeared since the last one. Enter the recipients and choose when it goes out. Leave the recipient list empty and nothing is sent; the inventory still updates in the console either way.