Configure IT Agent Discovery

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This page describes how to configure IT Agent Discovery from your Lansweeper Site, and explains how to create or edit discovery actions.

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Lansweeper's IT Agent Discovery is a lightweight, cross-platform scanning agent that can run on Windows, Linux, and Mac computers. IT Agent Discovery automatically collects an inventory from the computer it's installed on, securely sends scanned data to your Lansweeper Site over HTTPS, and can scan computers outside your network and over the internet.

To learn more about installing IT Agent Discovery, see Install IT Agent Discovery.

Configure IT Agent Discovery

You can configure the discovery settings for IT Agents from within your Lansweeper Site, allowing you to determine what to scan and when the scans should take place.

For more information about the discovery menu, see Discovery configuration.

Access discovery actions

1. Open a browser and navigate to https://app.lansweeper.com.
2. Choose a Lansweeper Site that is linked with IT Agent Discovery. 
3. Go to Scanning > Discovery actions.
   By default, each IT Agent will have a scheduled discovery action set to scan every 24 hours.

Create a new IT Agent discovery action

1. Go to Scanning > Discovery actions, and select Add new action. 
2. In the pop-up, choose the IT Agent-based action type and select Add action.
3. Enter a name and description for the action.
4. In IT Agents, select Manage IT Agents.
5. Select which IT Agent(s) should carry out the action, and select Save.
   
   An IT Agent can act as a source for multiple discovery actions, resulting in multiple scans at different schedules.
6. In Triggers, select Create new trigger.
7. Customize the schedule according to your preferences, provide a descriptive name for the schedule, and select Save trigger.
8. Select Save and exit to save your new action.

Unassign an IT Agent from a discovery action

1. Go to Scanning > Discovery actions, and select the IT Agent-based discovery action you want to edit.
2. In IT Agents, select  Remove for the IT Agent you want to unassign from the action.
3. Select Save and exit to update your action.

Configure auto update for IT Agent Discovery

1. In your Lansweeper Site, go to Scanning > Discovery groups.
2. Select Default Group (Network Visibility Disabled). This discovery group manages your IT Agent Discovery installations by default.
3. To pause or resume the auto updates, select the Pause auto-update toggle.
4. To choose a schedule for the auto updates, select the days and the specific time for the updates to occur.
5. Select Save and exit.

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