Quickstart

Let’s start discovering and exploring assets.

Prerequisites

• Server that meets system requirements.
• Firewall allows required ports for your selected data sources.
• Credential(s) for your first source(s) (eg. AD, Azure, VMware) with sufficient permissions.

Install vScope

Detailed Installation Need more install detail or troubleshooting? See the full guide.

Windows (recommended)

1. Download & Run: Windows installer
2. Browse to the host URL (default port 80) to start the setup flow.

Linux

1. Download: latest .deb
2. Install: sudo apt install ./latest-amd64.deb
3. Browse to the host URL (default port 80/443) to start the setup flow.

Docker

1. Create volume: docker volume create vscope-data
2. Run: docker run -d -p 8080:80 -v vscope-data:/data europe-docker.pkg.dev/isl-vscope/release/vscope:latest
3. Browse to http://<host>:8080/ to start the setup flow.

Setup vScope

License required

You will need either a trial license key or a paid license key to use vScope. Request Trial

1. Register the installation using your License activation code. Offline? Upload a license file following: Manually registering an offline installation.
2. Create a first administrator. You will use this account to later configure SSO and your organization’s IDP.

Add a data source

Here is how you add some of the most popular data sources.

Active Directory

1. Go to Discovery → Credentials → Add → Active Directory.
2. Enter a domain read account, add a DC hostname/IP as target.
3. Click Test → expect OK.

Azure

1. Use an app registration with Graph app perms (+ Reader on scope if needed).
2. Discovery → Credentials → Add → Azure; paste tenant/app/secret.
3. Click Test → expect OK.

VMware vCenter

1. Discovery → Credentials → Add → VMware.
2. Enter vCenter URL + read account; set the vCenter as target.
3. Click Test → expect OK.

Explore more data sources Choose what to discover in your environment.

Proxies for closed networks

Deploy a vScope Discovery Proxy and connect it to the main vScope to scan remote/segmented networks. Learn more

Run discovery

1. Go to Discovery → Summary.
2. Click Start Discovery.
3. You should see assets being added to your asset repository, automatically categorized with correct asst type.

Empty results?

Check credential status (must be OK) in Discovery results.

Verify assets in a table

1. Go to Tables → Create Table → pick your asset type (e.g., All Machines, File Systems, Applications, VMs, Users).
2. Add 3–5 columns: Hostname, OS, Last found date, CPU, Email etc..

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Done! You have successfully installed vScope’s asset discovery! In the next step, let’s look what’s left for a complete setup.