Configuring resource discovery

Resources are the agents and servers running on your network. Before you can begin to apply policies, elevate or reduce privileges, you must discover all of the resources that you have to work with.

Regardless of the Agent Discoverer, Arellia optimizes the resource discovery process by discovering file details once, then using hashes afterwards (to ensure that each agent doesn't have to keep sending file details to the server). For Server Discoverers, Arellia optimizes the resource discovery process by storing known platform configurations, so regardless of the server discoverer, it has the ability to instantly recognize server details, so it doesn't have to gather the information from each server resource.

To configure resource discovery

1. From the Arellia Security Management console go to the Configuration tab.
2. Navigate to Settings / Configuration / Resource Discovery.
3. For agent discovery, select Resource Discovery Agents.
4. For server discovery, select Server Discoverers.