Managing Scanners
After you configure scanners, you run them day to day. Most of that work happens under Providers, where you manage provider connections, scanners, and scan activity in one place.
Available Scanner Actions
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Run discovery on demand.
Start a manual scan when you want fresh metadata without waiting for the next scheduled window. Successful runs update or add services in the matching Portfolio catalogs according to your rules.
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Review status and history.
Inspect connection health, the last completed run, and scan history to verify whether discovery is healthy, slow, or failing authentication.
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Pause scheduled scans.
Temporarily stop scheduled triggers when you need a quiet period—for example during maintenance or while you fix credentials—without deleting the scanner.
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Edit configuration.
Change names, descriptions, credentials, provider scope, or scan-related settings your product exposes, then save so future runs use the new definition.
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Delete a scanner.
Remove the scanner from Providers when the provider link is no longer authorized or useful. Consider the impact on discovered services in Portfolio and on dependent teams before you delete the scanner.