Security Center provides the asset fingerprints feature. You can configure this feature to collect 11 types of fingerprints of servers. This topic describes how to use the asset fingerprints feature to collect fingerprints and how to view the fingerprints of servers.
Background information
Limits
Only the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Security Center support this feature. If you do not use these editions, you must upgrade Security Center to the Enterprise or Ultimate edition before you can use this feature. For more information about how to purchase and upgrade Security Center, see Purchase Security Center and Upgrade and downgrade Security Center.
Collect the fingerprints of servers
Security Center does not automatically collect the fingerprints of servers. You must configure automatic periodic collection tasks or run manual collection tasks to collect the latest fingerprints of servers.Collection method | Description |
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Automate periodic collection tasks | Security Center supports automatic collection of the fingerprints of all servers. You can configure the collection frequencies for automatic periodic collection based on your business requirements. For more information, see Configure an automatic periodic collection task. |
Collect the latest fingerprints of all servers | If you want to view the fingerprints of all servers, you can click Collect the latest data to collect the latest fingerprints of all servers with a few clicks. For more information, see Run a manual collection task to collect the latest fingerprints of all servers. |
Collect the fingerprints of a specific server | If you want to view the fingerprints of a specific server, you can click Collect data now to collect the latest fingerprints of the server with a few clicks. For more information, see Run a manual collection task to collect the latest fingerprints of a specific server. |
- Log on to the Security Center console.In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- On the Host page, collect fingerprints.
- Configure an automatic periodic collection task
- On the Account tab, click Settings.
- In the Settings dialog box, configure the collection frequency for each type of fingerprints and
click OK.
Note
- If you set a type to Disable, Security Center does not automatically collect the latest fingerprints of the type. By default, the collection frequencies of all types are Disable. You can configure different collection frequencies for different types of fingerprints.
- To configure a collection frequency for middleware, databases, and web services, you can configure the Middleware parameter.
- If you use the asset exposure analysis feature, you can set the Middleware parameter to Collected once an hour, Collected once every 3 hours, Collected once every 12 hours, or Collected once a day. You cannot set the Middleware parameter to Disable or Collected once every 7 days.
After the collection frequencies are configured, Security Center automatically runs collection tasks based on the collection frequencies and synchronizes the collected fingerprints to the tabs of different fingerprint types for you to view. For more information, see View the fingerprints of servers.
- Run a manual collection task to collect the latest fingerprints of all servers
- On the Account tab, click Collect the latest data.
- In the Collect the latest data dialog box, select the types of fingerprints that you want to collect and click OK.
Note The time required to collect the fingerprints is approximately 1 to 5 minutes.
- Run a manual collection task to collect the latest fingerprints of a specific server
- In the server list of the Server tab, find the server whose fingerprints you want to collect and click View in the Operation column.
- On the details page, click the Asset Fingerprints tab, and then click the tab of the required fingerprint type.
- In the upper-right corner, click Collect data now. In the Collect data message, click OK.
Note The time required to collect the fingerprints is approximately 1 to 5 minutes.
- Configure an automatic periodic collection task
View the fingerprints of servers
Fingerprints that the feature collects
Fingerprint type | Description |
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Account | The information about the account of your server. Security Center periodically collects
information about the account of your server. The information includes the following
items:
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Port | The information about the listener port of your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the listener port of your server. The information includes
the following items:
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Process | The information about the process that runs on your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the process that runs on your server. The information includes
the following items:
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Middleware | The information about the middleware that runs on your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the middleware of your server. The middleware refers to
system components that can independently run, such as MySQL databases and Docker.
Docker is a container component. The information includes the following items:
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Database | The information about the database that runs on your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the database that runs on your server. The information
includes the following items:
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Web service | The information about the web service of your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the web service of the server. The information includes
the following items:
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Software | The information about the software that is installed on your server. Security Center
periodically collects information about the software that is installed on your server.
The information includes the following items:
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Scheduled Tasks | The information about the scheduled task on your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the path of the scheduled task that is run on your server.
The information includes the following items:
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Startup item | The information about the startup item of your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the startup item of your server. The information includes
the following items:
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Kernel Module | The information about the kernel module of your server. Security Center periodically
collects information about the kernel module of your server. The information includes
the following items:
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Website | The information about the website on your server. Security Center periodically collects
information about the website on your server. The information includes the following
items:
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