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Add a website node#

Add a website for agentless scanning. Guardian supports Website nodes for Agentless scanning.

Applies to: Guardian Classic

Add a website node#

Adding a Website node to your Guardian instance lets you monitor and track the configuration of web pages, ensuring compliance and detecting vulnerabilities across your web infrastructure.

To add a Website node for Agentless scanning, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Guardian web application, navigate to the Add Nodes tab (Inventory > Add Nodes). The Add Nodes page is displayed.

    Add nodes tab

  2. Select 'Website' from the list of node types and click the Go Agentless button to proceed. The Connect Agentlessly to [Node Type] page is displayed.

    Go agentless website

  3. Here, complete the following options:

    Connect agentlessly website

    Node Name field
    The name of the node. The value you enter here will be used as the display name in Guardian.
Short description field
A brief summary to identify the website you're adding.
URL field
The full URL of the website you want to monitor.
SSL Verify Certificate checkbox
Option to enable SSL certificate verification for the website. If selected, Guardian checks if the website’s SSL certificate is valid, adding an extra layer of security by confirming a trusted connection.
  1. Once you've completed the above options click Scan Node to add the Website node to your Guardian instance.

Now, Guardian performs an initial scan of the node. You can wait on this page for the scan to finish, at which point you will see a View Scan button. To view the results of this initial scan, click View Scan. However, you can also navigate elsewhere while Guardian performs its initial scan of the node. You can then view the status of the scan on the Job History page (Inventory > Job History). For more information on what to do next after adding a node, see below.

Where next#