This documentation supports the 20.02 (12.0) version of BMC Discovery.To view an earlier version of the product, select the version from the Product version menu.

Managing known appliances

You can manage the appliances that are permitted to connect to proxies from the Windows Proxy Manager. To enable communication between a Windows proxy and a known appliance, the proxy must have the certificate of the appliance. You can request the certificate from the add appliance dialog, or the appliance will automatically transfer its certificate for approval.

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Managing-proxies

If you do not want to permit an appliance to connect to the Windows proxy, you must delete it from the Known Appliances. However, appliances periodically ping the proxies they are configured to use. Therefore, unless the specific appliance has been reconfigured to stop trying to use the Windows proxy, the Pending Approval entry reappears. In the Proxy Manager, the unknown appliances that have contacted the Windows proxy are listed in orange with a status of Pending Approval.

To add a new appliance

  1. From the Known Appliances dialog, click the Add a new Appliance address button.
  2. In the Address field of the Add New Appliance dialog, specify the IP address of the new appliance that you want to add.
  3. Click Connect.
  4. To register with the new appliance, click Register.

To approve an appliance

  1. From the Known Appliances dialog, click the appliance to approve.
  2. Click the Edit button.
  3. Check the certificate fingerprint, and click Approve.

To edit a known appliance

  1. From the Known Appliances dialog, click the appliance to edit.
  2. Click the Edit button.
     You can edit the address or name of the appliance.
    In exotic circumstances, you can also manually enter a CA certificate. Click Edit CA Certificate, insert a valid CA certificate for the selected known appliance, and click OK.
  3. To save the changes, click OK.

To delete a known appliance

  1. From the Known Appliances dialog, click the appliance to delete.
  2. Click the Delete the selected Appliance address button.
  3. When prompted, click Yes to confirm.