Managing BMC Discovery Outposts

For information on using BMC Discovery Outpost, see the following video (06:23):

 https://youtu.be/IALw77rTI-0

To register with the BMC Discovery appliance

After you install and start the BMC Discovery Outpost, you must register it with your BMC Discovery appliance. 

1. Make sure that you have a browser page logged into the BMC Discovery appliance and a browser page logged into the BMC Discovery Outpost UI.
   

1. In the BMC Discovery Outpost browser, go to the Home page and click Register an Instance.
   The Manage Registrations page is displayed.
   

1. (Optional) If you need to access the BMC Discovery appliance through an HTTP(S) proxy:
   1. Click Configure HTTP Proxy.
   2. Enter the following information into the HTTP Proxy Configuration dialog:
      • Proxy URL
      • User name
      • Password
   3. Click OK.
2. Copy the BMC Discovery Outpost token. To do this, in the This is this Outpost's token section, click Copy To Clipboard.
3. In the BMC Discovery appliance browser page, select Manage > Outposts & Proxies.

4. In the Manage > Outposts page, click Register An Outpost, and paste the token from the BMC Discovery Outpost into the This is the Outpost's token field. 
   When you do so, the following fields are automatically filled:

   • Name
   • Key

   
   When the fields are filled, the BMC Discovery Outpost token has been accepted. 

   Note

   If the fields are not automatically filled, then you should go back to the BMC Discovery Outpost, carefully copy the key, and try again.

5. Click Add. 
   The 

   BMC Discovery Outpost

    has been registered in the 

   BMC Discovery

    Appliance.

6. Copy the BMC Discovery appliance's token. In the This is this appliance's token section, click Copy to Clipboard.
7. Switch to the BMC Discovery Outpost browser, on the Manage Registrations page.

8. Paste the token from the BMC Discovery service into the This is the instance's token field. When you do so, the following fields are automatically filled:

   • Appliance Name
   • Appliance Key
   • Appliance Address

   
   When the fields are filled, the Appliance token has been accepted. 

   Note

   If the fields are not automatically filled, then you should go back to the BMC Discovery appliance, carefully copy the key, and try again.

9. Click Add. 
   
   The 

   BMC Discovery

    appliance has been registered in the 

   BMC Discovery Outpost

   .

To enable or disable the BMC Discovery service on appliances and clusters

You can temporarily disable the BMC Discovery service on an appliance or a cluster (and then enable it later) if you appliance scans a certain segment of your network and you want to stop the scanning.

1. From the main menu, select Manage > Outposts & Proxies.
   The Outposts & Proxies page is displayed.

1. On the Outposts tab, click Disable (or Enable) to disable or enable the BMC Discovery service.
   
   
   
   

To enable or disable an Outpost

You may want to temporarily disable an Outpost (and later enable it) in specific situations when you want to stop discovery. For example, if your data center is expected to be down for maintenance, you may prefer to disable the scanning Outpost.

1. From the main menu, select Manage > Outposts & Proxies.
   The Outposts & Proxies page is displayed.
2. On the Outposts tab, in the Outpost Connections section, identify the Outpost you want to disable and from the corresponding Actions list, click Disable.
   
   
   
   The disabled Outpost section is grayed out for easy identification.
3. Alternatively, click Enable from the Actions list if the Outpost is currently disabled.
   
   

For frequently asked questions about the BMC Discovery Outpost, see FAQs.

Windows proxies managed by the BMC Discovery Outpost

For Windows credentials, the BMC Discovery Outpost creates and manages one credential proxy service for one or more Windows credentials.For AD credentials, the BMC Discovery Outpost automatically creates, updates, and deletes an AD Proxy service for each AD credential. An "AD credential" in this context is created when you choose Active Directory as the credential type in the BMC Discovery Outpost credential UI.The username and password are not stored in the vault. A Windows service is started, and Windows itself stores an authentication token associated with the service. The "credential" is retained in the Windows service control manager.