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Documentation resources to help you with the Qualys Cloud Platform and its integrated Cloud Apps.

Release Notes

Cloud Platform

Platform Guides
Scan Authentication
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- Apache Web Server Record: online help
- Checkpoint Firewall Record: online help
- Cisco Record: online help
- Docker Record: online help
- HTTP Record: online help
- IBM DB2 Record: online help | setup guide (zip)
- IBM WebSphere App Server Record: online help
- InformixDB Record: online help
- Jboss Server Record: online help
- MariaDB Record: online help
- MongoDB Record: online help | setup guide (pdf)
- MS Exchange Server Record: online help | config guide (pdf)
- MS IIS Record: online help
- MS SQL Server Record: online help | v2000 setup (pdf) | v2005-2019 setup (pdf)
- MySQL Record: help | setup guide (zip)
- NetScaler: setup guide (pdf)
- Oracle Record: online help | setup for PC (zip) | setup for VM (zip)
- Oracle Listener Record: online help
- Oracle WebLogic Server Record: online help
- Palo Alto Networks Firewall Record: online help
- PostgreSQL Record: online help | setup guide (zip)
- SNMP Record: online help
- Sybase Record: online help | setup guide (zip)
- Tomcat Server Record: online help
- Unix Record: online help | setup guide (pdf)
- vCenter Record: online help
- VMware Record: online help | setup guide (pdf)
- Windows Record: online help | Windows setup (pdf) | Windows UAC setup (pdf)
Password Vaults
- Vault Support Matrix
- Azure Key Vault: online help
- BeyondTrust PBPS Vault: online help
- CA Access Control Vault: online help
- CyberArk AIM Vault: online help | integration guide (pdf)
- CyberArk PIM Suite Vault: online help
- HashiCorp Vault: online help
- Hitachi ID PAM Vault: online help
- Lieberman ERPM Vault: online help
- Quest Vault: online help
- Thycotic Secret Server Vault: online help
- Wallix AdminBastion Vault: online help
Integrations

Developer APIs

APIs

Sensors

Cloud Agents
Scanner Appliance
- (QGSA-5120-A1): User Guide | Quick Start
- (QGSA-4120-A1): User Guide | Quick Start
- Virtual Scanner Appliance User Guide
- Offline Scanner Appliance User Guide
- Consultant Scanner Personal Edition User Guide
- Cloud Platforms: AWS | Azure | GCE | OpenStack | OCI | Alibaba
- Qualys Scanner - Static Route Configuration
- Qualys Scanner - VLAN Scanning Guide
- Qualys Scanner - Configure VLAN on Hyper-V
- Scanner Appliance FAQs
Network Passive Sensor

Cloud Apps

IT Asset Management

Global IT Asset Inventory
AssetView
- Online Help
- User Guide
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Release Notes
- Training
CMDB Sync
- Qualys Asset Inventory CMDB Sync App (New)
- Qualys CMDB Sync App (Legacy)
Certificate Inventory

IT Security

Vulnerability Management
- Online Help
- VMDR Getting Started Guide
- Evaluator’s Guide
- Qualys API (VM/PC): PDF | HTML
- Qualys API (VM, PC) XML/DTD Reference
- Subscription API User Guide
- Qualys Host Scanning Connector for Jenkins
- Release Notes
- Training
Threat Protection
Continuous Monitoring
Patch Management
Indication of Compromise
Certificate Assessment

Cloud/Container Security

Cloud Inventory
- Online Help
- Getting Started Guide
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Release Notes
Cloud Security Assessment
- Online Help
- Getting Started Guide
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Release Notes
Container Security

Web Application Security

Web Application Scanning
Web Application Firewall

Compliance

Policy Compliance
- Online Help
- PC Getting Started
- SCAP Getting Started
- Qualys API (VM/PC): PDF | HTML
- Subscription Info API
- Scan ESXi Hosts on vCenter
- Qualys API (VM, PC) XML/DTD Reference
- PC User Defined Control XML
- Release Notes
- Training
Security Configuration Assessment
PCI Compliance
File Integrity Monitoring
- Online Help
- Getting Started Guide
- FIM API Version V1: HTML | PDF
- FIM API Version V2: HTML | PDF
- Release Notes
- Training
Security Assessment Questionnaire
- Online Help
- Getting Started
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Questionnaire Design Tips
- Questionnaire Responder Quick Start
- Release Notes
- Training
Out-of-Band Configuration Assessment