Documentation | Qualys

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

Release Notes

Cloud Platform

Platform Guides
Consulting Edition
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- A10: setup guide (pdf)
- Apache Web Server Record: online help
- Azure MS SQL Server: online help | setup guide (pdf)
- 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 VIOS: setup guide (pdf)
- IBM WebSphere App Server Record: online help
- InformixDB Record: online help
- Jboss Server Record: online help
- Kubernetes: online help
- MariaDB Record: online help | setup guide (zip)
- Microsoft SharePoint: online help | setup guide (pdf)
- 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 HTTP Server: online help
- 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
- Pivotal Greenplum: online help | setup guide (zip)
- PostgreSQL Record: online help | setup guide (zip)
- SAP HANA: online help | setup guide (pdf)
- SAP IQ: online help | setup guide
- 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
- ARCON PAM Vault: online help
- Azure Key Vault: online help
- BeyondTrust PBPS Vault: online help
- CA Access Control Vault: online help
- CA PAM 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

Trust & Compliance

Developer APIs

APIs

Sensors

Cloud Agents
Qualys Gateway Service
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
- Scanner Appliance Versioning
Network Passive Sensor

Cloud Apps

IT Asset Management

Global AssetView
CyberSecurity Asset Management
AssetView
- Online Help
- User Guide
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Release Notes
- Training
CMDB Sync
- Qualys CMDB Sync Service Graph Connector App
- Qualys CMDB Sync App
Certificate Inventory

IT Security

VMDR
Vulnerability Management
- Online Help
- 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
VMDR for Mobile Devices (SEM)
Continuous Monitoring
Patch Management
Multi-Vector EDR
Context XDR (Extended Detection and Response)
- Online Help
- Getting Started Guide
- Enablement Guides: Day 0 | Day 1
SaaS Detection and Response
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
- Online Help
- User Guide
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- CRS User Guide
- CRS API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Container Security Registry Scanning
- Sensor Deployment Guide
- Qualys Container Scanning Connector for Jenkins
- Qualys Container Scanning Connector for Bamboo
- Qualys Container Scanning Connector for Azure DevOps
- Release Notes
- Training

Web Application Security

Web Application Scanning
- Online Help
- Getting Started
- Qualys Browser Recorder User Guide
- API User Guide: HTML | PDF
- Using Burp to Capture REST API Endpoints for WAS Scanning
- Qualys Web App Scanning Connector for Jenkins
- Qualys Web App Scanning Connector for Bamboo
- Qualys Web App Scanning Connector for TeamCity
- Qualys Web App Scanning Connector for Azure DevOps
- Qualys WAS Integration for ServiceNow Vulnerability Response: v1.1.0
- Release Notes
- Training
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
- PC Scanning Connector for Jenkins
- Release Notes
- Training
Security Configuration Assessment
PCI Compliance
File Integrity Monitoring
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

Utilities

Unified Dashboard
- Online Help
- Release Notes
Administration
- Online Help
- Release Notes
Qualys Query Language
- Online Help
- Training