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This video series includes the videos that are part of our self-paced training course one Cloud Agent. This covers how Cloud Agent works and how to deploy.

For the best experience, Qualys recommends the certified Cloud Agent course: self-paced or instructor-led.

To learn the individual topics in this course, watch the videos below. 

09:21

Qualys Cloud Agent Introduction February 27, 2023 Define Cloud Agent. Understand the benefits of using the Cloud Agent. Get the supported applications. Deploy Cloud Agents in IaaS providers....

12:38

Cloud Agent Deployment February 6, 2023 Deploy a Cloud Agent and understand the deployment options. Auto-Tag your hosts with Cloud Agents. Set limits on agents deployed. Verify the...

04:59

Post Deployment February 6, 2023 Review host data after Cloud Agent deployment. Verify agent installation and agent status. Find the host id. Understand Dashboards. See how...

12:47

Qualys Cloud Agent Lifecycle February 6, 2023 Understand the Cloud Agent Lifecycle: Provisioning, Clone/Duplicate UUID detection and re-provisioning, Status Update, Agent Version...

07:44

Configuration Profile Overview February 6, 2023 Understand the Cloud Agent Configuration Profile, and get an overview of the different configurations settings such as the Status Interval,...

03:37

Manage Agent Updates February 6, 2023 Identify strategies for updating existing agents.

04:58

Performance Tuning February 6, 2023 Identify the Configuration Profile settings used to manage Agent, CPU, and network performance. Qualys recommendations are provided for:...

03:18

Assign Host Strategy February 6, 2023 Organize assets with Cloud Agents using Asset Tags.

02:44

Windows Self-Protection Feature February 27, 2023 Learn about the Self-Protection feature for Windows Cloud Agents which helps prevent tampering of Cloud Agent binaries and processes by...

03:14

On-demand Scan February 6, 2023 Learn how to launch on-demand scans for Cloud Agent hosts.

13:06

Vulnerability Management February 6, 2023 Get host data and findings from Cloud Agent. See how to use Agentless Tracking and Unified Views. Avoid scanning the same QIDs that are...

01:57

Policy Compliance February 6, 2023 Use Cloud Agent for assessing a host against a compliance policy. See how to build a compliance report.

04:28

Global AssetView February 6, 2023 Learn how to collect asset inventory information using Cloud Agents and then organize and manage that inventory using Global AssetView.

03:08

Getting Ready for File Integrity Monitoring February 6, 2023 Get ready for FIM using Cloud Agent. See the requirements for setting up FIM and activate FIM as part of your Cloud Agent deployment.

02:50

Getting Ready for Patch Management February 6, 2023 Get ready for Patch Management (PM) using Cloud Agent. See the requirements for setting up PM and activate PM as part of your Cloud Agent...

03:38

Getting Ready for EDR February 6, 2023 Get ready for EndPoint Detection and Response (EDR) using Cloud Agent. See the requirements for setting up EDR and activate EDR as part of...

03:25

Getting Ready for XDR February 6, 2023 Get ready for Extended Detection and Response (XDR) using Cloud Agent. See the requirements for setting up XDR and activate XDR as part of...

07:01

Purging Assets using Purge Rules September 27, 2022 Identify stale assets and purge them automatically using Purge Rules.

08:02

Introduction to Cloud Agent Log Analysis May 13, 2020 Learn the basics of Cloud Agent log analysis, including how to read error messages and troubleshoot common errors.

05:55

Cloud Agent Troubleshooting – Common Errors May 13, 2020 Learn common errors which arise due to network or endpoint misconfiguration.

04:04

Cloud Agent Log Analysis - Unix/Linux Distribution May 13, 2020 This video is designed to take you through the basics of Cloud Agent log analysis in Unix/Linux distributions

04:34

Common Errors and Their Solution - Unix/Linux Distributions May 13, 2020 In this video, we will investigate common errors which arise due to network or endpoint misconfiguration. This video will focus on error...