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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. 

06:34

Qualys Cloud Agent Introduction May 24, 2018 Define Cloud Agent. Understand the benefits of using the Cloud Agent. Get the supported applications. Deploy Cloud Agents in IaaS providers....

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Cloud Agent Deployment January 4, 2019 Deploy a Cloud Agent and understand the deployment options. Auto-Tag your hosts with Cloud Agents. Set limits on agents deployed. Verify the...

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Post Deployment May 24, 2018 Review host data after Cloud Agent deployment. Verify agent installation and agent status. Find the host id. Understand Dashboards. See how...

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Qualys Cloud Agent Lifecycle May 24, 2018 Understand the Cloud Agent Lifecycle: Provisioning, Clone/Duplicate UUID detection and re-provisioning, Status Update, Agent Version...

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Configuration Profile Overview May 24, 2018 Understand the Cloud Agent Configuration Profile, and get an overview of the different configurations settings such as the Status Interval,...

02:17

Manage Agent Updates May 24, 2018 Identify strategies for updating existing agents.

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Performance Tuning May 24, 2018 Identify the Configuration Profile settings used to manage Agent, CPU, and network performance. Qualys recommendations are provided for:...

03:27

Assign Host Strategy May 24, 2018 Organize assets with Cloud Agents using Asset Tags.

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Vulnerability Management May 25, 2018 Get host data and findings from Cloud Agent. See how to use Agentless Tracking and Unified Views. Avoid scanning the same QIDs that are...

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Policy Compliance May 24, 2018 Use Cloud Agent for assessing a host against a compliance policy. See how to build a compliance report.

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AssetView May 24, 2018 Create widgets and dashboards for Cloud Agent hosts. Import and export dashboards. Run search queries against Cloud Agent assets.

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Getting ready for File Integrity Monitoring May 24, 2018 Get ready for FIM using Cloud Agent. See the requirements for setting up FIM and activate FIM as part of your Cloud Agent deployment.

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Getting ready for Indication of Compromise May 24, 2018 Get started with IOC on Cloud Agent.

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

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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.

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

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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

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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...