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Sicura Agent
  1. Introduction
  2. Installation
  3. Commands
  4. Configuration

The SIMP Scanner Configuration File

Once your copy of SIMP Scanner has been installed certain options can be set inside the simp-scanner.yaml file.

NOTE: This file is not generated during install time and requires you run the simp-scanner at least once to be generated.

The config file can be found here:

Linux: /etc/simp/simp-scanner.yaml

Windows: C:\Program Files\SIMP\SIMP Scanner\simp-scanner.yaml

The SIMP Scanner config file has four sections. Each section has a set of options which, by default, are disabled (commented out). To enable an option, remove the comment # and enter in the relavent information for that option.

General

NOTE: Options within this section control the scanner’s functionality system-wide.

log-level

By selecting log-level you will be able to control what information is output by the scanner to stdout and stderr. The levels can be lowered or raised seven values for troubleshooting: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, and panic. The default is info.

log-to-file

This true/false option allows you to choose if you want output from the scanner to go to a file in addition to the terminal’s stdout/stderr. This is ideal for archiving situations. The default destination for this file is STATE_DIRECTORY/simp-scanner.log

log-dest

This is a custom-defined path where the log file will be saved. This will allow you to override the default log location.

max-scans

(legacy, this option will be removed in the future and should be set from your console config) Defines what type of content will be retrieved from the collectors.

force-scan

The SIMP Scanner will error and fail when trying to pull SIMP_Default_Content*** from the console if you are using an unsupported platform. If force_scan is set to true, this error will become a warning and continue running.

NOTE: Use this option at your own risk! Using an unsupported platform may cause undesired results for both the scanner and the console.

collector-request-interval

When using simp-scanner run or running the SIMP Scanner as a service, the process will occasionally reconnect to its collector(s). The collector-request-interval option allows you to adjust the wait period between connections. The default is set to 30 seconds.

Collectors

This section outlines the various collectors that have been registered to the SIMP Scanner. Collectors are defined in a list within the file and each collector has its own set of sub-options. These sub-options are collector, url, registration_token, scanners, and node-name.

Collector entries can be added manually or automatically appended using the simp-scanner register command.

An example collector configuration could look like this:

  default:
    url: https://my-simp-console:6468/collector/default
    registration_token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
    scanners:
    - SCANNER_TYPE-1
    - SCANNER_TYPE-2
    node-name: ""

Currently, all collectors use the name default, therefore expect each collector registered to start with ‘default’ before defining their own options.

The types of scanners supported are:

When simp-scanner executes a command, it runs it against every collector defined. For example, if you have three registered collectors, simp-scanner fetch will call out to each of them to fetch content.

Reports

Any output from the scanner is considered a “Report”. By default, reports are sent to the SIMP Console collector for further evalution and displayed in the Console GUI, they can, however, be kept on the local system if desired.

Options for reports are as follows:

save-reports This true/false settings will allow you to save the reports for each scan. If true, reports save to STATE_DIRECTORY/reports by default. report-path Allows you to override the default path for reports.

Scanners

The following options allow for configuring options specific to the scanner type in use (openscap/ciscat/jscat)

Default

Note: Use these options as a catch-all in case no other options are specified elsewhere (best used with the “Scan Now” button)

CIS-Cat Assessor Pro

OpenSCAP

jScat