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To ensure everything is set up correctly start out by seeing if you can audit a single, known machine before moving on to discovering entire subnets.
Discover a single device.
With this feature you can audit a single machine to get an idea of how OpenAudIT works. Furthermore, you can use this to add a single device without performing a full discovery on a subnet.
Navigate to the menu and go to Discover -> Discoveries -> Discover a single device
Next, enter the Network Address of the machine you wish to audit and ensure you have added the credentials for this device. As displayed below there are places to enter credentials using a Windows username, SSH, or SNMP Community. Choose the option that best suites your situation. After all the required information is entered press the execute button for the results.
OpenAudIT allows you to import multiple devices by using discovery on a subnet.
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