Manage hosts and services
Give a host a manual tag, rename a service, mark a service as internet facing, or accept a new host key.
Open the Environment, then the Hosts tab, and select a host. The host page shows the OS, the machine ID, the host key fingerprint, the last scan result, all addresses, and each service with its listens and its connections.
Give a host a manual tag
- Select Manual tag.
- Type the tag.
- Select Save.
The manual tag overrides the tag rules for this host. To use the rules again, clear the tag.
Rename a service
- In the services table, select Edit for the service.
- Type a display name, for example “Orders API”.
- Select Save.
The map has the same control: select the service, then Rename or set internet facing.
Mark a service as internet facing
Do this for edge services, for example load balancers.
- Select Edit for the service.
- Set Internet facing to on.
- Select Save.
The map shows an arrow from the Internet node to each port of the service. A service with a dashed yellow border on the map gets connections from public addresses: examine it, and mark it if it is an edge service.
Accept a new host key
The collector does not collect a host when its host key changed. The scan result is hostkey_changed.
- Make sure that the key changed for a good reason, for example a reinstall.
- On the host page, select Accept new host key.
The next scan stores the new key.
What stays after a rescan
The display names, the internet facing settings and the manual tag stay while the host exists. A host that does not answer on the SSH port is deleted, with these settings. See Rescans.