Chapter 2. Accessing the Discovery user interface

You access the Discovery graphical user interface through a browser.

Learn more

To learn more about the requirements and steps to log in to and out of the Discovery graphical user interface, see the following information:

2.1. Logging in to the Discovery user interface

To log in to the Discovery user interface, you need the IP address of the system where the Discovery server is installed, the port number for the connection if the default port was changed during server installation, and the server administrator username and password to use when logging in. If you do not have this information, contact the administrator who installed the Discovery server.

Prerequisites

  • To use the Discovery graphical user interface, the system on which you want to run the user interface must be able to communicate with the system on which the Discovery server is installed.

Procedure

  1. In a browser, enter the URL for the Discovery server in the following format: https://IPaddress:server_port, where IPaddress is the IP address of the Discovery server and server_port is the exposed server port.

    The following examples show two different ways to enter the URL, based on the system that you are logging in from and whether the default port is used:

    • If you log in from the system where the server is installed and the default port 9443 is used, you can use the loopback address (also known as localhost) as the IP address, as shown in the following example: 

      https://127.0.0.1:9443

    • If you log in from a system that is remote from the server, the server is running on the IP address 192.0.2.0, and the default port was changed during installation to 8443, you would log in as shown in the following example: 

      https://192.0.2.0:8443

    After you enter the URL for the server, the Discovery login page displays.

  2. On the login page, enter the username and password for the Discovery server administrator account and then click Log in to log in to the server.

Verification steps

If this is the first time that you have logged in to Discovery, the Welcome page displays. You can begin by adding sources and credentials that can be used in scans. If you have previously logged in to Discovery, the Welcome page is skipped and you can interact with your previously created sources, credentials, and scans.

2.2. Logging out of the Discovery user interface

Procedure

  1. In the application toolbar, click the person icon or your username.
  2. Click Logout.