Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Defining a Secret for a Compute Scan Recipe

Create a secret for a Compute (host) scan recipe to store the Qualys license information.

Prerequisites:

When you create a Compute scan recipe with a Qualys agent, you must add an existing secret from a vault or define a new secret while creating the recipe. When you edit an existing Compute scan recipe with a Qualys agent, you can also edit the secret.

This page provides steps for defining a secret during the task for Creating a Compute Scan Recipe or Editing a Compute Scan Recipe. To create a secret outside of these tasks, see Creating a Secret in a Vault.
  1. In the Oracle Cloud Console, in the Create scan recipe or the Edit compute scan recipe panel, select a vault in which to create the secret.
  2. Under Define a secret, select Create new.
  3. (Optional) On the Create secret panel, create the secret in the compartment shown or select another compartment.
  4. Enter a name and description for the secret.
  5. Choose an encryption key. Change the compartment, if necessary.
  6. In a separate browser window, sign in to the Qualys dashboard.
    1. Copy the license code and store it in a safe place.
    2. Generate a cloud agent activation key and enable OCI for the agent.
      Note

      You must have a Qualys license to generate a cloud agent activation key. If you don't have a license code, you need to create one using the Qualys platform. To get a license, see the prerequisites at the beginning of this topic.
    3. Return to the Oracle Cloud Console.
  7. Select the secret template for your secret. The secret template that you select depends whether the secret is already Base64-encoded. If you know that the secret is already Base64-encoded, select Base64. If you know that the secret isn't Base64-encoded, select Plain-Text. Use the following examples as a guide:

    • If the secret looks like the following example, select Plain-Text:

      {"cid":"qualys-customer-id","aid":"qualys-account-id", "pwsUrl":"https://qualys-endpoint/CloudAgent","pwsPort":"port-num"}

    • If the secret looks like the following example, select Base64:

      eyJjaWQiOiJxdWFseXMtY3VzdG9tZXItaWQiLCJhaWQiOiJxdWF seXMtYWNjb3VudC1pZCIsInB3c1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcXVhbHlzLWVuZHBvaW50L0Nsb 3VkQWdlbnQiLCJwd3NQb3J0IjoicG9ydC1udW0ifQ==

  8. In the Create secret window, add secret contents. Paste the secret contents for the license code that you have copied from the Qualys dashboard.
  9. Select Create secret.