Getting Started with Open-AudIT

Fresh install to discovering devices in under 10 minutes. This guide walks through each step in order.

Overview

Here's the full flow from start to finish:

1. Check server requirements
2. Install Open-AudIT
3. Activate your free license
4. Configure basic settings
5. Add credentials
6. Run your first discovery
7. Review results and reports

What Open-AudIT Does

Once it's running, Open-AudIT will:

• Scan IP ranges and subnets for active devices
• Attempt to audit each device using SNMP, SSH, or WMI (no agent needed)
• Store discovered device details in a database
• Track changes between audits
• Make all that data available through reports, queries, and dashboards

It works equally well on Windows Server and Linux, and can audit Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, ESXi, and most SNMP-capable network devices.

Before You Start

A few things to have ready:

• Server hardware — At least an Intel i7, 16 GB RAM, and 40 GB disk (SSD recommended). See Server Requirements.
• Network access — The Open-AudIT server needs to be able to reach the devices it will scan.
• Credentials — Admin credentials for the devices you want to audit (Windows Administrator, SSH root or sudo user, SNMP community strings).
• Nmap (Windows only) — On Windows you must install Nmap separately before running the installer.

Next Steps

• Install on Windows
• Install on Linux
• Activate your license