A successful scan requires a sensor that can communicate with the CertCentral cloud service. This allows it to receive instructions associated with certificate discovery and to report on certificate inventory updates.
You installed the DigiCert Sensor on a computer that requires a proxy server to communicate outside your network. Now, the sensor cannot relay its findings back to Discovery in your CertCentral account preventing you from seeing the results of the scan.
Configure the DigiCert Sensor to use a proxy server so it can communicate with Discovery in your CertCentral account, allowing you to see the results of the scan.
You must have sensor version 3.8.26 or higher installed on your system.
On the computer you installed the sensor on, use a text editor (such as vi or Notepad) to create a proxy.properties file with these configuration settings:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| enableProxy | To enable proxy access: true enables proxy access and false disables proxy access |
| httpsHost | IP address of the proxy server used for HTTPS communication |
| httpsHostPort | Port number the proxy server uses for HTTPS communications |
| httpsAuthUser | Username required to authenticate the HTTPS proxy (Basic Authentication only) – If required |
| httpsAuthPassword | Password required to authenticate to the HTTPS proxy (Basic Authentication only) – If required |
enableProxy=true
httpsHost=125.125.125.125
httpsHostPort=443
httpsAuthUser=mypassword
httpsAuthPassword=system01@AdminAdd the configuration file to: install_dir/config/proxy.properties
Restart the sensor to encrypt the proxy passwords and upload the proxy information.
In the examples below, install_dir is the sensor installation directory.
Linux
Go to install_dir/cli and run the ./restart.sh command.
Windows
Go to install_dir/cli and run the restart.bat command.
The sensor can now use the proxy server to relay its findings back to Discovery in your CertCentral account so you can see the results of the scan.
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