Internal Agents in Acunetix 360

In some organizations, some websites will only be available on the local network (and not on the internet). You can use our Internal Agent feature to scan your internal websites while the results remain on our Acunetix 360 servers.

You can install an internal agent in Windows, Linux, and Docker. For further information, see Installing Internal Agents.

The Internal Agents feature is available in both Acunetix 360 (On-Demand) and On-Premises.

• After installing the internal agent on your network, you should specify a website to scan it with the internal agent (see How to Configure an Agent for a Website)
• After installing the agents and determining which website will be scanned with the internal agent, you can start a scan on your internal website (How to Scan an Internal Website)
  

Allowlisting Acunetix 360's IP addresses for effective communication

Acunetix 360 Web Application On-Demand and internal agents use certain IP addresses to communicate with one another.

In order for Acunetix 360 Web Application On-Demand to operate effectively, you need to allowlist certain IP addresses on your firewall and/or proxy servers to allow communication of different components, such as internal scanning agents.

Without establishing this communication, you may run into problems. For example, the scanner agent may not report all of its findings to the Acunetix 360 Web Application. Or, Acunetix 360 may not push the vulnerabilities to the on-premises integration endpoints, such as Jira. So, you need to allowlist the IP address for the components to communicate with one another, as needed.

Allowlisting Requirements

• www.invicti.com
• r87.me
• https://online.acunetix360.com/
• 3.209.193.120

Manage Agents Fields

This table lists and explains the fields in the Agents window.

This table lists the fields displayed when you click Expand for each listed Agent.

How to Configure an Agent for a Website

1. Log in to Acunetix 360.
2. From the main menu, select Websites > New Website.
3. On the New Website page, complete the fields, as described in How to Add a Website in Acunetix 360.
4. In the Agent Mode field, select an option.

5. Select Save.

How to Scan an Internal Website

1. From the main menu, select Scans > New Scan.
2. In the Target URL field, enter the URL of the internal website.

3. From the Preferred Agent drop-down, select an internal agent to use it during the scan if there is more than one. Alternatively, you can retain the default setting (Any of the available agents), so that Acunetix 360 will automatically select one of them.
4. Complete the remaining fields, and select Launch.

How to View Commands for an Agent

1. From the main menu, select Agents > Manage Agents.
2. On the Agents' page, select the relevant agent.
3. From the Commands drop-down, select View Agent Commands.

The Commands window is displayed.

Accessing Agent Logs

The Acunetix 360 Scanning Agent stores the application logs in the Logs folder in the installation path.

With the latest version of the Agent, the last three days’ logs can be downloaded from the Manage Agents page. These logs are especially useful for troubleshooting.

How to Access Agent Logs

1. From the main menu, select Agents > Manage Agents.

2. Next to the relevant Agent, select the Command drop-down, then Request Agent Logs.

3. Once you confirm, the logs will be requested from the target agent and can be downloaded from the UI.

4. Alternatively, when target logs are ready, you will receive a notification. Click the bell, then select the relevant notification.

5. Select Download Logs. The download will start.