Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM - Add IP Addresses to Site
  • 16 Mar 2023
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Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM - Add IP Addresses to Site

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Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM - Add IP Addresses to Site (Add IPs to Rapid7 InsightVM Site) adds IP addresses retrieved from the saved query supplied as a trigger (or from devices selected in the asset table), to an existing Rapid7 InsightVM site.
A Rapid7 InsightVM site is a collection of assets that are targeted for a scan.

See Creating Enforcement Sets to learn more about adding Enforcement Actions to Enforcement Sets.

General Settings

  • Enforcement Set name (required) - The name of the Enforcement Set. A default value is added by Axonious. You can change the name according to your needs.
  • Add description (optional) - Click to add a description of the Enforcement Set. It is recommended to describe what the Enforcement Set does.
  • Run action on assets matching following query (required) - Select an asset category and a query. The Enforcement Action will be run on the assets that match the query parameters.
  • Action name - The name of the Main action. A default value is added by Axonious. You can change the name according to your needs.
  • Configure Action Conditions - Toggle on to enter a condition statement. See Configuring Enforcement Action Conditions to learn more about condition statement syntax.

Connection Settings

  1. Use stored credentials from the Rapid7 adapter (required, default: True) - Select this option to use the the first connected Rapid7 adapter credentials.
NOTE
To use this option, you must successfully configure a Rapid7 adapter connection.
  1. Rapid7 InsightVM domain (optional, default: empty) - The hostname or IP address of the Rapid7 InsightVM server.
NOTE

If Use stored credentials from the Rapid7 Adapter is disabled, this field is required.

  1. Port (optional, default: empty) - Use port 3780.
NOTE

If Use stored credentials from the Rapid7 InsightVM Adapter is disabled, this field is required.

  1. User name and Password (optional, default: empty) - The credentials for a user account that has the has the permissions to update a site.
NOTE

If Use stored credentials from the Rapid7 InsightVM Adapter is disabled, this field is required.

  1. Verify SSL (required, default: False) - Verify the SSL certificate offered by the host supplied in Rapid7 InsightVM domain. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
    • If enabled, the SSL certificate offered by the host will be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius. If it fails validation, the connection will fail with an error.
    • If disabled, the SSL certificate offered by the host will not be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius.
  2. HTTPS proxy (optional, default: empty) - A proxy to use when connecting to Rapid7 InsightVM domain.
    • If supplied, Axonius will utilize the proxy when connecting to the host defined for this connection.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will connect directly to the host defined for this connection.
  3. HTTPS proxy user name (optional, default: empty) - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in Rapid7 InsightVM domain via the value supplied in HTTPS proxy.
    • If supplied, Axonius will authenticate with this value when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS proxy.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will not perform authentication when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS proxy.
  4. HTTPS proxy password (optional, default: empty) - The password to use when connecting to the value supplied in Rapid7 InsightVM domain via the value supplied in HTTPS proxy.
    • If supplied, Axonius will authenticate with this value when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS proxy.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will not perform authentication when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS proxy.

Action Settings

  1. Site name (required, default: empty) - Specify the Rapid7 InsightVM site name to be updated.
  2. Use public IP addresses (required, default: True) - Select whether to add public IP addresses to Rapid7 InsightVM.
    • If enabled, Axonius will add public IP addresses to Rapid7 InsightVM.
    • If disabled, Axonius will not add public IP addresses to Rapid7 InsightVM.
  3. Use private IP addresses (required, default: True) - Select whether to add private IP addresses to a Rapid7 InsightVM site.
    • If enabled, Axonius will add private IP addresses to a Rapid7 InsightVM site.
    • If disabled, Axonius will not add private IP addresses to a Rapid7 InsightVM site.
  4. Exclude IPv6 addresses (required, default: False) - Select whether to add IPv6 addresses to the Rapid7 InsightVM site.
    • If enabled, Axonius will add only IPv4 addresses to the Rapid7 InsightVM site.
    • If disabled, Axonius will add both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to the Rapid7 InsightVM site.
  5. CIDRs exclude list (optional, default: empty) - Specify a comma-separated list of CIDRs to be excluded.
    • If supplied, Axonius will not add to the Rapid7 InsightVM site IP addresses in the IP range of the specified CIDRs.
    • If not supplied Axonius will add to the Rapid7 InsightVM site. IP addresses in any IP range.
  6. Override site IPs (optional, default: empty) - Select whether to override the IP addresses of the Rapid7 InsightVM site.
    • If enabled, Axonius will overwrite the IP addresses on the Rapid7 InsightVM site.
    • If disabled, Axonius will add the IP addresses to the Rapid7 InsightVM site.
  7. Source Adapter (optional, default: empty) - Specify an adapter name as it appears in Axonius (as in the Axonius URL) in order to send specific adapter IP data.
    • If supplied, it will send adapter IP data only from the adapter listed.
    • If not supplied it will send adapter IP data from all adapters.
  8. Add Hostnames names to scan - Select whether to send the hostname name as well as the IP address to the Rapid7 InsightVM site.

For more details about other Enforcement Actions available, see Action Library.


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