Getting Started with Device42
Introduction to Device42
An overview of Device42’s capabilities, features, and use-cases.
Step 1: Download and install
Download and install Device42 to the hypervisor of your choice.
Step 2: Some quick configuration
Once you’re deployed, head over to the console to set your network settings.
Step 3: Let’s go discover
Setup your discoveries to find your Windows and Linux servers, network infrastructure, cloud footprint, and application topologies.
Step 4: Take a look around
The Devices section will have all of your hypervisors, VMs, network equipment, and other automatically discovered infrastructure.
Step 5: Success
You should see your devices start coming in to Device42 as discoveries run. Start to see the relationships Device42 discovers automatically and enrich them with tags, custom fields, and other information valuable to your organization.
Step 6: Reporting and extracting data
Take advantage of Device42’s built in BI reporting and included reports to start reporting on Device42 discovery.
Step 7: Summary and closing thoughts
Documentation, integrations, and where to go from here.