Get started with NacTrack

Ten steps, in order, from installation to a collection that runs by itself. Each page says what to do, what you should see, and what to do if it does not work.

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The path

InstallSteps 1 and 2
CollectSteps 3 to 5
UseSteps 6 and 7
Keep it runningSteps 8 to 10

The ten steps

Follow them in order the first time; come back to the one you need afterwards.

Step 1

Install

One dedicated machine, two ways to put NacTrack on it, and an administrator login at the end.

Step 2

First sign in

The administrator account from the installation, and an interface that guides you while the inventory is empty.

Step 3

Credentials

One entry per set of accounts, typed once, reused by every device that shares it.

Step 4

Devices

A device is declared by its IP address. For a whole estate, discovery starts from one device and follows its neighbours.

Step 5

First collection

NacTrack opens a read session on each device, reads its configuration and state, then logs out.

Step 6

Your data

One collection feeds the inventory, ports, neighbours and topology at the same time.

Step 7

Compliance and CVE

Three screens in the Security menu, each with one button to know the first time.

Step 8

Schedule

A schedule runs collection again at a fixed interval, on the whole estate or part of it.

Step 9

Users

One account per person, a role that sets what they can do, tenants that set what they see.

Step 10

Operate

Four administration screens to know once the estate is collected.

After these steps

The how-to guides then answer one precise question at a time: find a port from a MAC address, list free ports, check a version affected by a CVE.

For a question no page covers, open a ticket from the headset icon in the interface.