3.17. Licensing

ASGARD requires an issuer license to scan systems. The issuer license contains the number of asset, server, and workstation systems that can be scanned with ASGARD Management Center as well as the Aurora service licenses.

ASGARD automatically issues a valid single license for a specific system during its initial THOR scan.

The screenshot below shows the licensing section of an ASGARD.

ASGARD licensing

ASGARD licensing

In addition, ASGARD can create single licenses that can be used for agentless scanning. In this case, the license is generated and downloaded through the web frontend.

Generate licenses

Generate licenses

The following systems require a workstation license to be scanned:

  • Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11

  • Mac OS

The following systems require a server license to be scanned:

  • All Microsoft Windows server systems

  • All Linux systems

Licenses are hostname-based except for asset licenses. Asset licenses are issued for each accepted asset as soon as a response action is performed (playbook or remote console access).

3.17.1. Thunderstorm

You can upload your THOR Thunderstorm license in the lower box of the Licenses view. The Thunderstorm license must use the same hostname as the ASGARD system.