KACE Systems Management Appliance

About

KACE Systems Management Appliance by Quest is a comprehensive portfolio of endpoint management solutions that help you manage, monitor and secure your complex endpoint landscape.

Why You Should Integrate

Integrating will provide enhanced visibility and awareness of your endpoint coverage being managed and monitored by KACE by Quest.

How Does the Integration Work

This integration pulls machines from the KACE by Quest inventory.

  • Requirements: KACE Systems Management Appliance version 12.0 or higher.

This data is only used internally; we do not share it with any parties outside of Sevco. Refer to our privacy policy for details.

Configuration

  1. Install a runner: Follow our instructions to install a runner.

  2. Choose a runner: Select the runner you would like to use for retrieving data from the source.

    Requirements:

    • TCP over port 80/443 from runner to a KACE server.
  3. Configure plugin: Configure the plugin with the required fields.

FieldDescriptionExample
URL*The URL used to access the sourcehttps://kacesma.myco.com
Username*The username of the KACE user.JohnDoe
Password*The password for the KACE user.***********************
  1. Configure Name: OPTIONAL: You can give the configuration a name to provide an identifiable attribute of the configuration to delineate other similar configurations.

  2. Activate Config: To enable this configuration and begin pulling data select "Activate". If you wish to save the configuration to come back later to finish, select "Save Draft". This will save the configuration, but keep it disabled until Activated.

Source Documentation

Creating credentials

You'll be asked to provide source credentials that Sevco will use to connect to KACE by Quest. KACE uses a standard user account. The same login credentials you would use to access the KACE console.

Required Permissions

The following permissions are required:

  • Role: Read-only administrator
    or
  • Permission: Read for Inventory.

API Documentation

KACE by Quest API Documentation

Contact Us

If you're having problems integrating a source, or if you've found something wrong in this document, please email us at [email protected].

Tags: on-prem