Create Scan Engine

Creates a new scan engine.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Rapid7 documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Disable SSL Enforcement	Enable this option to skip SSL verification of the server’s certificate chain and host name. This may increase security vulnerabilities, but can be useful for testing or when custom verification is employed.
Scan Engine Address	The address the scan engine is hosted.
Scan Engine Name	The name of the scan engine.
Scan Engine Port	The port used by the scan engine to communicate with the Security Console.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
Scan Engine ID	The ID of the scan engine.

Example Output

{
	"id": 0,
	"links": [
		{
			"href": "https://hostname:3780/api/3/...",
			"rel": "self"
		}
	]
}

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