Launch VM scan on EC2 assets

/api/2.0/fo/scan/?action=launch

[POST]

This API is used to launch VM scans on your Amazon EC2 assets (in your Amazon Web Services account).

Input Parameters

Click here to view all parameters for launching VM EC2 scans.

Sample

Launch an EC2 vulnerability scan using the AWS EC2 Connector

API request

curl -u "username:password" -H "X-Requested-With:curl demo" -d "action=launch&scan_title=MyEC2+Scan&connector_name=EC2_Connector&ec2_endpoint=us-east-1&target_from=tags&use_ip_nt_range_tags=0 &tag_include_selector=any&tag_set_by=id&tag_set_include=1558997,1559222&option_id=43165&iscanner_name=EC2-1" "https://qualysapi.qualys.com/api/2.0/fo/scan/"

 

 

XML output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!DOCTYPE SIMPLE_RETURN SYSTEM "https://qualysapi.qualys.com/api/2.0/simple_return.dtd">

<SIMPLE_RETURN>

  <RESPONSE>

    <DATETIME>2018-02-25T21:32:40Z</DATETIME>

    <TEXT>New vm scan launched</TEXT>

    <ITEM_LIST>

      <ITEM>

        <KEY>ID</KEY>

        <VALUE>136992</VALUE>

      </ITEM>

      <ITEM>

        <KEY>REFERENCE</KEY>

        <VALUE>scan/1358285558.36992</VALUE>

      </ITEM>

    </ITEM_LIST>

  </RESPONSE>

</SIMPLE_RETURN>

 

DTD

<platform API server>/api/2.0/simple_return.dtd