1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Upgrades
4. Running SIMP Console
5. Configuration - Accounts
6. Configuration - Collector
7. Configuration - Database
8. Configuration - Security
9. Configuration - Plugins
10. Sidebar - Administration
11. Sidebar - Infrastructure
12. Sidebar - Reports
13. Commands
14. Known Issues
15. How To - Enforce compliance

Introduction

The SIMP Console is the flagship feature for SIMP Enterprise. It provides a web client which allows for compliance monitoring across your infrastructure. Once a system has been registered to the console using the packaged SIMP Agent, you’ll be able to perform scans, monitor compliance of that system against various compliance profiles, find failing controls, receive Puppet remediation data to be used in compliance engine, and generate reports against your data.

System Requirements

SIMP Console currently requires an EL 7 or 8 (Red Hat or CentOS) Linux Server with network access to your infrastructure.

Access to the SIMP Console has been tested on clients running current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge.

• The default unencrypted port is 6468, but we recommend running encrypted on port 443. The configured port(s) will need to be open between every node you are scanning and every system you need to have access to the console’s tools and reports.
• SIMP Console assumes the database files are stored locally. At a minimum your Linux server (or VM environment) will need 500MB storage. 5GB of storage is recommended.
• Your Linux server (or VM environment) should have a minimum dual-core CPU and 2GB of RAM. A quad-core CPU and at least 6GB of RAM is recommended.
• NOTE! You will need a SIMP Enterprise License Key to use any part of SIMP Console.