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Quick Start

This guide walks you through your first network discovery with Scanopy.

Cloud Users

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Step 1: Start Onboarding

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Go to scanopy.net and click Get Started.

  1. Select your use case (Homelab, Company, or MSP)
  2. Enter your organization name and first network name

Step 2: Set Up Your Daemon

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Before creating your account, you’ll configure a daemon for your network.

Choose Install Now to get installation commands, or Install Later to skip

See Installing a Daemon for detailed platform-specific instructions.

Step 3: Create Your Account

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Complete registration with your email and password. Your daemon will automatically connect and begin scanning once your account is created.

Step 4: View Your Network

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Once discovery completes (typically 5-10 minutes per /24 subnet):

  1. Topology — See your network diagram
  2. Manage > Hosts — View discovered devices
  3. Manage > Services — See detected services

Self-Hosted Users

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Prerequisites

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A running Scanopy server. See Server Installation.

Step 1: Complete Onboarding

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Access your server URL and complete the onboarding wizard:

  1. Select your use case
  2. Enter your organization name and first network name
  3. Create your account

Step 2: Run Discovery

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If you deployed with Docker Compose, the integrated daemon is already running and connected to your first network.

  1. Navigate to Discover > Scheduled
  2. Find the Network Scan discovery for your network
  3. Click Run to start your first scan

Discovery typically takes 5-10 minutes per /24 subnet (256 IP addresses).

Step 3: View Your Network

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Once discovery completes:

  1. Topology — See your network diagram
  2. Manage > Hosts — View discovered devices
  3. Manage > Services — See detected services

Adding More Daemons

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To scan additional networks or VLANs, deploy additional daemons. See Multi-VLAN Deployment.

Next Steps

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