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FAQ

Not currently. See Limitations for details on what’s planned.

What’s the difference between Cloud and Self-Hosted?

Section titled “What’s the difference between Cloud and Self-Hosted?”

Scanopy Cloud:

  • Managed server infrastructure
  • Quick setup — just deploy daemons
  • Automatic updates
  • Subscription pricing

Self-Hosted:

  • Run everything on your infrastructure
  • Full data control
  • One-time purchase or free (Community Edition)
  • You manage updates and backups

Both versions use the same daemon software and have the same features for network discovery.

We welcome contributions! See contributing.md for:

  • Adding service definitions (great first contribution!)
  • Reporting bugs
  • Requesting features
  • Submitting pull requests

Join our Discord community for help and discussions.

See Discovery Duration for benchmarks and factors affecting scan speed.

  1. Did discovery run at all? Check Discover > Sessions for errors
  2. Wrong network selected: Check topology options panel for network filter
  3. All services hidden: Check if service category filters are too aggressive
  4. No hosts found: Verify daemon can reach the network

Can I scan networks the daemon isn’t directly connected to?

Section titled “Can I scan networks the daemon isn’t directly connected to?”

Yes, but you’ll miss some data. See Layer 2 vs Layer 3 for details on what’s available for remote subnets.

For best results, deploy a daemon on each network segment. See Multi-VLAN Deployment.

ComponentPortPurpose
Server60072Web UI and API
Daemon60073Push mode communication

Does the daemon need inbound firewall rules?

Section titled “Does the daemon need inbound firewall rules?”

Pull mode (recommended): No. The daemon only makes outbound connections to the server.

Push mode: Yes. The server needs to reach the daemon on port 60073.