Install RC-Scanner Appliance

^{Last Updated: 2026-06-23}

Purpose

This article provides the overview for installing the Outscan RC-Scanner appliance. It covers installation procedures, and verification steps for getting your RC-Scanner operational.

Introduction

Deployment methods:

• ISO: Automated OS installation for bare metal, VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, KVM

Before beginning installation, ensure that you have:

• Access to Outscan Portal UI with appropriate permissions

• Target deployment environment (bare metal server or hypervisor)

• Network connectivity from scanner to Outscan

• System meeting minimum hardware requirements (see the System requirements section)

Installation

Pre-Installation

Create RC-Scanner from Portal

1. Go to Portal UI → Configuration → RC scanners.

2. Create new RC-Scanner with a name and a description.

3. Copy and save the generated token, as it will be required later during the RC Scanner installation.

Download Installation Media from Portal

• When creating a new RC-Scanner, we can get the download link in step 2, the image will be in ISO format

RC-Scanner Installation

1. SSH into the machine with default credentials, user will be prompted to change the password on the first time logging in

   1. The default credentials:

      Username: rcscanner
      Password: outpost24
      

2. After installing the OS, use rc-scanner-bootstrap CLI to setup the RC-Scanner, with the token from Portal

   1. Usage:

      rc-scanner-bootstrap --token <your-token>
      

• During the installation, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows and the RC-Scanner appliance will be installed into the machine, on the k3s cluster

Post-installation verification

• After the installation, check the scanner status in Portal UI, the status should show “Connected”

The view can be refreshed using the refresh button in Portal UI.