Setting Up the Local VM Scanner on Windows

Aikido VM Scanner is a single-package that installs on your system, automatically scanning and identifying dependencies to provide a detailed view into your environment.

Prerequisites

• Minimum system requirements: at least 1GB RAM.

• Preferred system requirements: at least 2GB RAM and 4 CPUs.

• Ensure you have admin privileges on your system

• Make sure to use the appropriate commands for your system or cloud provider

• On Windows, ensure that PowerShell is installed and enabled

Installation and Upgrade

Start PowerShell in admin mode, replace AIKIDO_TOKEN with valid token from Local VM scanning page in Aikido. You can also specify the following optional parameters:

• VM_TYPE as one of: production, staging or development.

• OUTPUT as one of: stdout, stderr or none.

• INITIAL_SCAN as one of: 1 or 0.

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://aikido-vm-agent.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/v1.4.4/AikidoVmScanner.msi" -OutFile "AikidoVmScanner.msi"
msiexec /i AikidoVmScanner.msi /qn /norestart AIKIDO_TOKEN=REPLACE_ME VM_TYPE=production OUTPUT=stdout INITIAL_SCAN=1

Hash	AikidoVmScanner.msi
MD5	216bcc1f3ad637b860088cdc30e58e61
SHA256	0804854b6a960ac33a6508142bc0e1f726e317a5d98b5fe9d84dabae8b8f6489

If you have an automated process for installation and you always want to be on the latest version, you can use the following link:

• https://aikido-vm-agent.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/latest/AikidoVmScanner.msi

The VM Scanner Agent runs once a day, at a random time between 4:00 AM - 8:00 AM (machine time).

After install, a first scan will start automatically. If you want to run it on demand, you can manually execute it with the following command in a PowerShell with admin privileges.

& 'C:\Program Files\AikidoVmScanner\AikidoVmScanner.exe'

Uninstall

Start PowerShell in admin mode and run:

msiexec.exe /x (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "AikidoVmScanner*" }).IdentifyingNumber /qn /norestart

Logs

Logs are available here, along with the last generated SBOM: C:\ProgramData\AikidoVmScanner\Logs